An Act to Amend the First Paragraph of Section Twenty-Four of Act Numbered Thirty-Nine Hundred and Ninety-Two, as Amended
Year:
1955
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
April 20, 1955
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This Act amends the first paragraph of Section 24 of Act Numbered 3992, which pertains to the issuance of driver's licenses. It stipulates that a professional driver's license can only be issued after obtaining a police clearance and ensures that individuals with certain contagious diseases are not granted such licenses.Full Text
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
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
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:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: April 20, 1955.
"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".
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