Exemption from registration.
Section 14
SEC. 14. Exemption from registration. — Registration shall not be required of the following classes of persons: (a) Officers or enlisted men of the United States army or navy, or employees of the federal government of the United States. (b) Employees and officials of the government of the Philippines, whether national, provincial, municipal or city, while engaged in the practice of mechanical engineering for said government, unless the appointing power decides to make registration a requirement for employment and so reports to the Board. (c) Mechanical engineers, or erection or guarantee engineers from other countries called in for consultation or for a specific design or installation, or project not requiring more than three (3) months' residence in the Philippines in any twelve (12) months' period: Provided, That such engineers are legally qualified to practice mechanical engineering in their own state or country in which the requirements and qualifications for obtaining a certificate of registration are not lower than those specified in this Act. (d) Foreigners employed as technical officers, professors or consultants in such special branches of mechanical engineering as may, in the judgment of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, be necessary and indispensable for the country. (e) Engineering students, apprentices, and other persons employed or acting as subordinates of, or undergoing training under a person holding a valid certificate of registration under this Act. (f) Any person practicing mechanical engineering in a mechanical works, project, or plant of less than twenty (20 H.P.) horsepower.