Batas Pambansa Blg. 9 (BP 9) — An Act Amending Section Thirteen of Presidential Decree Numbered Ninety-Seven Regulating the Practice of the Marine Profession in the Philippines, by Prescribing a Uniform "Unlimited" License for All Deck Officers Except Patrons.
Batas Pambansa Blg. 9 (BP 9) — An Act Amending Section Thirteen of Presidential Decree Numbered Ninety-Seven Regulating the Practice of the Marine Profession in the Philippines, by Prescribing a Uniform "Unlimited" License for All Deck Officers Except Patrons.
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SECTION 1. Section thirteen of Presidential Decree Numbered Ninety-seven is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 13. The Licenses for Deck Officers shall be classified as:
"(a) Unlimited—competency to command and/or navigate merchant marine vessels of any gross tons, upon the waters of any sea or ocean,
"(b) Restricted (Major)—competency to command and/or navigate merchant marine vessels of not more than two hundred fifty gross tons in a particular water of the Philippines.
"(c) Restricted (bay, lake, river or harbor)—competency to command and/or navigate vessels of not more than twenty gross tons in a particular bay, lake, river or harbor in the Philippines."
