Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Thirty-three hundred and ninety-six is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. Vessels of Philippine register of three hundred and fifty tons gross or over carrying passengers in the coastwise trade, except vessels plying exclusively on rivers, lakes, and bays, and on straits when the distance traversed is not greater than thirty nautical miles and the voyage does not last over three hours, shall be equipped with radio apparatus capable of sending and receiving communications over a distance of not less than two hundred nautical miles: Provided, That vessels of two hundred tons net making regular trips from one port to another for more than fifteen hours shall be included in this section."

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

Approved, October 12, 1933.