Section 3
SEC. 3. Section twenty-two of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 22. Application for driver's license, fees, examination.—Every person who desires to personally operate any motor vehicle shall file an application to the Director or his deputies for a license to drive motor vehicles: Provided, however, That no person shall be issued a professional driver's license who is suffering from contagious diseases, such as tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases and epilepsy or who is an alcohol or drug addict or dependent. "Each such application, except in the case of enlisted men operating government-owned vehicles, shall be accompanied by a fee of five pesos, and shall contain such information respecting the applicant and his ability to operate motor vehicles, as may be required by the Bureau. "The Director or his deputies shall also ascertain that the applicant's health, sight and hearing are sound and normal, and is physically and mentally fit to operate motor vehicles. To this end, the Director or his deputies shall require a certificate to that effect, signed by a reputable accredited physician. "An examination, theoretical and practical, to determine every applicant's ability and fitness to operate motor vehicles to be conducted by the Director in such form and manner as he shall prescribe shall also be required. A manual containing the general scope of the examinations and such information as may be necessary for the guidance of the applicants and for the purpose of effectivity and implementation of this Act may be published in an official language and distributed at no cost to the applicants. "No application for a driver's license shall be received, unless the applicant: "(1) For a professional driver's license, is at least eighteen years of age, possesses a valid student-driver's permit and has undergone instruction in the operation of motor vehicles for at least five months under a qualified instructor: Provided, however, That the period of time the applicant has operated a motor vehicle with a non-professional driver's license shall be credited against the period of instruction required herein; and "(2) For a non-professional driver's license, is at least seventeen years of age, possesses a valid student-driver's permit and has undergone instruction in the operation of motor vehicles for at least a month."