April 20, 1955

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1204

AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, AS AMENDED

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section twenty-four of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred and ninety-two, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 24. Driver's license, fees, examination. — Every person who desires personally to operate any motor vehicle should make application to the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office, or his deputies for a license to drive motor vehicles: Provided, however, That no person shall be issued a professional driver's license unless he has first obtained a police clearance, which shall be issued without charge or fee, from the police department of the city or municipality in which he resides: And provided, further, That no person should be issued a professional driver's license who is suffering from highly contagious diseases, such as, advanced tuberculosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, and the like". casia

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: April 20, 1955

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 51, No. 4, p. 1794 in April 1955