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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 202
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 202
- AMENDING Sections FOUR AND FIFTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "GEODETIC
ENGINEERING LAW"
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WHEREAS,
the Philippines is presently engaged in an expanded land reform
requiring massive cadastral and public land subdivision surveys which
are the basic requirements in the perfection of rights over the
areas; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is imperative that technical men especially trained in
geodetic and photogrammetric surveying and mapping shall be utilized in
this social reform program to undertake the land capability surveys as
well as the planning and programming of economic development of the
country through surveying and mapping;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to make some courses especially in the
field of technology relevant to the goals and objectives of the
government and to produce technical men to meet the immediate needs of
the government and the private sector in the field of surveying;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is currently a shortage of qualified geodetic engineers
to perform geodetic engineering, surveying and/or mapping activities on
land property and public land subdivision surveys as well as land
reform mapping on rice and corn lands throughout the country;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, few colleges and universities are now offering courses leading
to the Bachelor's degree in geodetic engineering due to lack of
students enrolling in the course;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there are graduates with the title of Association in Surveying
and civil engineering undergraduates who do not quality to take the
board examination for geodetic engineers, but competent to undertake
mapping and land survey work;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1103 dated January 17, 1973, and in order to effect the
desired changes and reforms in the social, economic and political
structure of our society do hereby order and decree the amendment of
Republic Act No. 4374, as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Section four of Republic Act Numbered Four
thousand three hundred seventy-four is hereby amended by adding a
sub-paragraph to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 4. .
(i) Give two kinds of examinations, namely:cralaw:red
1. Junior Geodetic Engineer; and
2. Geodetic Engineer"
Section 2. Section fifteen of the same Act is hereby
amended by adding a sub-paragraph to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 15. .
(e) To qualify in the Junior Geodetic Engineer
Examination, he must, likewise, satisfy the foregoing requirements (a)
to (c) of this Section and he shall have completed an Associate in
Surveying or third year in Geodetic Engineering course or fourth year
Civil Engineering course; Provided, That those Civil Engineering
undergraduates must also have completed or earned to their credit the
following courses: Laws on Natural Resources, Land Registration and
Property, Land Reform Laws, Land Property Surveys, Photogrammetry and
Cartography from any recognized school, college or university. The
certificate to be issued if he qualifies shall authorize him to execute
land property surveys for judicial and administrative land registration
proceedings; Provided, That this provision shall not affect those
geodetic engineers to whom the Board has issued the Geodetic
Engineering Certificate."
Section 3. This Degree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 2nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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