Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board within the term of a member shall be fined for the unexpired portion of the term only.

Section 7 - Vancancy and removal of Board members

The President may remove any member of the Board, upon the recommendation of the Commission, on the following grounds: (a) Neglect of duty or incompetence; (b) Violation or tolerance of the violation of this Act or the Code of Ethics for geodetic engineers; and (c) Final judgment of a crime involving moral turpitude.

Section 7 - Vancancy and removal of Board members

The Chairman and members of the Board shall receive compensation and allowances comparable to the compensation and allowances received by existing regulatory boards with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), hereinafter referred to as the Commission, as provided for in the General Appropriations Act.

Section 6 - Compensation of the Board members

A member of the Board shall, at the time of his appointment, possess the following qualifications: (a) Natural born citizen and resident of the Philippines; (b) Must be at least forty (40) years of age; (c) A registered Geodetic Engineer with a valid professional license and an active practitioner in Geodetic Engineering for not less than ten (10) years prior to appointment;

Section 4 - Qualifications of members of the Board

(d) Must not be a member of the faculty of any school, academy, institute, college or university where a regular course in Geodetic Engineering is being taught, nor have pecuniary interest in or administrative supervision over any such institution of learning; (e) Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to appointment, be connected with a review center or with any group or association where review classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure examination are offered or conducted at the time of appointment; and (f) Must not have been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude.

Section 4 - Qualifications of members of the Board

There is hereby created a Board of Geodetic Engineering, hereinafter called the Board, to be composed of a chairman and two (2) members to be appointed by the President of the Philippines from a list of three (3) recommendees for each position, chosen, ranked in the order of preference and submitted by the duly integrated and accredited association of geodetic engineers. The Board shall be organized not later than six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act.

Section 3 - Creation and composition of the Board of Geodetic Engineering

(14) Installation of machineries requiring the use of precision instruments; (15) Engagement in the transfer of the knowledge and technology of geodetic engineering in any institution of learning; (16) Provision of consultancy services in geodetic engineering.

Section 2 - Definition of terms

(2) Horizontal and vertical control surveys and political boundary surveys; (3) Land surveys to determine their metes and bounds and prepare the plans thereof for titling and for other purposes; (4) Subdivision, consolidation and/or consolidation-subdivision of titled properties;

Section 2 - Definition of terms

All applicants for registration for the practice of Geodetic Engineering shall be required to undergo and pass a written technical examination as provided for in this Act.

Section 11 - Examinations required

Every applicant for examination shall establish the following: (a) That he is a citizen of the Philippines; and (b) That he is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering in a school, academy, institute or college duly recognized by the Government.

Section 12 - Qualifications of applicant for examination

The Board may suspend or revoke a Certificate of Registration obtained through misrepresentation made in the application for examination.

Section 13 - Fraudulent application

The examination for Geodetic Engineering shall basically corer the following subjects: (1) Mathematics; (2) Theory and Practice of Surveying; (3) Property Surveying including Isolated, Cadastral, Mineral and Mining Surveys; (4) Cartography and Photogrammetry; (5) Geodesy, Geodetic Surveying and Least Squares; (6) Engineering Surveys and Construction Surveying; (7) Laws on Natural Resources including Laws on Property, Land Registration and Agrarian Reform; (8) Laws on Obligations and Contracts; (9) Code of Ethics of the Profession. The said subjects and their syllabi may be amended by the Board so as to conform to technological changes brought about by continuing trends in the profession.

Section 14 - Scope of examination

To be qualified as having passed the board examination for Geodetic Engineers, a candidate must obtain a weighted general average of seventy percent (70%), with no grade lower than fifty-five percent (55%) in any given subject. However, an examinee who obtains a weighted general average rating of seventy percent (70%) or higher but obtains a rating below fifty-five percent (55%) in any given subject must take the examination in the subject or subjects where he obtained a grade below fifty-five percent (55%).

