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3. (a) The Commission shall have jurisdiction, supervision, and control over all public services and their franchises, equipment, and other properties, and in the exercise of its authority, it shall have the necessary powers and the aid of the public force: Provided, That public services owned or operated by government entities or government-owned or controlled corporations shall be regulated by the Commission in the same way as privatelyowned public services, but certificates of public convenience or certificates of public convenience and necessity shall not be required of such entities or corporations: And provided, further, That it shall have no authority to require steamboats, motor ships and steamship lines, whether privately-owned, or owned or operated by any Government controlled corporation or instrumentality to obtain certificate of public convenience or to prescribe their definite routes or lines of service. Regulation of Ownership CA 146: Public Service Act Sec 16.a Section 16. Proceedings of the Commission, upon notice and hearing. - The Commission shall have power, upon proper notice and hearing in accordance with the rules and provisions of this Act, subject to the limitations and exceptions mentioned and saving provisions to the contrary : (a) To issue certificates which shall be known as certificates of public convenience, authorizing the operation of public service within the Philippines whenever the Commission finds that the operation of the public service proposed and the authorization to do business will promote the public interest in a proper and suitable manner. Provided, That thereafter, certificates of public convenience and certificates of public convenience and necessity will be granted only to citizens of the Philippines or of the United States or to corporations, co-partnerships, associations or joint-stock companies constituted and organized under the laws of the Philippines; Provided, That sixty per centum of the stock or paid-up capital of any such corporations, copartnership, association or joint-stock company must belong entirely to citizens of the Philippines or of the United States: Provided, further, That no such certificates shall be issued for a period of more than fifty years.

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SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in and for purposes of this Act, the following terms, whether in singular or plural are hereby defined as follows: (a) "Domestic shipping" shall mean the transport of passenger or cargo, or both, by ships duly registered and licensed under Philippine law to engage in trade and commerce between Philippine ports and within Philippine territorial or internal waters, for hire or compensation, with general or limited clientele, whether permanent occasional or incidental, with or without fixed routes, and done for contractual or commercial purposes; (b) "Domestic trade" shall mean the sale, barter or exchange of goods, materials or products within the Philippines; (c) "Domestic Ship Operator" or "Domestic Ship Owner" may be used interchangeably and shall mean a citizen of the Philippines, or a commercial partnership wholly owned by Filipinos, or a corporation at least sixty percent (60%) of the capital of which is owned by Filipinos, which is duly authorized by the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) to engage in the business of domestic shipping; (d) "Shipper" shall mean any person, partnership or corporation who shall procure for itself the services of a domestic ship operator for the carriage of its cargo in the domestic trade upon payment of proper compensation; (e) "MARINA" shall mean the Maritime Industry Authority; (f) "Ship" or "Vessel" may be used interchangeably and shall mean any kind, class or type of craft or artificial contrivance capable of floating in water, designed to be used, or capable of being used as a means of water transport in the domestic trade for the carriage of passengers or cargo, or both, utilizing its own motive power or that of another; (g) "Importation" shall mean the direct purchase, lease or charter of newly constructed or previously owned ships, or the purchase of ship's spare parts from foreign sources or from registered enterprises operating in special economic zones as this terms is defined in Republic Act No. 7916 entitled, "The Special Economic Zone Act of 1995," (h) "Spare parts" shall mean the replacement parts or components of vessel, including but not limited to its hull, engines, machineries, equipment, appurtenances, necessaries accessories, article, supplies, materials, steelplates, aluminum plates, other metal plates, communications, equipment, and other parts or components thereof, installed abroad the ships necessary for its safe and efficient navigation and operation; (i) "Certificate of Public Convenience' shall mean the license on authority issued by MARINA to a domestic ship operator to engage in domestic shipping; (j) "Cargo handling equipment' shall mean any machinery, gear or equipment used by the ship operator or a duly authorized and licensed port operator to service or handle cargo, on board the vessel at the port or in the terminal or container yard such as, but not limited to cranes, forklifts, top lifts, stackers, tractor heads, containers, pallet boards and the like, including all spare parts, replacement parts, appurtenances accessories, articles, supplies and materials thereof; (k) "Shipbuilding" shall mean the design, construction, launching and outfitting of all types of ships and watercraft; (l) "Ship repair" shall mean the overhaul, refurbishment renovation improvement, or alteration of the hull, machineries, equipment, outfits and components of all types of ships; (m) "Shipyard" shall mean the shipbuilding or repair facilities which have the capability to lift vessels above the waterline in order to effect ship work on vessels, appendages, structure, machinery and equipment; and (n) "Shipbuilder" or "Ship repairer" shall mean a citizen of the Philippines, or a commercial partnership owned by majority of Filipinos or a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Philippines, the capital of which is owned or controlled in any proportion by Filipinos or by foreign nationals, or by both such Filipinos or foreign nationals, or by corporations whether Filipino or foreign-owned, which is duly authorized by the MARINA to engage in the business of

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shipbuilding or ship repair or to otherwise operate a shipyard, graving dock or marine repair yard. CHAPTER III DEREGULATION OF THE DOMESTIC SHIPPING INDUSTRY-AUTHORITY OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY SEC. 5. Authority to Operate. - No franchise, certificate or any other form authorization for the carriage of cargo or passenger, or both in the domestic trade, shall be granted except of domestic ship owners or operators. SEC. 6. Foreign Vessels Engaged in Trade and Commerce in the Philippines Territorial Waters. No foreign vessel shall be allowed to transport passengers or cargo between ports or place within the Philippine territorial waters, except upon the grant Special Permit by the MARINA when no domestic vessels is available or suitable to provide the needed shipping service and public interest warrants the same.

