Section 9
SEC. 9. The last two paragraphs of Section Twenty of the same Act are hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 20. Application. — * * * * * * * A non-Philippine National may engage in non-pioneer areas of investment where Philippine Nationals are already engaged only after three (3) years from the date of declaration of the area as preferred if the measured capacity has not been filled within the said period, except where such non-Philippine National shall engage, without incentives, unless otherwise registered under Republic Act Numbered Sixty-one hundred thirty-five in the manufacture of finished products primarily for export. The Board shall fix the percentage of production that must be exported by a non-Philippine National in order to be deemed to be engaged in manufacture primarily for export, which percentage shall not be less than seventy per cent (70%) of its total production. Any order or decision of the Board under this Section may be appealed within thirty (30) days from receipt of said order or decision to the National Economic Development Authority. Upon failure on the part of the National Economic Development Authority to act within a period of ninety (90) days, the decision of the Board shall be deemed upheld. The Board or the enterprise applying for registration under this Act may appeal the decision of the National Economic Development Authority to the President within thirty (30) days from its promulgation."