Section 15 - Rating in the board examination

A Certificate of Registration shall be issued to applicants who pass the examination for Geodetic Engineers subject to the payment of registration fees. The Certificate of Registration of a Geodetic Engineer shall bear the signatures of the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Professional Regulation Commission and stamped with the official seal of the Board indicating that the person named therein is a registered Geodetic Engineer.

Section 19 - Certificate of registration and professional license

A professional identification card bearing the registration number, date of issuance, expiry date and duly signed by the Chairman of the Board, shall likewise be issued to every registrant upon payment of the professional fees. No person shall practice Geodetic Engineering in this country unless such person shall have secured a license to practice Geodetic Engineering in the manner herein provided. A license is entitled to practice the profession with all the privileges appurtenant thereto.

Section 19 - Certificate of registration and professional license

(a) Each registrant shall, upon registration, obtain the seal of such design as the Board of Geodetic Engineering may adopt. Plans and specifications prepared by, or under the direct supervision of a registered Geodetic Engineer, shall be stamped with said seal during the validity of the professional license. No person shall stamp or seal any document with the seal of a registrant after his professional license has expired or lost its validity unless he has been reinstated to the practice and/or unless his license has been renewed.

Section 20 - Seal and use of seal

(b) No officer or employee of the government, chartered cities, provinces and municipalities now or hereafter charged with the enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations relating to all Geodetic Engineering practices shall accept or endorse any survey plans or documents which have not been prepared and submitted in full accord with the provisions of this Act, nor shall any payment be approved by any such officer for any work, the plans and documents of which have not been so prepared, signed and sealed by a duly licensed Geodetic Engineer.

Section 20 - Seal and use of seal

(c) No Geodetic Engineer shall sign his name, affix his seal or use any other method of signature on plans, specifications or other documents made by or under another Geodetic Engineer's supervision unless the same is made in such manner as to clearly indicate the part of such work actually performed by him; and no person, except the Geodetic Engineer in charge, shall sign for any branch of work or any function of Geodetic Engineering practice not actually performed by him. The Geodetic Engineer in charge shall be fully responsible for all plans, specifications and other documents issued under his seal or authorized signature.

Section 20 - Seal and use of seal

(d) Plans and documents duly signed, stamped or sealed as instruments of service are the property and documents of the Geodetic Engineer, if the same has not been accepted and/or paid.

Section 20 - Seal and use of seal

If any clause, provision, paragraph or part thereof shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, invalidate or impair any other part hereof but such judgment shall be merely confined to the clause, provision, paragraph or part directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment has been rendered.

Section 32 - Separability clause

(a)The existing Board of Geodetic Engineering shall continue to function in the interim until such time as the new Board shall be duly constituted pursuant to this Act;

Section 30 - Transitory provisions

(b)Examination for Junior Geodetic Engineers shall cease to be constructed upon effectivity of this Act;

Section 30 - Transitory provisions

(c)Duly registered Junior Geodetic Engineers may continue to practice as such until their application for upgrading as Geodetic Engineers shall have been acted upon but in no case shall this privilege be extended beyond three (3) years from the effectivity of this Act."

Section 30 - Transitory provisions

The Board and the Professional Regulation Commission, in coordination with the accredited integrated national professional organization of Geodetic Engineering shall issue the implementing rules and regulations within ninety (90) days after the effectivity of this Act.

Section 27 - Implementing rules and regulations

No foreign Geodetic Engineer shall be issued a temporary license to practice the Geodetic Engineering profession or consultancy thereof or be entitled to any of the rights and privileges under this Act unless the country of which he is a subject or citizen specifically permits Filipino Geodetic Engineers to practice within its territorial limits on the same basis as the subjects or citizens of such foreign state or country.

Section 26 - Foreign reciprocity

The Geodetic Engineering profession shall be integrated into one (1) national organization which shall be recognized by the Board and by the Commission as the one and only integrated and accredited Association of Professional Geodetic Engineers.