Regulation of Ownership RA 776 Sec. 11. Nature, terms and conditions. A Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity is a permit issued by the Board authorizing a person to engage in air commerce and/or air transportation, foreign and/or domestic. xxx Sec. 12. Citizenship requirement. Except as otherwise provided in the Constitution and existing treaty or treaties, a permit authorizing a person to engage in domestic air commerce and/or air transportation shall be issued only to citizens of the Philippines.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Regulation of Rates CA 146 Section 16. Proceedings of the Commission, upon notice and hearing. - The Commission shall have power, upon proper notice and hearing in accordance with the rules and provisions of this Act, subject to the limitations and exceptions mentioned and saving provisions to the contrary : xxx (c) To fix and determine individual or joint rates, tolls, charges, classifications, or schedules thereof, as well as commutation, mileage, kilometrage, and other special rates which shall be imposed observed and followed thereafter by any public service: Provided, That the Commission may, in its discretion, approve rates proposed by public services provisionally and without necessity of any hearing; but it shall call a hearing thereon within thirty days, thereafter, upon publication and notice to the concerns operating in the territory affected: Provided, further, That in case the public service equipment of an operator is used principally or secondarily for the promotion of a private business, the net profits of said private business shall be considered in relation with the public service of such operator for the purpose of fixing the rates. xxx Regulation of Rates RA 9295 SEC. 8. Deregulation of the Domestic Shipping Industry. - In order to encourage investments in the domestic shipping industry by existing domestic ship operators and attract new investment from new operators and investors, domestic ship operators are hereby authorized to establish their own domestic shipping rates: Provided, That effective competition is fostered and public interest is served. The MARINA shall monitor all shipping operations and exercise regulatory intervention where it is established after due process that public interest needs to be protected and safeguarded. SEC. 11. Rates. - Every domestic ship operator shall have the right to fix its own passenger pr cargo rates, or both.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Rule with respect to air transport RA 776 Sec. 10. Powers and duties of the Board. (A) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Board shall have the power to regulate the economic aspect of air transportation, and shall have the general supervision and regulation of, and jurisdiction and control over, air carriers xxx (C) The Board shall have the following specific powers and duties: (1) In accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of this Act, to issue, deny, amend, revise, alter, modify, cancel, suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, upon petition or complaint, or upon its own initiative, any temporary operating permit or Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity: Provided, however, That in the case of foreign air carriers, the permit shall be issued with the approval of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. (2) To fix and determine reasonable individual, joint or special rates, charges or fares which an air carrier may demand, collect or receive for any service in connection with air commerce. The Board may adopt any original, amended, or new individual, joint or special rates, charges or fares proposed by an air carrier if the proposed individual, joint, or special rates, charges or fares are not unduly preferential or unduly discriminatory or unreasonable. The burden of proof to show that the proposed individual, joint or special rates, charges or fares are just are reasonable shall be upon the air carrier proposing the same. xxx Rule with respect to air transport EO 219 Domestic air transportation 2.2 Tariffs and Fares. To the extent allowed by law passage freight and other charges shall be liberalized. However, passage rates shall likewise be deregulated for routes/links operated by more than one (1) common carrier. For routes serviced by a single operator, passage rates shall continue to be regulated. However, all freight rates, charges and passage rates shall be monitored by the CAB.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Regulation of authorized routes CA 146: Public Service Act Sec 13.b Section 13. (b) The term "public service" includes every person that now or hereafter may own, operate, manage, or control in the Philippines, for hire or compensation, with general or limited clientele, whether permanent, occasional or accidental, and done for general business purposes, any common carrier, railroad, street railway, traction railway, sub-way motor vehicle, either for freight or passenger, or both with or without fixed route and whether may be its classification, freight or carrier service of any class, express service, steamboat or steamship line, pontines, ferries, and water craft, engaged in the transportation of passengers or freight or both, shipyard, marine railways, marine repair shop, [warehouse] wharf or dock, ice plant, icerefrigeration plant, canal, irrigation system, gas, electric light, heat and power water supply and power, petroleum, sewerage system, wire or wireless communications system, wire or wireless broadcasting stations and other similar public services: Provided, however, That a person engaged in agriculture, not otherwise a public service, who owns a motor vehicle and uses it personally and/or enters into a special contract whereby said motor vehicle is offered for hire or compensation to a third party or third parties engaged in agriculture, not itself or themselves a public service, for operation by the latter for a limited time and for a specific purpose directly connected with the cultivation of his or their farm, the transportation, processing, and marketing of agricultural products of such third party or third parties shall not be considered as operating a public service for the purposes of this Act. Regulation of authorized routes EO 292 Book IV Title XV Chapter 5 Sec 19 Sec. 19. Powers and Functions of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board. The Board shall: (1) Prescribe and regulate routes, economically viable capacities, and zones or areas of operation of public land transportation services provided by motorized vehicles in accordance with the public land transportation development plans and programs approved by the Department of Transportation and Communications; (2) Issue, amend, revise, suspend or cancel Certificates of Public Convenience or permits authorizing the operation of public land transportation services provided by motorized vehicles, and prescribe the appropriate terms and conditions therefor; (3) Determine, prescribe, approve and periodically review and adjust reasonable fares, rates and other related charges, relative to the operation of public land transportation services provided by motorized vehicles; xxx

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Regulation of authorized routes EO 125-A Sec. 3. Section 14 of said Executive Order is hereby renumbered as Section 12 and amended to read as follows: "Sec. 12. Maritime Industry Authority. The Maritime Industry Authority is hereby retained and shall have the following functions: (a) Develop and formulate plans, policies, programs, projects, standards, specifications and guidelines geared toward the promotion and development of the maritime industry, the growth and effective regulation of shipping enterprises, and for the national security objectives of the country; (b) Establish, prescribe and regulate routes, zones and/or areas of operation of particular operators of public water services; (c) Issue Certificates of Public Convenience for the operation of domestic and overseas water carriers; (d) Register vessels as well as issue certificates, licenses or documents necessary or incident thereto; (e) Undertake the safety regulatory functions pertaining to vessel construction and operation including the determination of manning levels and issuance of certificates of competency to seamen; xxx Regulation of authorized routes RA 776 Sec. 13. Conduct of proceedings. The Board shall conduct its proceedings in such manner as will be conductive to the proper dispatch of business and to the ends of justice. All hearings and investigations before the Civil Aeronautics Board shall be governed, by the rules of procedure adopted by the Board, and in the conduct thereof the Board shall be not be bound by the technical rules of evidence.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com EO 185 1. The entry of new operators into the domestic water transport industry shall be liberalized to enhance the level of competition and bring about reasonable rates and improved quality of services. 1.1. Opening-up of all Routes Public interest and public convenience call for the levelling of the playing field for all existing and new operators in the domestic water transport industry. Competition, provided it is not ruinous, should be the norm to open-up the industry to new investments and to stimulate further economic activity. 1.1.1. All routes/links shall have a minimum of two (2) operators. Routes/links presently serviced by only one (1) operator, or monopolized or cartelized as determined by MARINA, shall be open for entry to additional operators. 1.1.2. All routes/links which have been serviced by any operator for an aggregate period of at least five (5) years shall be open for entry to additional operators without limit. 1.2. Encouraging Entry Into Developmental Routes The entry of operators in developmental routes as determined by MARINA shall be encouraged. An operator who pioneers in the provision of a certain technological level/type of shipping service in a developmental route shall be authorized to charge market-accepted freight and passage rates differing from the authorized fork-tariff, if availed of; Provided, that the operator shall apply with MARINA for the adjustment in or adoption of such rates, the approval of which shall be accordingly granted; and Provided, further, that after five (5) years of such operation, the continued authorization of such rates, or adjustments thereof, shall be dependent on an evaluation undertaken by MARINA. 1.3. Deregulating Entry of Newly-Acquired Vessels Into Routes Already Served By Franchised Operators 1.3.1. An existing or new operator who acquires a vessel through importation, bareboat charter with option to purchase, lease-purchase, or local construction, shall be granted a Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC)/Provisional Authority (PA) and allowed to operate such vessel in any route, even if already being served by existing franchised operators for less than five (5) years, including developmental routes; Provided, that the prescribed application for CPC has been filed, and the basic requisites prior to issuance thereof have been complied with; Provided, further, that upon filing of the application for CPC, the presumption of public need shall be accorded in favor of the applicant, especially but not necessarily when any of the following conditions shall be shown to obtain: 1.3.1.1. The proposed operation shall introduce innovative, technologically-advanced, or pioneering shipping services in the route applied for, such as, but not limited to, the deployment of fast ferries, cruise vessels, container vessels and RoRo vessels, or the employment of modern and efficient on-board cargo handling equipment as an integral part of the vessel's operation; 1.3.1.2. The proposed operation shall introduce improvements in the quality of service being provided in the applied route/link;

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com 1.3.1.3. The vessel proposed to be deployed shall serve as an improvement over the existing vessels operating therein, either in terms of the vessel's age, size, capacity, hull material and other vessel technical features; 1.3.1.4. The proposed operation shall foster cost-effective/competitive shipping service in the route proposed to be served; 1.3.1.5. The proposed operation shall service priority tourist links as identified by the Department of Tourism in its Tourism Master Plan; 1.3.1.6. The route/link applied for warrants additional operators/services, as determined by MARINA or by pertinent local government units, resulting in public invitations for additional services therein. This condition covers cases where there is a duly verified and legitimate public clamor for additional shipping services and it has been determined that existing authorized operators in the route/link have not been sensitive to an increase in demand by offering to increase capacity only after another operator has offered to provide additional services therein; and 1.3.1.7. Where existing authorized operators have abandoned their operations in a given route. Any oppositor to the application shall bear the burden of proving that there is no need for the proposed service. Provided, finally, that the vessel, upon issuance of the CPC, shall continuously serve its franchised route for at least one (1) year. 1.4. Vessel Rerouting Or Amendment Of Authorized Route And Change In Sailing Schedules And Frequency Any change or amendment to the authorized routing pattern of a vessel can be undertaken by an existing authorized operator thru the following: (1) omission or deletion of port(s); (2) addition of other port(s); (3) omission and subsequent addition of port(s); (4) changing the sequence of port calls; (5) retention of authorized routing pattern but with addition of one or more ports. Vacated port(s) or link(s)/route(s) as a result of the above shall be looked into by MARINA insofar as adequacy or sufficiency of the remaining existing shipping services is concerned: 1.4.1. Approval shall be granted to applications for any of the above forms of change or amendment of authorized routing pattern by existing franchised liner vessels, Provided, that: 1.4.1.1. No conflict in sailing schedules with other affected operators in the applied route/link shall result therefrom, otherwise, the MARINA shall prescribe, motu propio, sailing schedules that will best serve public interest and convenience; 1.4.1.2. No route or link shall be left unserviced by the rerouting or route amendment, unless a substitute vessel from the applicant will be deployed therein, or vessel(s) from other existing authorized operators are left serving the route/link; and 1.4.1.3. Shipping service in the previous route/link has been continuously rendered by the vessel for at least one (1) year from issuance of CPC. 1.4.2. If the rerouting or route amendment of a vessel is caused by the deployment of a newly

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com acquired vessel (either through importation, bareboat charter with option to purchase, lease purchase or local construction) into the authorized route of an operator, the policy of liberalized entry into any route under Section 1.3 above shall be applied. 1.4.3. If no newly-acquired vessel is involved and an application is filed for the rerouting or route amendment of a vessel, where an entirely new route or link will be served, a new application for CPC shall be filed and entry therein will depend on whether any of the conditions or circumstances enumerated in Section 1.3 above has been proven to obtain. Priority shall, however, be given to newlyacquired vessels brought into the fleet, subject to Section 1.3, in the grant of CPC to a given route. 1.4.4. In cases where only a temporary authority has so far been issued to a vessel, pending resolution of the basic application for CPC, an application for amendment of route or rerouting may be filed and considered by the MARINA, but the amended authority to be issued as a result thereof, shall be subject to the one (1) year maximum period per issuance to be cumulatively reckoned from the first PA issued in the original application. Regulation of equipment used CA 146 Section 16. Proceedings of the Commission, upon notice and hearing. - The Commission shall have power, upon proper notice and hearing in accordance with the rules and provisions of this Act, subject to the limitations and exceptions mentioned and saving provisions to the contrary : xxx (d) To fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurement, or service to be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed thereafter by any public service. xxx

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Regulation of equipment used RA 9295 SEC. 9. Safety Standards. - All vessels operate by domestic ship operators shall at all times be in seaworthy condition properly equipped with adequate life-saving, communication, safety and other equipment operated and maintained in accordance with the standards set by MARINA, and manned by duly licensed and competent vessel crew. The MARINA shall have the power to inspect vessels and all equipment on board to ensure compliance with safety standards. SEC. 10. Jurisdiction; Power; and Duties of MARINA. - The MARINA shall have the power and authority to: (1) Register vessels; (2) Issue certificates of public convenience or any extensions or amendments thereto, authorizing the operation of all kinds. Classes and types of vessels in domestic shipping: Provided, That no such certificate shall be valid for a period of more than twenty-five (25) years; (3) Modify, suspend or revoke at any time upon notice and hearing, any certificate, license or accreditation it may have issued to any domestic ship operator; (4) Establish and prescribe routes, zones or areas of operations of domestic ship operators; (5) Require any domestic ship operator to provide shipping services to any coastal area, island or region in the country where such services are necessary for the development of the area, to meet emergency sealift requirements, or when public interest so requires; (6) Set safety standards for vessels in accordance with applicable conventions and regulations; (7) Require all domestic ship operators to comply with operational and safety standards for vessels set by applicable conventions and regulations, maintain its vessels in safe and serviceable conditions, meet the standards of safety of life at sea and safe manning requirements, and furnish safe, adequate, efficient, reliable and proper service at all times; (8) Inspect all vessels to ensure and enforce compliance with safety standards and other regulations; (9) Ensure that all domestic ship operators shall have the financial capacity to provide and sustain safe, reliable, efficient and economic passenger or cargo service, or both; (10) Determine the impact which any new service shall have to the locality it will serve; (11) Adopt and enforce such rules and regulations which will ensure compliance by every domestic ship operator with required safety standards and other rules and regulations on vessel safety; (12) Adopt such rules and regulations which ensure the reasonable stability of passengers and freight rates and, if necessary, to intervene in order to protect public interest; (13) Hear and adjudicate any complaint made in writing involving any violation of this law or the rules and regulations of the Authority; (14) Impose such fines and penalties on, including the revocations of licenses of any domestic ship operator who shall fail to maintain its vessels in safe and serviceable

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com condition, or who shall violate or fail to comply with safety regulations; (15) Investigate any complaint made in writing against any domestic ship operator, or any shipper, or any group of shippers regarding any matter involving violations of the provisions of this Act; (16) Upon notice and hearing, impose such fines, suspend or revoke certificates of public convenience or other license issued, or otherwise penalize any ship operator, shipper or group of shippers found violating the provisions of this Act; and (17) Issue such rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Act: Provided, That such rules and regulations cannot change or in any way amend or be contrary to the intent and purposes of this Act. Sec. 10. Powers and duties of the Board. (A) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Board shall have the power to regulate the economic aspect of air transportation, and shall have the general supervision and regulation of, and jurisdiction and control over, air carriers xxx (C) The Board shall have the following specific powers and duties: (1) In accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of this Act, to issue, deny, amend, revise, alter, modify, cancel, suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, upon petition or complaint, or upon its own initiative, any temporary operating permit or Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity: Provided, however, That in the case of foreign air carriers, the permit shall be issued with the approval of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. (2) To fix and determine reasonable individual, joint or special rates, charges or fares which an air carrier may demand, collect or receive for any service in connection with air commerce. The Board may adopt any original, amended, or new individual, joint or special rates, charges or fares proposed by an air carrier if the proposed individual, joint, or special rates, charges or fares are not unduly preferential or unduly discriminatory or unreasonable. The burden of proof to show that the proposed individual, joint or special rates, charges or fares are just are reasonable shall be upon the air carrier proposing the same. In fixing rates, charges, or fares under the provisions of this Act, the Board shall take into consideration, among other factors:

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com (a) The effect of such rates upon the movement of traffic; (b) The need in the public interest of adequate and efficient transportation of persons and property by air carriers at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service; (c ) Such standards respecting the character and quality of service to be rendered by air carriers as may be prescribed by or pursuant to law; (d) The inherent advantages or transportation by aircraft; and (e) The need of each air carrier for revenue sufficient to enable such air carrier, under honest, economical, and efficient management, to provide adequate and efficient air carrier service. (3) To authorize charters whether domestic or international and special air services or flight heretofore exercised by the Department of Commerce and Industry under Commonwealth Act Numbered Ninety-seven under such terms and conditions as in its judgment the public interest requires. (4) To approve or disapprove increase of capital, sale of equipment of an air carrier engaged in air commerce, consolidation, merger, purchase, lease, operating contract or acquisition and control between domestic air carriers; or between domestic air carriers and foreign air carriers; or between domestic air carriers and any person engaged in any phase of aeronautics. (5) To inquire into the management of the business of any air carrier and, to the extent reasonably necessary for such inquiry, to obtain from such carrier, and from any person controlling, or controlled by, or under common control with, such air carrier, full and complete reports and other information. Such reports shall be under oath whenever the Board so requires. (6) To require annual, monthly, periodical, and special reports from any air carrier; to prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made; and to require from any air carrier specific answers to all questions upon which the Board may deem information to be necessary. Such reports shall be under oath whenever the Board so requires. The Board may also require any air carrier to file with it any contract, agreement, understanding or arrangement, or a true copy thereof between such air carrier and any other carrier or person, in relation to any traffic affected by the provisions of this Act. (7) To prescribe the forms of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as of the receipt and expenditures of money, and the length of time such accounts, records and memoranda shall be preserved: Provided, That any air carrier may keep additional accounts, records and memoranda if they do not impair the integrity of the accounts, records, or memoranda prescribed or approved by the Board and do not constitute an undue financial burden on such air carrier. (8) To require each officer and director of any air carrier to transmit a report describing the shares of stock or other interest held by such air carrier with any persons engaged in any phase of aeronautics, and the holding of the stock in, and control of, other persons engaged in any phase of aeronautics.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Regulation of period of franchise RA 776 Sec. 11. Nature, terms and conditions. A Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity is a permit issued by the Board authorizing a person to engage in air commerce and/or air transportation, foreign and/or domestic. Any permit may be altered, amended, modified, suspended, cancelled or revoked by the Board in whole or in part, upon complaint or petition or upon the Board's initiative as hereinafter provided, whenever the Board finds such action to be in the public interest. There shall be attached to the exercise of the privileges granted by the permit, or amendment thereto, such reasonable terms, conditions or limitations as, in the judgment of the Board, the public interest may require. No permit shall confer any proprietary, property, or exclusive right in the use of any air space, civil airway, landing area or government air-navigation facility. The permit shall, among others, specify the terminal and intermediate points, if any, between which the air carrier is authorized to operate; the service to be rendered; the time of arrival and departure at each point, and the frequency of flights: Provided, That no change in routes, rates, schedules, or frequency nor supplemental or additional flights to those covered by an Air Commerce Permit or franchise shall be effected without prior approval of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Insofar as the operation is to take place without the Philippines, the permit shall designate the terminal and intermediate points only insofar as the Board shall deem practicable, and otherwise shall designate only the general route or routes to be followed. No carrier shall abandon any route, or part thereof for which a permit has been issued, unless upon findings by the Civil Aeronautics Board that such an abandonment is uneconomical and is in the public interest.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Governments right of requisition RA 7471 Sec. 9. Requisition of Vessels. The President of the Philippines may, in times of war and other national emergency, requisition absolutely or temporarily, for any naval or military purpose, any and all vessels of the Philippine registry. The Government shall pay the owner or operator of the vessel, based on normal conditions at the time of requisition; (a) The fair market value, if the vessel is taken absolutely, or (b) The fair charter value, if the vessel is taken temporarily. In case of disagreement, such fair value shall be determined by an arbitration committee composed of: (a) One (1) member to be appointed by the MARINA; chan robles virtual law library (b) One (1) member to be appointed by the owner or operator of the vessel; and chan robles virtual law library (c) One (1) member to be appointed by the two (2) members so appointed. The decision of the arbitration committee shall be final and binding on both parties. Governments right of requisition RA 9295 SEC. 24. Temporary Take-Over of Operations. In times of national emergency, when the public interest so requires, the State may during emergencies and under reasonable terms prescribed by it, temporary take over or direct the operations or any vessel engaged in domestic trade and commerce, or prescribe its rates or routes of operation. Immediately upon the cessation of the emergency, the State shall immediately reinstate to the domestic ship operation of its vessel under the same terms and conditions prior to the occurrence of the emergency.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Revocation of license CA 146 Section 21. Every public service violating or failing to comply with the terms and conditions of any certificate or any orders, decisions or regulations of the Commission shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding two hundred pesos per day for every day during which such default or violation continues; and the Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to impose such fine, after due notice and hearing. The fines so imposed shall be paid to the Government of the Philippines through the Commission, and failure to pay the fine in any case within the same specified in the order or decision of the Commission shall be deemed good and sufficient reason for the suspension of the certificate of said public service until payment shall be made. Payment may also be enforced by appropriate action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. The remedy provided in this section shall not be a bar to, or affect any other remedy provided in this Act but shall be cumulative and additional to such remedy or remedies. Revocation of license RA 776 Sec. 22. Modification, suspension or revocation. The Board, upon petition or complaint or upon its own initiative, may, by order entered after notice and opportunity for hearing, alter, amend, modify or suspend any permit, in whole or in part, if public convenience and necessity so require; or may revoke any permit, in whole or in part, for intentional failure to comply with any provision of this Act or any order, rule or regulation issued thereunder, or any term, condition or limitation of such permit: Provided, That the Board, for good cause, may, by order without notice and hearing suspend, for a period not to exceed thirty days, any permit or the exercise of any privilege or authority issued or granted under this Act whenever such step shall, in the judgment of the Board, be necessary to avoid serious or irreparable damage or inconvenience to the public. Any interested person may file with the Board a protest or memorandum in support of or in opposition to the alteration, amendment, modification, suspension, or revocation of any permit.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Protection of operators from foreign competition Tariff and Customs Code Sec. 902. Vessels Eligible for Coastwise Trade. The right to engage in the Philippine coastwise trade is limited to vessels carrying a certificate of Philippine registry. Sec. 905. Transportation of Passengers and Articles Between Philippine Ports. Passengers shall not be received at one Philippine port for any other such port by a vessel not licensed for the coastwise trade, except upon special permission previously granted by the Collector; and subject to the same qualification, articles embarked at a domestic port shall not be transported to any other port in the Philippines, either directly or by way of a foreign port, or for any part of the voyage, in any other vessel than one licensed for the coastwise trade. Sec. 1001. Ports Open to Vessels Engaged in Foreign Trade Duty of Vessel to Make Entry. Vessels engaged in the foreign trade shall touch at ports of entry only, except as otherwise specially allowed; and every such vessel arriving within a customs collection district of the Philippines from a foreign port shall make entry at the port of entry for such district and shall be subject to the authority of the Collector of the port while within his jurisdiction. The master of any war vessel employed by any foreign government shall not be required to report and enter on arrival in the Philippines, unless engaged in the transportation of articles in the way of trade. Sec. 1009. Clearance of Foreign Vessels To and From Coastwise Ports. Passengers or articles arriving from abroad upon a foreign vessel may be carried by the same vessel through any port of entry to the port of destination in the Philippines; and passengers departing from the Philippines or articles intended for export may be carried in a foreign vessel through a Philippine port. Upon such reasonable condition as he may impose, the Commissioner may clear foreign vessels for any port and authorize the conveyance therein of either articles or passengers brought from abroad upon such vessels; and he may likewise, upon such conditions as he may impose, allow a foreign vessel to take cargo and passengers at any port and convey the same upon such vessel to a foreign port.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Protection of operators from foreign competition RA 9295 SEC. 6. Foreign Vessels Engaged in Trade and Commerce in the Philippines Territorial Waters. - No foreign vessel shall be allowed to transport passengers or cargo between ports or place within the Philippine territorial waters, except upon the grant Special Permit by the MARINA when no domestic vessels is available or suitable to provide the needed shipping service and public interest warrants the same. Quasi-judicial functions of regulatory agencies CA 146 Section 16. Proceedings of the Commission, upon notice and hearing. - The Commission shall have power, upon proper notice and hearing in accordance with the rules and provisions of this Act, subject to the limitations and exceptions mentioned and saving provisions to the contrary : (a) To issue certificates which shall be known as certificates of public convenience, authorizing the operation of public service within the Philippines whenever the Commission finds that the operation of the public service proposed and the authorization to do business will promote the public interest in a proper and suitable manner. Provided, That thereafter, certificates of public convenience and certificates of public convenience and necessity will be granted only to citizens of the Philippines or of the United States or to corporations, co-partnerships, associations or joint-stock companies constituted and organized under the laws of the Philippines; Provided, That sixty per centum of the stock or paid-up capital of any such corporations, copartnership, association or joint-stock company must belong entirely to citizens of the Philippines or of the United States: Provided, further, That no such certificates shall be issued for a period of more than fifty years. (b) To approve, subject to constitutional limitations any franchise or privilege granted under the provisions of Act No. Six Hundred and Sixty-seven, as amended by Act No. One Thousand and twenty-two, by any political subdivision of the Philippines when, in the judgment of the Commission, such franchise or privilege will properly conserve the public interests, and the Commission shall in so

