Article V: Sundry Provisions

ARTICLE V

SUNDRY PROVISIONS

SEC. 31

Continuing Professional Education

(CPE) and/or Development Programs
All registered Professional Electronics
Engineers, Electronics Engineers, and
Electronics Technicians, shall comply with
pertinent rules and regulations already
prescribed by and/or as may be prescribed
and promulgated by the Commission and/or
the Board , the Accredited Professional
Organization and other government
agencies, pursuant of this Act
and other relevant laws, international

treaties, agreements and/or covenants to
which the Philippines is a signatory and
has ratified, with respect to the
continuing professional education and/or
development and/or other similar/related
programs.
SEC. 32
Integrated and Accredited Professional

Organization
There shall be one (1) integrated and Accredited
Professional Organization of Professional
Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers, and
Electronics Technicians in the country, which shall
be registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as non-stock, non-profit corporation
and recognized by the Board, the Commission and
all government agencies as the one and only
integrated and accredited national organization
for the said professionals.
Every Professional Electronics Engineer,

Electronics Engineer and Electronics
Technician, upon registration with the
Commission as such, shall ipsofacto become
a member of this Accredited Professional
Organization. Those who have been
previously registered by the Board but are
not members of this Accredited Professional
Organization at the time of effectivity of this
Act
shall be allowed to register as members of

this organization within three (3) years after
the effectivity of this Act. Membership in
this Accredited Professional Organization
shall not be a bar to membership in other
associations of the electronics engineering
and electronics technicians professions.
The Accredited Professional Organization

shall implement the continuing professional
education, accredit other organization or
entitles to provide continuing professional
education, and/or development program
promulgated by the Board and/or the
Commission, compliance with which shall be
one of the requisites for the maintenance of
membership in good standing of the
professional in the Accredited Professional
Organization.
All members of good standing of this Accredited

Professional Organization shall be issued an
annual membership card indicating the
membership number and validity period of the
membership, which shall be affixed to all plans,
specifications and any document signed by the
member in the course of practice of his/her
profession. Failure to maintain membership in
good standing in the Accredited Professional
Organization shall be cause for listing of the
individual as delinquent in the roster of
professionals.
SEC. 33
Foreign Reciprocity
No foreigner shall be admitted for registration as
Professional Electronics Engineer, Electronics
Engineer, Electronics Technician with or without
examination under this Act unless he/she proves
in the manner as provided by the Board that, by
specific provisions of law, the country, state or
province of which he/she is a citizen, subject or
national, or in accordance with international
treaties, agreements and/or covenants to which
their country, state or province is a signatory,
admits Filipino citizens
to practice as Professional Electronics Engineer,

Electronics Engineer, Electronics Technician after
an examination or registration process on terms
of strict and absolute equality with the citizens,
subjects or nationals of said country, including
the unconditional recognition of professional
licenses issued by the Board and/or the
Commission and prerequisite degrees/diplomas
issued by institutions of learning duly recognized
by the government of the Philippines.
SEC. 34
Positions in Government Requiring the

Services of Registered and Licensed
Professional Electronics Engineers,
Electronics Engineers and Electronics
Technicians
Within three (3) years from the effectivity of this
Act, all existing and proposed positions in the
local and national government, whether career,
permanent, temporary or contractual and
primarily requiring the services of Professional
Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers or
Electronics
Technicians shall accordingly be filled only

by registered and licensed Professional
Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers
or Electronics Technicians.
ARTICLE VI
PENAL PROVISION AND
ASSISTANCE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
SEC. 35
Penal Provision
The following shall be punished by a fine of not less
than One hundred thousand pesos (100,000.00) nor
more than One million pesos (1,000,000.00), or by
imprisonment of not less than six (6) months nor
more than six (6) years, or both, in the discretion of
the court:
(a) Any person who shall give any false or fraudulent
statement to the Board to obtain a Certificate of
Registration and/or Professional Identification Card
as Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics
Engineer or Electronics Technician.
(b) Any person who shall present or use as

his/her own a Certificate of Registration,
Professional Identification Card,
membership identification card in the
Accredited Professional Organization and/or
seal issued to another and any person who
allows the used of his/her Certificate of
Registration, Professional Identification
Card, membership card in the Accredited
Professional Organization and/or seal;
(c) Any person who shall present or used a

revoked or suspended Certificate of
Registration as Professional Electronics
Engineers, Electronics Engineer or Electronics
Technician,
(d) Any person who shall assume, use,
advertise or otherwise practice as Professional
Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineer or
Electronics Technician, or append to his/her
name, any letter/s or words tending to convey
the impression that he/she is a registered
Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics

Engineer or Electronics Technician, when in fact
he/she is not duly registered with the Board as
such;
(e) Any Professional Electronics Engineers, or any
person on his/her behalf, who shall stamp or seal
any document with his/her seal such after his/her
Certificate of Registration, Professional
Identification Card and membership card in the
Accredited Professional Organization has been
revoked or suspended or after he/she has been
suspended from practice or removed from

the roster Professional Electronics
Engineers, Electronics Engineer or
Electronics Technician;
(f) Any Professional Electronics Engineer
who shall sign his/her name, affix his/her
seal, or use any other method of signature
on plans, technical description or other
documents prepared by or under the
supervision of another Professional
Electronics Engineer,
unless the same is prepared in such manner

as to clearly indicate the part of such as
work actually performed by the former;
(g) Any person, except the Professional
Electronics Engineer or Electronics Engineer
in-charge, who shall sign for any electronics
engineering work, or any function of
electronics engineering practice not actually
performed by him/her;
(h) Any person holding a Certificate of

Registration and Professional identification
Card as Professional Electronics Engineer,
Electronics Engineer or Electronics Technician
who shall be involved in illegal wire-tapping,
cloning, hacking, cracking piracy and/or other
forms of unauthorized and malicious
electronics eavesdropping and/or the use of
any electronic devices in violation of the
privacy of another or in disregard of one
privilege of private communications and/or
safety to life, physical and/or intellectual

property of others, of who shall maintain an
unlicensed and/or unregistered
communications system devices; and
(i) Any person who shall violate any
provision of this Act or rules, regulations,
the Code of Ethics and the Code of Technical
Standards of Practices promulgated under
this Act.
SEC.36
Assistance of Law Enforcement and the

Other Government Agencies
Any law enforcement agency shall, upon call or
request of the Board and/or the Commission,
render assistance in forcing this Act including
the Code of Ethics, Code of Technical Standards
of Practice and the implementing rules and
regulations and measures promulgated
hereunder, by prosecuting violators thereof in
accordance with law and the Rule of Court.
Any department, instrumentality, office,

bureau, institution or agency of the
government including local governments,
upon call or request from the Board and/or
the Commission, shall render such assistance
as it may require, cooperate and coordinate
with in carrying out, enforcing or
implementing this Act, the codes, policies,
measures, programs or activities of the Board
and/or the Commission that it may undertake
pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

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ARTICLE V

Continuing Professional Education

and other relevant laws, international

Integrated and Accredited Professional

Every Professional Electronics Engineer,

shall be allowed to register as members of

The Accredited Professional Organization

All members of good standing of this Accredited

to practice as Professional Electronics Engineer,

Positions in Government Requiring the

Technicians shall accordingly be filled only

(b) Any person who shall present or use as

(c) Any person who shall present or used a

Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics

suspended from practice or removed from

unless the same is prepared in such manner

(h) Any person holding a Certificate of

safety to life, physical and/or intellectual

Assistance of Law Enforcement and the

Any department, instrumentality, office,

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