Amendment to Sec. 8 of Act No. 2985, as Amended (Engineering and Architecture Law)
Act No. 3739, approved on November 22, 1930, amends Section 8 of the existing law regulating the practice of engineering and architecture in the Philippines. It establishes that the Boards of Examiners will conduct examinations in Manila on the second Monday of January and July, with prior notice published in local newspapers. Members of the Boards will receive compensation for each candidate examined, and public officers serving on the Boards will be compensated in addition to their salaries. The Act mandates that all collected fees be deposited into the Insular Treasury and requires the Boards to maintain records of their proceedings and issue annual reports to the Secretary of Commerce and Communications.
Quick Answers
- What is Amendment to Sec. 8 of Act No. 2985, as Amended (Engineering and Architecture Law) about?
- Act No. 3739, approved on November 22, 1930, amends Section 8 of the existing law regulating the practice of engineering and architecture in the Philippines. It establishes that the Boards of Examiners will conduct examinations in Manila on the second Monday of January and July, with prior notice published in local newspapers. Members of the Boards will receive compensation for each candidate examined, and public officers serving on the Boards will be compensated in addition to their salaries. The Act mandates that all collected fees be deposited into the Insular Treasury and requires the Boards to maintain records of their proceedings and issue annual reports to the Secretary of Commerce and Communications.
- What type of law is Act No. 3739?
- Amendment to Sec. 8 of Act No. 2985, as Amended (Engineering and Architecture Law) (Act No. 3739) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Amendment to Sec. 8 of Act No. 2985, as Amended (Engineering and Architecture Law) enacted?
- Amendment to Sec. 8 of Act No. 2985, as Amended (Engineering and Architecture Law) (Act No. 3739) was enacted on Nov 22, 1930.
- What is the citation for Amendment to Sec. 8 of Act No. 2985, as Amended (Engineering and Architecture Law)?
- Amendment to Sec. 8 of Act No. 2985, as Amended (Engineering and Architecture Law), Act No. 3739, Nov 22, 1930 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3739
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 22, 1930
ACT NO. 3739
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSIONS OF ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT"
SECTION 1. Section eight of Act Numbered Two thousand nine hundred and eighty-five, as amended by Act Numbered Three thousand one hundred and fifty-nine, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 8. The Boards shall meet for the purpose of holding examination in the City of Manila on the second Monday, not a holiday, of January and July of each year, upon at least thirty days notice published in two of the most widely read newspapers of the locality, one in English and the other in Spanish. Each member of the Boards of Examiners shall receive as compensation the sum of five pesos for each candidate examined for registration as engineer or architect after the announcement of the result of the examination. Any public officer appointed as member of either of these Boards shall receive the compensation from the Insular funds provided for in this Act in addition to his salary as public officer. All sums collected in accordance with this Act shall be paid into the Insular Treasury as part of the General Funds thereof. Any expenses of the Boards shall be paid out of the funds appropriated for said purpose in the General Appropriation Acts. The Boards shall have a seal to authenticate their official documents. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Board, an account book, and a register of the persons to whom certificates have been issued, setting forth the name, age, marital condition, residence, post-office address, and the name of the institution from which he graduated and in which he studied. The Boards of Examiners shall, during the first days of January of each year, present to the Secretary of Commerce and Communications a detailed report of all their work during the year."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, November 22, 1930.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Sec. 8 of Act No. 2985, as Amended (Engineering and Architecture Law), Act No. 3739, Nov 22, 1930 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 8 of Act No. 2985, as Amended (Engineering and Architecture Law), Act No. 3739 (Phil. 1930)
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