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com approving impose such conditions as to construction, equipment, maintenance, service, or operation as the public interests and convenience may reasonably require, and to issue certificates of public convenience and necessity when such is required or provided by any law or franchise. (c) To fix and determine individual or joint rates, tolls, charges, classifications, or schedules thereof, as well as commutation, mileage, kilometrage, and other special rates which shall be imposed observed and followed thereafter by any public service: Provided, That the Commission may, in its discretion, approve rates proposed by public services provisionally and without necessity of any hearing; but it shall call a hearing thereon within thirty days, thereafter, upon publication and notice to the concerns operating in the territory affected: Provided, further, That in case the public service equipment of an operator is used principally or secondarily for the promotion of a private business, the net profits of said private business shall be considered in relation with the public service of such operator for the purpose of fixing the rates. (d) To fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurement, or service to be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed thereafter by any public service. (e) To ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of quantity, quality, pressure, initial voltage, or other condition pertaining to the supply of the product or service rendered by any public service, and to prescribe reasonable regulations for the examination and test of such product or service and for the measurement thereof. (f) To establish reasonable rules, regulations, instructions, specifications, and standards, to secure the accuracy of all meters and appliances for measurements. (g) To compel any public service to furnish safe, adequate, and proper service as regards the manner of furnishing the same as well as the maintenance of the necessary material and equipment. (h) To require any public service to establish, construct, maintain, and operate any reasonable extension of its existing facilities, where in the judgment of said Commission, such extension is reasonable and practicable and will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same and when the financial condition of the said public service reasonably warrants the original expenditure required in making and operating such extension. (i) To direct any railroad, street railway or traction company to establish and maintain at any junction or point of connection or intersection with any other line of said road or track, or with any other line of any other railroad, street railway or traction to promote, such just and reasonable connection as shall be necessary to promote the convenience of shippers of property, or of passengers, and in like manner direct any railroad, street railway, or traction company engaged in carrying merchandise, to construct, maintain and operate, upon reasonable terms, a switch connection with any private sidetrack which may be constructed by any shipper to connect with the railroad, street railway or traction company line where, in the judgment of the Commission, such connection is reasonable and practicable and can be out in with safety and

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same. (j) To authorize, in its discretion, any railroad, street railway or traction company to lay its tracks across the tracks of any other railroad, street railway or traction company or across any public highway. (k) To direct any railroad or street railway company to install such safety devices or about such other reasonable measures as may in the judgment of the Commission be necessary for the protection of the public are passing grade crossing of (1) public highways and railroads, (2) public highways and streets railway, or (3) railways and street railways. (l) To fix and determine proper and adequate rates of depreciation of the property of any public service which will be observed in a proper and adequate depreciation account to be carried for the protection of stockholders, bondholders or creditors in accordance with such rules, regulations, and form of account as the Commission may prescribe. Said rates shall be sufficient to provide the amounts required over and above the expense of maintenance to keep such property in a state of efficiency corresponding to the progress of the industry. Each public service shall conform its depreciation accounts to the rates so determined and fixed, and shall set aside the moneys so provided for out of its earnings and carry the same in a depreciation fund. The income from investments of money in such fund shall likewise be carried in such fund. This fund shall not be expended otherwise than for depreciation, improvements, new construction, extensions or conditions to the properly of such public service. (m) To amend, modify or revoke at any time certificate issued under the provisions of this Act, whenever the facts and circumstances on the strength of which said certificate was issued have been misrepresented or materially changed. (n) To suspend or revoke any certificate issued under the provisions of this Act whenever the holder thereof has violated or willfully and contumaciously refused to comply with any order rule or regulation of the Commission or any provision of this Act: Provided, That the Commission, for good cause, may prior to the hearing suspend for a period not to exceed thirty days any certificate or the exercise of any right or authority issued or granted under this Act by order of the Commission, whenever such step shall in the judgment of the Commission be necessary to avoid serious and irreparable damage or inconvenience to the public or to private interests. (o) To fix, determine, and regulate, as the convenience of the state may require, a special type for auto-busses, trucks, and motor trucks to be hereafter constructed, purchased, and operated by operators after the approval of this Act; to fix and determine a special registration fee for auto-buses, trucks, and motor trucks so constructed, purchased and operated: Provided, That said fees shall be smaller than more those charged for auto-busses, trucks, and motor trucks of types not made regulation under the subsection. Section 17. Proceedings of Commission without previous hearing. - The Commission shall have power without previous hearing, subject to established limitations and exception and saving provisions to the contrary:

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com (a) To investigate, upon its own initiative, or upon complaint in writing, any matter concerning any public service as regards matters under its jurisdiction; to require any public service to furnish safe, adequate, and proper service as the public interest may require and warrant; to enforce compliance with any standard, rule, regulation, order or other requirement of this Act or of the Commission, and to prohibit or prevent any public service as herein defined from operating without having first secured a certificate of public convenience or public necessity and convenience, as the case may be and require existing public services to pay the fees provided for in this Act for the issuance of the proper certificate of public convenience or certificate of public necessity and convenience, as the case may be, under the penalty, in the discretion by the Commission, of the revocation and cancellation of any acquired rights. (b) To require any public service to pay the actual expenses incurred by the Commission in any investigation if it shall be found in the same that any rate, tool, charge, schedule, regulation, practice, act or service thereof is in violation of any provision of this Act or any certificate, order, rule, regulation or requirement issued or established by the Commission. The Commission may also assess against any public service costs not to exceed twenty-five pesos with reference to such investigation. (c) From time to time appraise and value the property of any public service, whenever in the judgment of the Commission it shall be necessary so to do, for the purpose of carrying out any of the provisions of this Act, and in making such valuation the Commission may have access to and use any books, documents, or records in the possession of any department, bureau, office, or board of the government of the Philippines or any political subdivision thereof. (d) To provide, on motion by or at the request of any consumer or user of a public service, for the examination and test of any appliance used for the measuring of any product or service of a public service, and for that purpose, by its agents, experts, or examiners to enter upon any premises where said appliances may be, and other premises of the public service, for the purpose of setting up and using on said premises any apparatus necessary therefor. and to fix the fees to be paid by any consumer or user who may apply to the Commission for such examination or test to be made, and if the appliance be found defective or incorrect to the disadvantage of the consumer or user to require the fees paid to be refunded to the consumer or user by the public service concerned. (e) To permit any street railway or traction company to change its existing gauge to standard steam railroad gauge, upon such terms and conditions as the Commission shall prescribe. (f) To grant to any public service special permits to make extra or special trips within the territory covered by its certificates of public convenience, and to make special excursion trips outside of its own territory if the public interest or special circumstances required it: Provided, however, that in case a public service cannot render such extra service on its own line or in its own territory, a special permit for such extra service may be granted to any other public service. (g) To require any public service to keep its books, records, and accounts so as to afford an

