Preamble
WHEREAS, the regulation of marine profession is still left to the Revised Administrative Code despite the growth and progress of the profession; WHEREAS, there is a need to promulgate a set of updated and responsive rules to regulate this vital profession; and WHEREAS, there was passed by the Lower House of Congress prior to the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, a bill entitled "An Act Regulating the Practice of the Marine Profession in the Philippines" and denominated as H.B. No. 919; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree: