Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC BOARD FOR CUSTOMS BROKERS Resolution NO. 08, S. 2005)
The resolution deals with the admission of holders of a Bachelor's degree with the same scope and contents as those of a Bachelor's degree in Customs Administration to the Licensure Examination for Customs Brokers until 2008.
Republic Act No. 9280, also known as the Customs Brokers Act of 2004.
Applicants must be holders of a Bachelor's Degree in Customs Administration.
Holders of a Master's degree in Customs Administration are allowed to qualify for the licensure examination within five years from the effectivity of the Act.
They can take the examination in October 2005 and up to the 2008 schedules but are not allowed starting from 2009.
Because these holders wished to take the licensure examination and there was no transitory provision in R.A. No. 9280 addressing their academic qualification.
The Board for Customs Brokers under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) resolved to admit these holders.
Section 7(j), Article II of R.A. No. 9280 empowers the Board to perform other necessary powers, functions, and duties to effectively implement the Act.
Fifteen days after its full and complete publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
They are not allowed to take the Customs Brokers licensure examination starting in 2009 and subsequent schedules as stated in the resolution.