Section 19. Transitional provisions. — From the entry into force of this Act, any person wishing to practise the profession of civil engineer must obtain a registration certificate in the manner and under the conditions set out below. All civil engineers duly authorized under the provisions of the Act Nos. Twenty-nine Hundred and Eighty-Five, as amended, at the time of the coming into force of this Act shall be automatically registered under the provisions of this Act. The registration certificates of such persons shall have the same force and effect as if they had been issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act. All civil engineering graduates of a government-recognized school, institute, college or university who have passed the civil service examination for senior civil engineers and who have been practised or employed as such in the government as such for five years are exempt from the examination. § 2 Definition of terms. — (a) the practice of civil engineering within the meaning and intent of this Act includes services in the form of consultation, drafting, drawing up of plans, specifications, cost estimates, construction, installation and supervision of the construction of roads, bridges, motorways, railways, ports and hangars, port works, canals, river and river improvements, lighthouses and dry docks; buildings, fixed structures for irrigation, flood protection, drainage, water supply and sewerage; Demolition of permanent structures; and tunnels. The enumeration of works in this section should not be construed as excluding other works requiring knowledge and structural applications. (b) The term “civil engineer” used in this Act means a person duly registered with the Civil Engineers Examination Board in the manner set out below. § 27 Repeal. — Any laws, parts of laws, ordinances, ordinances or regulations that conflict with the provisions of this Agreement; including the parts of the law numbered twenty-nine hundred and eighty-five, as amended, in so far as it relates to the practice of civil engineering, are repealed, with the exception of the provisions of the law bearing the numbers thirty and one hundred and fifty-nine amending the law with the number twenty-nine hundred and eighty-five, which refer to the practice of the “Maestro de Obras”.
Section 15. Exemption from registration. — 1. Registration is not required of the following persons: (a) officers or crews of the United States Armed Forces and the Philippine Armed Forces, as well as civilian employees of the United States Government stationed in the Philippines in connection with the provision of civil engineering services in the United States and/or the Philippines. (b) Civil engineers or experts called upon by the Government of the Philippines for consultations or for the specific design and construction of fixed structures within the meaning of this Act, provided that their practice is limited to such work. (2) Any person residing in the Philippines may draw up plans or specifications for: (a) Any building in chartered cities or in cities whose building regulations do not exceed the space requirements specified therein and require the services of a civil engineer. (b) any extension or modification of a wooden building which may be used only for agricultural purposes and which costs not more than ten thousand pesos. (c) Provided, however, that nothing in this Act prevents a person from constructing his own residential building (wood or light material) and using the services of one or more persons necessary for that purpose, without the use of a civil engineer, as long as he does not violate the local regulations of the place where the building is to be erected. (3) Nothing in this Act prevents draughtsmen, active students, superintendents and other employees of those who lawfully practise civil engineering under the provisions of this Act from acting under the direction, control or supervision of their employer. (4) In addition, something in this law prevents persons who were legally involved in the practice of “maestro be obras” before the approval of this law from continuing as such, unless they take over the supervision of plans for the following classes of work: a) Construction of concrete, reinforced or not. (b) buildings of more than two storeys.
(c) metal-framed buildings. (d) Construction of structures for public gatherings or assemblies, such as theatres, cinematographs, stadiums, churches or structures of a similar nature. (5) Again, nothing in this Act prevents professional architects and engineers from practising their profession. Article 13. Oath of Civil Engineers. — All successful candidates for the examination must take an oath of profession before the examination board of civil engineers or other officials authorized to take the oath before entering the profession of civil engineer. § 24. Companies and companies active in civil engineering. A corporation, partnership, corporation or association may operate civil engineering in the Philippines provided that the practice is conducted under the supervision of a civil engineer or by civil engineers holding valid certificates issued by the board. No company, partnership, partnership or association that uses the name of one or more persons as in the name of the company may advertise as a civil engineer unless that person or persons are registered civil engineers. Section 14.
Sealing and use of seals. — All registered civil engineers shall receive a seal in a specimen approved and ordered by the Chamber: provided, however, that the serial number of the certificate issued by the Chamber is included in the design of the seal. Plans and specifications drawn up by a certified civil engineer or under the direct supervision of a certified civil engineer shall bear this seal for the duration of the declarant`s certificate and it is illegal for any person to stamp or seal documents bearing this seal after the expiry or revocation of the certificate of the declarant named therein; unless the certificate has been renewed or reissued. Section 10. Exam topics. — Candidates for admission as civil engineers are examined at the discretion of the Chamber on the following subjects: mathematics, including algebra, plane and spherical trigonometry, analysis, descriptive and fixed geometry, differential and integral calculus, rational and applied mechanics; hydraulic, surveying, including highway and railway surveying; Level, topographical and hydrographic surveys as well as pre-surveying; Planning and construction of highways and railways, masonry structures, wood and reinforced concrete buildings, bridges, towers, walls, foundations, piers, ports, wharves, aqueducts, sanitation facilities, water supply systems, dams and irrigation and drainage canals.