Practice question
A resident Filipino works aboard a vessel used only in domestic trade and invokes the special seaman proviso solely because he is a crew member. Which is correct?
- Every domestic crew member automatically meets all stated conditions.
- Every vessel is deemed engaged exclusively in international trade.
- The proviso applies only to aircraft pilots.
- The worker automatically becomes a foreign corporation.
- Crew status alone does not satisfy the proviso's exclusively-international-trade and abroad-service conditions.
Legal references
- NIRC, Sections 5-7,22-23 and32, as enacted in RA8424 and subject to the cited later amendments: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8424_1997.html
- RA12214, May29,2025, CMEPA, including amended NIRC Sections22,25 and32: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2025/ra_12214_2025.html
- RA12066, CREATE MORE, Section3 amending NIRC32(B)(5) treaty exclusions: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2024/ra_12066_2024.html
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