SECTION I. Subsection (d) of section one thousand one hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Ninety-seven, is further amended to read as follows:
“(d) Third Mate: An applicant for a certificate as third mate shall be not less than nineteen years of age and shall produce a certificate of graduation from the Philippine Nautical School or from any other officially recognized nautical school after having completed the second year high school or its equivalent and shall further be required to present to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showin that he has served as an apprentice mate at least eightee months in a sea-going sailing vessel, or at least twenty four months in a sea-going steam or motor vessel. Major patrons who on the approval of this Act were acting as masters on vessels of two hundred tons or over may apply for examination for a third mate's certificate after two years of such service: Provided, That apprentice mates who are actually navigating as such on or prior to the approval of this Act shall be required to present to the Board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that they have successfully passed the second year high school or its equivalent in any recognized school, and that they have ship, ped or acted as agregado a piloto for at least two years on a sea-going vessel: Provided, further, That an applicant producing a certificate of graduation from the Philippine Nautical School who has served as agregado a piloto for at least eighteen months in a sea-going sailing vessel or at least twenty-four months in a sea-going steamer, shall, in order to obtain a certificate as third mate, not be required to take a technical examination, but shall be required to undergo a physical examination and produce all other evidence relative to his habits and character, and that this provision shall be applicable to the sudents of the nautical school completing their studies in or before the school year nineteen hundred forty-eight to nineteen hundred forty-nine: Provided, furthermore, That an applicant producing a certificate of graduation from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point, New York, and an award that he has passed the examin; tion for third mate of ocean steam and motor vessels o any gross tons given by the United States Coast Guart shall, in order to obtain a certificate as third mate, be v. required to take a technical examination but shall be required to undergo a physical examination."