Section 2
SEC. 2. Any citizen of the Philippines, of legal age, having the capacity to contract and not convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude, or any association of individuals in the form of partnership or corporations duly organized and constituted under the laws of the Philippines, and at least sixty percent (60%) of the capital of which is and shall at all times be held and owned by citizens of the Philippines, may apply for a gratuitous permit to undertake the development and utilization of small or sub-commercial deposits of natural marsh gas or methane gas.