Section 16(d) of Presidential Decree No. 97 is hereby amended to read as follows: "(d) Third Mate.
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SECTION 1. Section 16(d) of Presidential Decree No. 97 is hereby amended to read as follows: "(d) Third Mate.—Applicant must be a holder of a degree of Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation, major in Navigation and Seamanship, after completion of a nautical curriculum of academic and theoritical studies: Provided, That no successful examinee or candidate shall be registered and issued a license or certificate without having undertaken twelve months of practical apprenticeship which must be served with at least four months on merchant marine vessels of not less than two hundred fifty gross tons registered for foreign trade, and at least four months on merchant marine vessels of not less than two hundred fifty gross tons registered for coastwise trade, such apprenticeship to be under the direct supervision of a permanent staff of the institution assigned solely for such purpose."