Foreign reciprocity.
Section 27
SEC. 27. Foreign reciprocity.—A person who is not a citizen of the Philippines at the time he applies for the examination may be allowed to take such examination if he can prove in a manner provided by the Rules of Court that, by specific provisions of law, the country of which he is a citizen, subject or national, either admits citizens of the Philippines to the practice of naval architecture and marine engineering without restriction or allows them to practice the profession after an examination on terms of strict and absolute equality with citizens, subjects, or nationals of said country, including the unconditional recognition of degrees issued by institutions of learning duly recognized for the purpose by the Government of the Philippines.