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com intelligent understanding of the conduct of its business and to that end to require every such public service of the same class to adopt a uniform system of accounting. Such system conform to any system approved and confirmed by the Auditor General. (h) To require any public service to furnish annual reports of finances and operations. Such reports shall set forth in detail the capital stock issued, the amounts of said capital stock paid up and the form of payment thereof; the dividends paid, the surplus, if any and the number of stockholders, the consolidated and pending obligations and the interest paid thereon; the cost and value of the property of the operator; concessions or franchises and equipment; the number of employees and salaries paid to each class; the accidents to passengers, employees, and other person, and the causes thereof; the annual expenditures on improvements; the manner of their investment and nature of such improvements; the receipts and profits in each of the branches of the business and of whatever source; the operating and other expenses; the balance of profits and losses; and a complete statement of the annual financial operations of the operator, including an annual balance sheet. Such reports shall also contain any information which the Commission may require concerning freight and passenger rates, or agreements, compromises or contracts affecting the same. Said reports shall cover a period of twelve months, ending on December thirty-first of each year, and shall be sworn to by the officer or functionary of the public service authorized therefor. The Commission shall also have power to require from time to time special reports containing such information as above provided for or on other matters as the Commission may deem necessary or advisable. (i) To require every public service to file with the Commission a statement in writing, verified by the oaths of the owner or the president and the secretary thereof, if a corporation, setting forth the name, title of office or portion, and post-office address, and the authority, power and duties of every officer, member of the board of directors, trustees executive committee, superintendent, chief or head of construction and operation thereof, in such form as to disclose the source and origin of each administrative act, rule, decision, order or other action of the operator of such public service; and, within ten days after any change is made in the title of, or authority, powers or duties appertaining to any such office or position, or the person holding the same, filed with the Commission a like statement, verified in like manner, setting forth such change. (j) To require any public service to comply with the laws of the Philippines and with any provincial resolution or municipal ordinance relating thereto and to conform to the duties imposed upon it thereby or by the provisions of its own character, whether obtained under any general or special law of the Philippines. (k) To investigate any or all accidents that may occur on the property of any public service or directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation in the Philippines; to require any public service to give the Commission immediate and effective notice of all any such accidents, and to make such order or recommendation with respect thereto as the public interest may warrant or require. (l) To require every public service s herein defined to file within complete schedules of every classification employed and of every individual or joint rate, toll fare or charge made,

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com charged or exacted by it for any product supplied or service rendered within the Philippines and, in the case of public carriers, to file with it a statement showing the itineraries or routes served as specified in such requirement. Quasi-judicial functions of regulatory agencies LTFRB EO 292 Sec. 20. Decisions of the Board; Appeals therefrom or Review Thereof. The Board, in the exercise of its powers and functions, shall sit and render its decision en banc. Every such decision, order, or resolution of the Board must bear the concurrence and signature of at least two (2) members thereof. The decision, order or resolution of the Board shall be appealable to the Secretary within thirty (30) days from receipt of the decision. However, the Secretary may motu propio review and decision or action of the Board before the same becomes final.

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Quasi-judicial functions of regulatory agencies Marina PD 474 Section 12. Specific Powers and Functions of the Administrator. In addition to his general powers and functions, the Administrator shall; a. Issue Certificate of Philippine Registry for all vessels being used in Philippine waters, including fishing vessels covered by Presidential Decree No. 43 except transient civilian vessels of foreign registry, vessels owned and/or operated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines or by foreign governments for military purposes, and bancas, sailboats and other watercraft which are not motorized, of less than three gross tons; b. Provide a system of assisting various officers, professionals, technicians, skilled workers and seamen to be gainfully employed in shipping enterprises, priority being given to domestic needs; c. In collaboration and coordination with the Department of Labor, to look into, and promote improvements in the working conditions and terms of employment of the officers and crew of vessels of Philippine registry, and of such officers and crew members who are Philippine citizens and employed by foreign flag vessels, as well as of personnel of other shipping enterprises, and to assist in the settlement of disputes between the shipowners and ship operators and such officers and crew members and between the owner or manager of other shipping enterprises and their personnel; d. To require any public water transport utility or Philippine flag vessels to provide shipping services to any coastal areas in the country where such services are necessary for the development of the area, to meet emergency sealift requirements, or when public interest so requires; e. Investigate by itself or with the assistance of other appropriate government agencies or officials, or experts from the private sector, any matter within its jurisdiction, except marine casualties or accidents which shall be undertaken by the Philippine Coast Guard; f. Impose, fix, collect and receive in accordance with the schedules approved by the Board, from any shipping enterprise or other persons concerned, such fees and other charges for the payment of its services; g. Inspect, at least annually, the facilities of port and cargo operators and recommend measures for adherence to prescribed standards of safety, quality and operations; h. Approve the sale, lease or transfer of management of vessels owned by Philippine Nationals to foreign owned or controlled enterprises; i. Prescribe and enforce rules and regulations for the prevention of marine pollution in bays, harbors and other navigable waters of the Philippines, in coordination with the government authorities concerned; j. Establish and maintain, in coordination with the appropriate government offices and agencies, a system of regularly and promptly producing, collating, analyzing and disseminating traffic flows, port operations, marine insurance services and other information on maritime matters; k. Recommend such measures as may be necessary for the regulation of the importation into and exportation from the Philippines of vessels, their equipment and spare parts;

