Republic Act No. 3927

Section 16. Registration without examination. – Certificates of registration as agricultural engineers may be issued without examination to applicants of good reputation and moral character who shall file their application within one year from the approval of this Act and who are:

  1. at least thirty years of age on the date of approval of this Act, are holders of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering conferred by a school, institute, college or university duly recognized by the Government, and had practised agricultural engineering for a period of not less than six years prior to such date;

  2. at least thirty-five years of age on the date of approval of this Act, are holders of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with major in agricultural engineering from a school, institute, college or university duly recognized by the Government and had practised agricultural engineering for a period of not less than six years prior to such date;

  3. at least thirty five years of age on the date of the approval of this Act, are holders of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering or Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with major in agricultural engineering from a school, institute, college or university duly recognized by the Government, and had passed government examination in agricultural engineering or mechanized farming for specialized and advanced studies abroad within the fields of agricultural engineering before the approval of this Act; and

  4. at least thirty years of age on the date of the approval of this Act and are holders of a certificate of membership of a duly recognized agricultural engineering society in foreign country like the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the Institution of Agricultural Engineers of the United States of America and the United Kingdom, respectively: Provided, That such certificate was granted upon compliance with the requirements similar to those prescribed in this Act and that the same privilege is granted to citizens of the Philippines desiring to practice agricultural engineering in said foreign country.