RA 233 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Seventy is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any vessel of Philippine register, engaged in coastwise trade, with a carrying capacity of one hundred fifty or more passengers and regularly making voyages lasting more than twenty-four hour's without touching port, to sail or attempt to sail from any port of the Philippines unless it has in its complement a physician, or a male nurse if carrying less than one hundred fifty passengers and none if carrying less than seventy-five passengers."

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CitationRA 233 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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