Section 20. Issuance of Certificates. —
A Certificate of registration for geodetic engineer shall be issued to any applicant who passes the examination after the approval of his ratings by the President of the Philippines and upon payment of the required fees: Provided, That upon payment of the required fees, the Board may issue within a period of not exceeding two years from the approval of this Act, a certificate of registration as geodetic engineer, without the necessity of undergoing the examination herein prescribed, to any applicant who, on the date of the approval of this Act:
Is a holder of a registration certificate as private, or mineral, or cadastral land surveyor granted under Act Numbered Thirty-six Hundred and Twenty-Six as Amended; or
Is a graduate of a recognized course in surveying and has passed the Civil Service examination as assistant surveyor, or surveyor, or assistant mineral land surveyor, or mineral land surveyor, or senior cartographer, or supervising computer, and has practiced field surveying for at least twenty years in and/or out of the government service; or
Is a commissioned line officer of the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey or a retired officer of the said Bureau who have had at least five (5) years of continuous active service as a commissioned line officer at the time of his retirement.
Every certificate of registration shall show the full name of the registrant with a serial number, and shall be signed by the members of the Board, attested to by the Secretary of the Board of Examiners and duly authenticated by the official seal of the Board.
The certificate of registration issued by the Board to the registrant shall be evidence that the person named therein is entitled to the rights and privileges of a registered geodetic engineer while said certificate remains in force or unrevoked.