LAND REGISTRATION LAWS

PRACTICE OF GEODETIC ENGINEERING

• (1) Professional Geodetic Engineering services with the use of surveying and mapping equipment such as
graduated rods, measuring tapes, transits, levels, theodolites, fathometers/echo sounders, electronic
distance meters (EDM), global positioning systems, stereo plotters and other instruments that are
used to determine metes and bounds of lands positions of points on the surface of the earth, water
depths, underwater configuration, ground elevation, gravity, isostacy, crustal movements and the size and shape
of the earth, and other instruments used for construction survey, and those instruments used to guide the
installation of large industrial equipment and machineries;

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9200

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8560 - OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
PHILIPPINE GEODETIC ENGINEERING ACT OF 1998, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• (2) Horizontal and vertical control surveys and political boundary surveys;
• (3) Land surveys to determine their metes and bounds and prepare the plans thereof for titling and for other
purposes;
• (4) Subdivision, consolidation and/or consolidation-subdivision of titled properties;
• (5) Submission of survey plans of subdivided, consolidated and/or consolidated subdivision titled properties
to the government agencies concerned; using the numbering system and projection prescribed by the
government;
• (6) Preparation and making of sketch, lot and location plans;
• (7) Conduction of engineering surveys and the technical preparation of engineering survey plans such as
topographic, hydrographic, tidal, profile, cross-Sec., construction and boundary surveys;
• (8) Parcellary surveys of lands traversed by infrastructure projects; and the preparation of subdivision plans;
• (9) Conduction of gravimetric and photogrammetric survey and the technical preparation of such survey
plans;
• (10) Survey and mapping works such as the preparation of geographic and/or land information systems;
• (11) Survey to determine and establish line and grade for the construction of buildings and other structures
and its attachments;
• (12) Construction of as-staked and as-built surveys for infrastructures;
• (13) Conduction of mineral and mining surveys;
• (13) Conduction of mineral and mining surveys;
• (14) Installation of machineries requiring the use of precision instruments;
• (15) Engagement in the transfer of the knowledge and technology of geodetic engineering in any institution of
learning;
• (16) Provision of consultancy services in geodetic engineering.

GEODETIC ENGINEER
• A Geodetic Engineer is a natural person who has been issued a Certificate of Registration by the Board of
Geodetic Engineering and has taken the Oath of Profession of Geodetic Engineers.

BOARD OF GEODETIC ENGINEERING

• Creation and composition of the Board of Geodetic Engineering. - There is hereby created a Board of
Geodetic Engineering, hereinafter called the Board, to be composed of a chairman and two (2) members
to be appointed by the President of the Philippines.

QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

A member of the Board shall, at the time of his appointment, possess the following qualifications:
❖(a) Natural born citizen and resident of the Philippines;
❖(b) Must be at least forty (40) years of age;
❖(c) A registered Geodetic Engineer with a valid professional license and an active practitioner in Geodetic
Engineering for not less than ten (10) years prior to appointment;
❖(d) Must not be a member of the faculty of any school, academy, institute, college or university where a
regular course in Geodetic Engineering is being taught, nor have pecuniary interest in or administrative
supervision over any such institution of learning;
❖(e) Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to appointment, be connected with a review
center or with any group or association where review classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure
examination are offered or conducted at the time of appointment; and
❖(f) Must not have been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude.

GE BOARD OF EXAMINERS
• EPIFANIO D. LOPEZ (Chairman)
GEODESY AND CARTOGRAPHY

• VICENTE S. RANDOLF (Member)

 MATHEMATICS ( GENERAL MATH) and THEORY AND PRACTICE

• CONCORDIO D. ZUNIGA (Member)

LAND LAWS AND OTHER RELATED LAWS ( One of the hardest subject sa board exam )

TAKE NOTE:
* SILANG TATLO ang magbabago ng inyong buhay.

TERM OF OFFICE:
• Board member – one shall serve for three (3) years, the other for two (2) years and the third for one
(1) year.
• Chairman – a term consists of three (3) years; chairman may be reappointed for another term but shall
not serve continuously for more than six (6) years.

PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD

The boards which were created perform these functions subject to review and approval by the PRC:

❖ Prepare the contents of licensure examinations. Determine, prescribe and revise the course requirements.
❖ Recommend measures necessary for advancement in their fields ❖Visit / inspect schools and establishment
for feedbacks
❖ Adopt and enforce a code of ethics for the practice of their respective professions
❖ Administer oaths and issue Certificate of Registration
❖ Investigate violations of set professional standards and adjudicate administrative and other cases against
erring registrants.
❖ Suspend, revoke, or reissue Certificate of Registration for causes provided by law.

LICENSURE EXAMINATION
• All applicants for registration for the practice of Geodetic Engineering are required to take and pass a written
technical examination.

• Qualification of Applicant for examination:

❖ Must be a Filipino Citizen
❖ A graduate of Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering in a school, academy, Institute or college duly
recognized by the Government

SCOPE OF EXAMINATION
• (1) Mathematics;
• (2) Theory and Practice of Surveying;
• (3) Property Surveying including Isolated, Cadastral, Mineral and Mining Surveys;
• (4) Cartography and Photogrammetry;
• (5) Geodesy, Geodetic Surveying and Least Squares;
• (6) Engineering Surveys and Construction Surveying;
• (7) Laws on Natural Resources including Laws on Property, Land Registration and Agrarian Reform;
• (8) Laws on Obligations and Contracts;
• (9) Code of Ethics of the Profession.

