Section 13
SEC. 13. Section thirty-one, article one, Chapter three, of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 31. Renewal of license.—Any license not renewed on or before the last working day of February of each year shall become delinquent and invalid. "The fee for renewal of delinquent license shall be five pesos. "Every applicant for renewal of license to operate a motor vehicle shall present to the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office, either in person or by mail or messenger the license issued to the applicant for the previous year, together with the proper fee of five pesos and, in the case of professional chauffeurs, three copies of a readily recognized photograph of the applicant which photograph shall have been taken not exceeding three years prior to the date of application for renewal. "Lost license.—In case the license for the previous year has been lost or cannot be produced, the applicant shall obtain a duplicate on accord with section ten of this Act, on penalty of refusal, by the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office or his deputies to renew the license: Provided, however, That the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office or his deputies may, in their discretion, accept in lieu of the previous year's license, the duly signed and sworn statement of an operator to the effect that he has not operated any motor vehicle in the Philippines during the year or years for which no license was issued in his name. "The Chief, Motor Vehicles Office and his deputies are hereby authorized to administer the oath in connection with such an affidavit."