AMENDING SECTIONS FOUR AND FIFTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "GEODETIC ENGINEERING LAW."

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 202
• Sections: 4

Preamble

WHEREAS, the Philippines is presently engaged in an expanded

land reform requiring massive cadastral and public land subdivision surveys

which are the basic requirements in the perfection of rights over the areas;

WHEREAS, it is imperative that technical men especially

trained in geodetic and photogrammetric surveying and mapping shall be utilized

in this social reform program to undertake the land capability surveys as well

as the planning and programming of economic development of the country through

surveying and mapping;

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to make some courses

especially in the field of technology relevant to the goals and objectives of

the Government and to produce technical men to meet the immediate needs of the

Government and the private sector in the field of surveying;

WHEREAS, there is currently a shortage of qualified geodetic

engineers to perform geodetic engineering, surveying and/or mapping activities

on land property and public land subdivision surveys as well as land reform

mapping on rice and corn lands throughout the country;

WHEREAS, few colleges and universities are not offering

courses leading to the Bachelor's degree in geodetic engineering due to lack of

students enrolling in the course; and

WHEREAS, there are graduates with the title of Associate in

Surveying and civil engineering undergraduates who do not qualify to take the

board examination for geodetic engineers, but competent to undertake mapping and

land survey work;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as

Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to

Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated

September 22, 1972, as amended, and Proclamation No. 1103, dated January 17,

1973, and in order to effect the desired changes and reforms in the social,

economic and political structures of our society, do hereby order and decree the

amendment of Republic Act No. 4374, as follows:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section four of Republic Act Numbered Four

Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Four is hereby amended by adding a sub-paragraph

to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. — x x x

(i) Give two kinds of examinations, namely:

Junior Geodetic Engineer; and

Geodetic Engineer"

Section 2

SEC. 2. Section fifteen of the same Act is hereby amended by

adding a sub-paragraph to read as follows:

"SEC. 15. — x x x

(e) To qualify in the Junior Geodetic Engineer Examination, he must,

likewise, satisfy the foregoing requirements (a) to (c) of this Section and he

shall have completed an Associate in Surveying or third year in Geodetic

Engineering course or fourth year in Civil Engineering course:

Provided, That those Civil Engineering undergraduates must also have

completed or earned to their credit the following courses: Laws on Natural

Resources, Land Registration and Property, Land Reform Laws, Land Property

Surveys, Photogrammetry and Cartography from any recognized school, college or

university. The certificate to be issued if he qualifies shall authorize him to

execute land property surveys for judicial and administrative land registration

proceedings: Provided, That this provision shall not affect those

geodetic engineers to whom the Board has issued the Geodetic Engineering

Certificates."

Section 3

SEC. 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES

Acting Executive Secretary

(Sgd.)FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

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