Section 12Sec./Art. 12

Qualifications for examination.Any person applying for examination and for a certificate, shall, prior to admission to examination, establish to the satisfaction of the Board that:

a. He is at least eighteen years of age and a citizen of the Philippines;

b. He must be a person of good moral character, as certified to by at least three persons of good standing in the community wherein he resides;

c. He must not have been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; and

d. He has graduated in Criminology from a school college or institute recognized by the Government after completing a four-year resident collegiate course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Criminology (B.S. Crim.): Provided, That holders of Bachelor of Laws degree may, within five years after the approval of this Act, take this examination after completing at least ninety-four (94) units of Criminology, Law Enforcement, Police Science and Penology subjects.