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REPUBLIC ACT No. 4566 June 19, 1965
CREATING THE PHILIPPINE LICENSING BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS
REPUBLIC ACT No. 4566
AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE LICENSING BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS,
PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Section 1. Title of Act. This Act shall be known as the "Contractors' License Law."
ARTICLE I
Administration
Section 2. Composition of the Board. To carry out the purpose of this Act, there is hereby created a
"Philippine Licensing Board for Contractors", under the office of the Board of Examiners, hereinafter
referred to as the Board, consisting of a Chairman and two other members who shall be appointed by
the President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments.
Section 3. Qualifications of members. Each member of the Board shall be of recognized standing in his
branch of the contracting business for ten years, or more, a citizen and resident of the Philippines for at
least eight years immediately prior to his appointment, at least thirty-five years of age and possessed of
a good moral character.
Section 4. Term of office. The Chairman and members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three
years. The members of the Board first appointed shall hold office for the following terms: Chairman for
three years; one member for two years; and the other member for one year.
Any member of the Board may be removed by the President of the Philippines for neglect or
dereliction of duty, incompetence, malpractice, and unprofessional, unethical, immoral or dishonorable
conduct: Provided, That in the course of investigation, the President of the Philippines shall have the
power to suspend such member under investigation and designate a temporary member in his place.
Vacancies in the Board shall be filled for the period of the unexpired term only.
Section 5. Powers and duties of the Board. The Board is vested with authority to issue, suspend and
revoke licenses of contractors, to investigate such violations of this Act and the regulations thereunder
as may come to its knowledge and, for this purpose, issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum to
secure appearance of witnesses in connection with the charges presented to the Board, and to discharge
such other powers and duties affecting the construction industry in the Philippines.
The Board may, with the approval of the President of the Philippines, issue such rules and regulations
as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, to adopt a code of ethics for
contractors and to have an official seal to authenticate its official documents.
Section 6. Board meetings. The Board shall meet as frequently as is necessary to perform its duties, but
it shall meet at least once a month. It may be convoked by the Chairman or upon written request of the
two other members.
Section 7. Compensation. For every meeting attended, the Chairman of the board shall receive a per
diem of fifty pesos, while the members thereof shall receive a per diem of twenty-five pesos each:
Provided, That in no case will the total amount received by each of them exceed the sum of four
hundred pesos for any one month.
Section 8. Annual report. The Board shall, at the end of each fiscal year, submit to the President of the

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Philippines and the Congress a detailed report of its activities and proceedings during the period
covered by the fiscal year ended.
ARTICLE II
Application of the Act
Section 9. Definition of terms. As used in this Act:
(a) "Persons" include an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other
organization, or any combination of any thereof.
(b) "Contractor" is deemed synonymous with the term "builder" and, hence, any person who
undertakes or offers to undertake or purports to have the capacity to undertake or submits a bid
to, or does himself or by or through others, construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from,
improve, move, wreck or demolish any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other
structure, project, development or improvement, or to do any part thereof, including the erection
of scaffolding or other structures or works in connection therewith. The term contractor includes
subcontractor and specialty contractor.
(c) A "general engineering contractor" is a person whose principal contracting business is in
connection with fixed works requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, including
the following divisions or subjects: irrigation, drainage, water power, water supply, flood
control, inland waterways, harbors, docks and wharves, shipyards and ports, dams,
hydroelectric projects, levees, river control and reclamation works, railroads, highways, streets
and roads, tunnels, airports and airways, waste reduction plants, bridges, overpasses,
underpasses and other similar works, pipelines and other system for the transmission of
petroleum and other liquid or gaseous substances, land leveling and earth moving projects,
excavating, grading, trenching, paving and surfacing work.
(d) A "general building contractor" is a person whose principal contracting business is in
connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built, for the support, shelter and
enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind, requiring in its
construction the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts, or to do or superintend
the whole or any part thereof. Such structure includes sewers and sewerage disposal plants and
systems, parks, playgrounds and other recreational works, refineries, chemical plants, and
similar industrial plants requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, powerhouse,
power plants and other utility plants and installations mines and metallurgical plants, cement
and concrete works in connection with the abovementioned fixed works.
A person who merely furnishes materials or supplies under section eleven without fabricating
them into, or consuming them in the performance of the work of the general building contractor
does not necessarily fall within this definition.
(e) A "specialty contractor" is a person whose operations pertain to the performance of
construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the
use of specialized building trades or crafts.
Section 10. Public personnel. This Act shall not apply to an authorized representative of the Republic
of the Philippines or any incorporated town, city, province, or other municipal or political corporation
or subdivision of the Republic of the Philippines.
Section 11. Finished products. This Act shall not apply to any sale or installation of any finished
products, materials or articles or merchandise, which are not actually fabricated into and do not become
a permanent and fixed part of the structure.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 4566 June 19, 1965 CREATING THE PHILIPPINE LICENSING BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS REPUBLIC ACT No. 4566 AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE LICENSING BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Section 1. Title of Act. This Act shall be known as the "Contractors' License Law." ARTICLE I Administration Section 2. Composition of the Board. To carry out the purpose of this Act, there is hereby created a "Philippine Licensing Board for Contractors", under the office of the Board of Examiners, hereinafter referred to as the Board, consisting of a Chairman and two other members who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. Section 3. Qualifications of members. Each member of the Board shall be of recognized standing in his branch of the contracting business for ten years, or more, a citizen and resident of the Philippines for at least eight years immediately prior to his appointment, at least thirty-five years of age and possessed of a good moral character. Section 4. Term of office. The Chairman and members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three years. The members of the Board first appointed shall hold office for the following terms: Chairman for three years; one member for two years; and the other member for one year. Any member of the Board may be removed by the President of the Philippines for neglect or dereliction of d ...
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