Special permit.
Section 34
SEC. 34. Special permit. — The Board may, in its discretion and subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, issue a special permit for the practice in a specified line, branch, or activity of mechanical engineering for a specified design, investigation or construction project or in a specified plant or organization to any person already holding a valid certificate of registration issued by any Board of engineering examiners in the Philippines, who shall, with his application, present evidence or other sufficient proof satisfactory to the Board indicating that he is competent to perform the service or line or activity for which he applies for said special permit, and that the issuance of such permit is necessary and of urgent importance and will not jeopardize the interest of any person duly registered for the practice of mechanical engineering under this Act. A special permit may also be granted to any person who has been rendering satisfactory supervisory service, without any serious accident, in a regularly organized mechanical works, project or plant for a period of not less than three years prior to the approval of this Act, and shall have filed his application therefor within one year from the approval of this Act: Provided, however, That the Board may renew said special permit whenever necessary and not in conflict with the spirit of this Act. Such special permit shall be subject to all the provisions and requirements of this Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Board pertaining to certificates of registration, and may be suspended, revoked or reissued by the Board in the manner prescribed for certificates of registration. Any parson who has been granted a special permit shall, for purposes of compliance with the provisions of this Act, be considered as registered in the Board of Mechanical Engineering Examiners, while said permit is still valid. Every special permit shall automatically be void six months from the date of its issuance, unless expressly issued for a shorter period. No person shall hold more than one special permit at one time. A fee of ten pesos shall be collected for the issuance of a special permit.