What the order amends
- Executive Order No. 365 amends Paragraph 3 of Executive Order No. 354.
- Executive Order No. 365 amends Paragraph 8 of Executive Order No. 354.
- Executive Order No. 365 provides that the amended paragraphs take effect in the form reproduced in the order.
Radio sale and repair: permit requirements
- Paragraph 3 prohibits any person, firm, or corporation dealing in the sale or repair of radio apparatus (whether in complete units or in parts) from selling transmitters or parts thereof.
- Paragraph 3 also prohibits such dealers from selling radio parts that can be used in the repair, assembly, and/or construction of radio transmitters and receivers or parts thereof.
- Paragraph 3 allows sales only to persons or entities possessing all applicable authorizations, namely:
- a radio construction permit; and
- a radio station license; and
- a purchase permit issued by the Department of National Defense; and
- a certificate of registration issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (for radio receivers).
- Paragraph 3 makes the authorizations a condition for lawful selling, restricting the buyer’s required status.
Amateur radio licensing and third-party use
- Paragraph 8 provides that no amateur radio station license allows the licensee to permit any third person to use his station.
- Paragraph 8 establishes a limited exception where the station is:
- owned and operated by a member of the U.S. Naval or the U.S. Military Services; and
- strictly under the official supervision of either:
- the District Communication Officer of the U.S. Navy, 16th Naval District, or
- the Department Signal Officer, U.S. Army.
- Paragraph 8 further ties allowed use to operational purpose: the station must be used as a monitoring station by either the U.S. Naval or the U.S. Army Communication Service.
- Paragraph 8 authorizes the Department of National Defense to permit members of the U.S. Naval Service or the U.S. Military Service to use the station for third party communication under the stated conditions.
- Paragraph 8 treats third-party communication using an amateur station as allowable only when the Department of National Defense authorizes such use consistent with the supervision and monitoring requirements.
Effective and formal enactment
- Executive Order No. 365 directs that Paragraphs 3 and 8 of Executive Order No. 354 are amended to the exact wording set out in the order.
- The President signed Executive Order No. 365 on August 29, 1941, in the City of Manila.
- The Secretary to the President signed Executive Order No. 365 by authority of the President.