Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section twenty-four of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred and ninety-two, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:

"SEC.   24. Driver's   license,   fees,   examination.—Every person who desires personally to operate any motor ver should make application to the Chief, Motor Vehicles Office, or his deputies for a license to drive motor vehicles: Provided,   however, That no person shall   be issued a professional driver's license unless he has first obtain a police clearance, which shall be issued without charge or fee, from the police department of the city or municipality in which he resides: And provided, further, That rson should be issued a professional driver's license who is suffering from highly contagious diseases, such as, advanced tuberculosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, and the like".

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, April 20, 1955.