Section 44Sec./Art. 44

Transitory Provisions. (a) After the approval of this Act, metallurgical engineers possessing valid certificates of registration issued under Presidential Decree No. 1536, otherwise known as the Metallurgical Engineering Law of the Philippines, shall register with the Board and be issued certificates as registered metallurgical engineers under this Act to replace their original certificates of registration, upon payment of the required fees.

(b) The present chairperson and members of the Board shall automatically be issued certificates of registration as registered metallurgical engineers. They shall continue to function in the Board until such time as a new Board shall be constituted under this Act.