S. No. 2683
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
METRO MANILA
TWELFTH CONGRESS
THIRD REGULAR SESSION
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eight day of July, two thousand three.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9292]
AN
ACT
PROVIDING
FOR
A
MORE
RESPONSIVE
AND
COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION FOR THE REGISTRATION,
LICENSING AND PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERS, ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS AND ELECTRONICS
TECHNICIANS, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5734,
OTHERWISE
KNOWN
AS
THE
"ELECTRONICS
AND
COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES",
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Electronics
Engineering Law of 2004".
SEC. 2. Statement of Policy. - The State recognizes the importance of electronics engineering in nation-building and development. The State shall therefore develop and nurture competent, virtuous, productive and well-rounded Professional
Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians whose standards of practice and service shall be excellent, qualitative, world-class and globally competitive through inviolable, honest, effective and credible licensure examinations and through regulatory measures, programs and activities that foster their integrity, continuing professional education, development and growth.
SEC. 3. Definition and Interpretation of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:
(a) Electronics - the science dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons or other carriers of electric charge, in a vacuum, in gaseous media, in plasma, in semiconductors, in solid-state and/or in similar devices, including, but not limited to, applications involving optical, electromagnetic and other energy forms when transduced or converted into