RATING IN THE BOARD EXAMINATIONS

• To be qualified as having passed the board examination for Geodetic Engineers, a candidate must obtain a
weighted general average of seventy percent (70%), with no grade lower than fifty-five percent (55%) in any
given subject.
• However, an examinee who obtains a weighted general average rating of seventy percent (70%) or higher but
obtains a rating below fifty-five percent (55%) in any given subject must take the examination in the subject or
subjects where he obtained a grade below fifty-five percent (55%).
• When the examinee failed the board exam thrice, he / she will be suspended from taking the board exam and
will only be allowed to take after a year has lapsed.

OATH AND LICENSURE

• The GE Board shall submit to the commission the rating obtained by each candidate within 20 days after the
examination
• All successful candidates shall be required to take an OATH OF PROFESSION before the GE Board or any
government official authorized to administer oaths before practicing the profession.
• A Certificate of Registration and professional license shall be issued to successful examinees subject to
payment of registration fees.
• The licensed is then entitled to practice the GE profession and enjoy the privileges included therein until the
expiration of the validity of his / her licensed (3 years Validity)

GE SEAL
• Upon registration, each registrant shall obtain the seal with the same design as the board of Geodetic
Engineering seal.
• All plans and specifications prepared by a registered GE shall be stamped with this seal during the validity of
the professional license.
 GROUNDS AND SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE, CANCELLATION OF TEMPORARY /
SPECIAL PERMIT
• Use or perpetration of any fraud or deceit in obtaining Certificate or registration
• Incompetence
• Negligence
• Abetment of illegal practice of GE
• Violation of the provision of the GE act and its IRR
• Violation of policies of the board including the code of Ethics for GE

FOREIGN RECIPROCITY
• No foreign Geodetic Engineering shall be issued a temporary license to practice the GE profession unless the
country of which he is a subject or citizen specifically permits Filipino Geodetic Engineers to practice within its
territorial limits on the same basis as the subjects or citizens of such foreign state or country.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF GE PROFESSION

• A Geodetic Engineer should be part of one national organization recognized by the board and by the
commission, the Association of Professional Geodetic Engineers presently GEODETIC ENGINEERS OF
THE PHILIPPINES INC.

CODE OF ETHICS
INTEGRITY, HONESTY and COMPETENCE
It will be considered unethical for him (the GE or Junior GE) to:

1. Act for his client or employer in professional matters other than as faithful agent or trustee
2. Charge his/ her client or employer any remuneration other than his stated professional charges for services
rendered or to be rendered in accordance with their contract of services;
3. Take advantage for a fee of his authority to practice as geodetic engineer or junior geodetic engineer in the
execution of geodetic engineering work not done by him personally or executed under his direct supervision
4. Take advantage of the ignorance, credibility, or confidence of his clients or employers and other persons
with whom he deals;
5. Act in any manner or engage in any practice which will tend to discredit the honor and dignity of the
geodetic engineering profession.

FAIR
It will be considered unethical for him to;

1. Cause injury maliciously, directly or indirectly to the good name, the professional reputation, prospect or
business of another Geodetic Engineer or junior Geodetic engineer;
2. Attempt to supplant another geodetic engineer or junior geodetic engineer after definite steps have already
been taken onwards the latter’s employment
3. Underbid another geodetic engineer or junior geodetic engineer by reducing his usual rate after knowing
the rate offered by the other geodetic engineer or junior geodetic engineer.
4. Advertise in self – laudatory language, or in other manner derogatory to the dignity of the profession;
5. Hire the employee or employees of a fellow geodetic engineer or junior geodetic engineer without the prior
knowledge or consent of the latter
6. Review the work of another geodetic engineer or junior geodetic engineer for the same client except with
the knowledge and consent of said geodetic engineer or junior geodetic engineer or unless the contract of said
geodetic engineer or junior geodetic engineer with said client has been terminated formally;
7. Criticize publicly a geodetic engineer or junior geodetic engineer in connection with a job he has done;
8. To use the advantages of being a salaried employee to complete unfairly with the geodetic engineers or
junior geodetic engineers in private practice.

EXCERPTS FROM CODE AND ETHICS

LAW ABIDING

It will be considered unethical for him to;

1. Practice the profession without a valid license / registration from the PRC and without paying the privilege
tax to the government agency concerned;
2. Join in his professional capacity a firm, partnership, association or corporation which represents itself as a
geodetic engineering entity, but actually, is not authorized under the law.
3. Refuse to serve in his professional capacity when required by the State incase under litigation whether
administratively or judicially, or incase of national emergency
4. Give false testimony in administrative or judicial proceedings;
5. Undertake a job for which he is not qualified under the law
6. Refuse or neglect to report to the authorities concerned erroneous surveys discovered in the course of
undertaking his job;
7. Refuse or neglect to pay his workers and employees just wages agreed upon and to provide benefits
mandated by law;
8. engage in / or render service to, or work with, any person or entity involved in illegal or unlawful activities.
SAMPLE BOARD EXAM QUESTION;

• Is it always unethical to review the work of another geodetic engineer and give an explanation of your
answer? (haba-habaan nyo explanation nyo po ha)

a.Yes, but with a certain limitations

b. No, if you are permitted by him to do so

c.Yes, because it is violation of the PRC law

d. No, the work was only done by a surveyman

• This reference is based from the 2017 GE BOARD EXAM REVIEW HANDOUTS THANK YOU !