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ECE: Republic Act No. 9292: Electronics Engineering Law of 2004
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ARTICLE VI
PENAL PROVISION AND ASSISTANCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
Section 35. Penal Provision. - The following shall be punished by a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) nor more than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00), 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 Engineer, 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 use 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 use a revoked or suspended Certificate of Registration as Professional Electronics Engineer, Electronics Engineer or Electronics Technician;
(d) Any person who shall assume, use, advertise or otherwise practice as Professional Electronics Engineer, 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 Engineer, Electronics Engineer or Electronics Technician, when in fact he/she is not duly registered with the Board as such;
(e) Any Professional Electronics Engineer, or any person on his/her behalf, who shall stamp or seal any document with his/her seal as 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of Registration, Professional Identification Card and membership card in the Accredited Professional Organization has been revoked or suspended or after he/she has been suspended from practice or removed from the roster of Professional Electronics Engineer, Electronics Engineers or Electronics Technicians;
(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 descriptions 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 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 electronic eavesdropping and/or the use of any electronic devices in violation of the privacy of another or in disregard of the privilege of private communications and/or safety to life, physical and/or intellectual property of others, or who shall maintain an unlicensed and/or unregistered communications system or device; and
(i) Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act or any rules, regulations, the Code of Ethics and the Code of Technical Standards of Practice promulgated under this Act.
Section 36. Assistance of Law Enforcement and Other Government Agencies. - Any law enforcement agency shall, upon call or request of the Board and/or the Commission, render assistance in enforcing 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 Rules 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 it 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 VII
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
Section 37. Transitory Provision. - Upon effectivity of this Act, the incumbent Board of Electronics and Communications Engineering shall complete all pending/unfinished works within a six (6)-month period, after which it shall cease to exist. The President of the Philippines shall before then appoint the Chairman and members of the first Board of Electronics Engineering in accordance with Sections 6 and 8 herein, who shall formulate and thereafter promulgate the rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act.
Section 38. Vested Rights: Electronics and Communications Engineers when this Law is Passed. - Electronics and Communications Engineers holding a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card at the time of effectivity of this Act shall be automatically registered and recognized as Electronics Engineers and shall be issued a new Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card as Electronics Engineers with the same license number as their original Electronics and Communications Engineer Certificate of Registration, subject to the payment of prescribed fees and other requirements of the Board and/or Commission.
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ARTICLE VIII
FINAL PROVISION
Section 39. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Subject to the approval of the Commission, the Board, in coordination with the accredited professional organization, shall adopt and promulgate such rules, regulations, resolutions, the Code of Ethics and the Code of Technical Standards of Practice for Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians to carry out the provisions of this Act, which shall be published in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation and shall be effective fifteen (15) days after publication therein.
Section 40. Appropriations. - The Chairperson of the Professional Regulation Commission shall include in the Commission's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 41. Separability Clause. - If any provisions of this Act or any portion hereof is declared unconstitutional by any competent court, the other provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby.
Section 42. Repealing Clause. - Republic Act No. 5734 is hereby repealed. All other laws, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
Section 43. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its full publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation.
pproved,
FRANKLIN DRILON
President of the Senate
JOSE DE VENECIA JR.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
This act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 5224 and Senate Bill No. 2683 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on February 2, 2004.
OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary of Senate
ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary General
House of Represenatives
Approved: April 17, 2004
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
source: http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9292_2004.html
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