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com l. Implement the rules and regulations issued by the Board of Transportation; lawphi1.net m. Compile and codify all maritime laws, orders, rules and regulations, decisions in leasing cases of courts and the Authority's procedures and other requirements relative to shipping and other shipping enterprises, make them available to the public, and, whenever practicable to publish such materials; n. Delegate his powers in writing to either of the Deputy Administrators or any other ranking officials of the Authority; Provided, That he informs the Board of such delegation promptly; and o. Perform such other duties as the Board may assign, and such acts as may be necessary and proper to implement this Decree. Quasi-judicial functions of regulatory agencies Marina RA 776 Sec. 10. Powers and duties of the Board. (A) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Board shall have the power to regulate the economic aspect of air transportation, and shall have the general supervision and regulation of, and jurisdiction and control over, air carriers as well as their property, property rights, equipment, facilities, and franchise, in so far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. (B) The Board may perform such acts, conduct such investigations, issue and amend such orders, and make and amend such general or special rules, and regulations, and procedures as it shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (C) The Board shall have the following specific powers and duties: (1) In accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of this Act, to issue, deny, amend, revise, alter, modify, cancel, suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, upon petition or complaint, or upon its own initiative, any temporary operating permit or Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity: Provided, however, That in the case of foreign air carriers, the permit shall be issued with the approval of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. (2) To fix and determine reasonable individual, joint or special rates, charges or fares which an air carrier may demand, collect or receive for any service in connection with air commerce. The Board may adopt any original, amended, or new individual, joint or special rates, charges or fares proposed by an air carrier if the proposed individual, joint, or special rates, charges or

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com fares are not unduly preferential or unduly discriminatory or unreasonable. The burden of proof to show that the proposed individual, joint or special rates, charges or fares are just are reasonable shall be upon the air carrier proposing the same. In fixing rates, charges, or fares under the provisions of this Act, the Board shall take into consideration, among other factors: (a) The effect of such rates upon the movement of traffic; (b) The need in the public interest of adequate and efficient transportation of persons and property by air carriers at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service; (c ) Such standards respecting the character and quality of service to be rendered by air carriers as may be prescribed by or pursuant to law; (d) The inherent advantages or transportation by aircraft; and (e) The need of each air carrier for revenue sufficient to enable such air carrier, under honest, economical, and efficient management, to provide adequate and efficient air carrier service. (3) To authorize charters whether domestic or international and special air services or flight heretofore exercised by the Department of Commerce and Industry under Commonwealth Act Numbered Ninety-seven under such terms and conditions as in its judgment the public interest requires. (4) To approve or disapprove increase of capital, sale of equipment of an air carrier engaged in air commerce, consolidation, merger, purchase, lease, operating contract or acquisition and control between domestic air carriers; or between domestic air carriers and foreign air carriers; or between domestic air carriers and any person engaged in any phase of aeronautics. (5) To inquire into the management of the business of any air carrier and, to the extent reasonably necessary for such inquiry, to obtain from such carrier, and from any person controlling, or controlled by, or under common control with, such air carrier, full and complete reports and other information. Such reports shall be under oath whenever the Board so requires. (6) To require annual, monthly, periodical, and special reports from any air carrier; to prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made; and to require from any air carrier specific answers to all questions upon which the Board may deem information to be necessary. Such reports shall be under oath whenever the Board so requires. The Board may also require any air carrier to file with it any contract, agreement, understanding or arrangement, or a true copy thereof between such air carrier and any other carrier or person, in relation to any traffic affected by the provisions of this Act. (7) To prescribe the forms of any and all accounts, records, and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as of the receipt and expenditures of money, and the length of time such accounts, records and memoranda shall be preserved: Provided, That any air carrier may keep additional accounts, records and memoranda if they do not impair the integrity of the accounts, records, or memoranda prescribed or approved by the

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com Board and do not constitute an undue financial burden on such air carrier. (8) To require each officer and director of any air carrier to transmit a report describing the shares of stock or other interest held by such air carrier with any persons engaged in any phase of aeronautics, and the holding of the stock in, and control of, other persons engaged in any phase of aeronautics. (D) The Board may investigate, upon complaint or upon its own initiative, whether any individual or air carrier, domestic or foreign, is violating any provision of this Act, or the rules and regulations issued thereunder, and shall take such action, consistent with the provisions of this Act, as may be necessary to prevent further violation of such provision, or rules and regulations so issued. (E) The Board may issue subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, require the attendance and testimony of witnesses in any matter or inquiry pending before the Board or its duly authorized representative, and require the production of books, papers, tariffs, contracts, agreements and all other documents submitted for purposes of this section to be under oath and verified by the person in custody thereof as to the truth and correctness of data appearing in such books, papers, tariffs, contracts, agreements and all other documents. (F) The Board may review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm on appeal any administrative decision or order of the Administrator on matters pertaining to: (1) Grounding of airmen and aircrafts; or (2) Revocation of any certificate or the denial by the Administrator of issuance of any certificate; or (3) Imposition of civil penalty or fine in connection with the violation of any provision of this Act or rules and regulations issued thereunder. (G) The Board shall have the power, either on its own initiative or upon review on appeal from an order or decision of the administrator, to determine whether to impose, remit, mitigate, increase, or compromise, such fines and civil penalties, as the case may be. (H) (1) The Civil Aeronautics Board shall be advised of, and shall consult with the Department of Foreign Affairs concerning the negotiation of any air agreement with foreign governments for the promotion, establishment, or development of foreign air transportation. (2) In exercising and performing its powers and duties under the provisions of this Act, the Civil Aeronautics Board shall take into consideration the obligation assumed by the Republic of the Philippines in any treaty, convention or agreement with foreign countries on matters affecting civil aviation. Sec. 14. Delegation of authority to conduct hearings. The Board may designate in writing any of its members or any of its officer to conduct hearings and investigations on any matter pending before the Board and for that purpose the person so designated shall have authority to administer oaths, issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum, require the attendance and testimony of witnesses, examine witnesses, make ocular inspection of or enter into any airline establishment, building,

yurei.blackthorn@gmail.com place or premise in the performance of its official business.