Section 25 - Integration of the geodetic engineering profession

Upon registration with the Board, every professional Geodetic Engineer shall automatically become a member of the integrated and accredited national organization and shall receive the benefits and privileges appurtenant thereto. Those who have been registered with the Board but not members of the said integrated and accredited organization at the time of the effectivity of this Act, shall be allowed to register as members of the said organization within three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act. Membership in the integrated and accredited organization shall not be a bar to membership in other associations of the Geodetic Engineering profession.

Section 25 - Integration of the geodetic engineering profession

The practice of Geodetic Engineering is a professional service, admission to which shall be determined upon the basis of an individual's personal qualifications. The Geodetic Engineer is responsible for the correctness of his professional work for which he shall be answerable therefor.

Section 24 - Practice not allowed for firms and corporation

Only duly Registered Geodetic Engineers may organize, establish or form firms, partnerships or associations for the practice of Geodetic Engineering pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Section 24 - Practice not allowed for firms and corporation

(a)All practicing Geodetic Engineers who are registered at the time this Act takes effect shall automatically be registered.

Section 23 - Vested rights: automatic registration of practicing geodetic engineers

(b)Registration Without Examination. - All incumbent Junior Geodetic Engineers shall be issued a certificate of registration and a professional identification card without examination as Geodetic Engineers: Provided, That they have been in active practice of the geodetic engineering profession for at least three (3) years and they are holders of degrees in Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering, or are holders of degrees in Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, or are Associates in Geodetic Engineering or are Associates in Surveying. Junior Geodetic Engineers who qualify for upgrading to Geodetic Engineer without examination shall file their application for upgrading within three (3) years from the effectivity of this Act. The three-year period of active practice referred to herein shall be computed from the date of actual exercise of their profession, as defined in Section 2 of this Act, up to the date of approval of their application for upgrading. They shall also update their knowledge of the profession through continuing professional education or appropriate distance learning, as prescribed by the Professional Regulation Commission upon recommendation of the recognized and accredited professional geodetic organization, within three (3) years upon approval of their application.

Section 23 - Vested rights: automatic registration of practicing geodetic engineers

The Board shall have the power, upon due notice and hearing, to revoke or suspend the certificate of registration and professional identification card of a Geodetic Engineer, or to cancel a temporary/special permit for any cause specified in the preceding sections, including but not limited to the use or perpetuation of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration, or for incompetence, negligence, or for abatement of the illegal practice of Geodetic Engineering; violation of the provisions of this Act, its implementing rules and regulations and/or violation of the policies of the Board including the Code of Ethics for Geodetic Engineers. Such action of the Board shall be subject to appeal to the Commission within fifteen (15) days from written notice.

Section 22 - Grounds for suspension and revocation of license, cancellation of temporary/special permit

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The Board shall, at the close of each calendar year, submit an annual report to the President of the Philippines through the Professional Regulation Commission, giving detailed account of its proceedings and accomplishments during the year and make recommendation for the adoption of measures that will upgrade and improve the conditions affecting the practice of Geodetic Engineering in the Philippines.

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Section 10 - Annual report

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The Board shall be under the administrative supervision of the Commission. All records of the Board, including the application for examination, examination papers and results, minutes of deliberation, administrative cases and other investigations involving Geodetic Engineers shall be kept by the Commission.

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Section 9 - Supervision of the Board, custodian of its records, secretariat and support services

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The Commission shall designate the Secretary of the Board and shall provide the secretariat and other support services to implement the provisions of this Act.

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Section 9 - Supervision of the Board, custodian of its records, secretariat and support services

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(a) To promulgate and adopt the rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act;

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Section 8 - Powers and duties of the Board

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(b) To supervise the examination, registration, licensure and practice of Professional Geodetic Engineering in the Philippines;

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(d) To issue the Certificate of Registration to successful examinees;

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