Section 1
SECTION 1. No Act passed by the Philippine Legislature shall in effect until fifteen days alter its promulgation unless otherwise expressly provided.
Act No. 1945 — An Act Providing the Time at Which All Acts of the Philippine Legislature Shall Take Effect.
Act No. 1945 — An Act Providing the Time at Which All Acts of the Philippine Legislature Shall Take Effect.
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Section 2
SEC. 2. The promulgation of a law shall be understood to have been made on the day when the publication of same in the Official Gazette of the Philippine Islands shall have been completed.
Section 3
SEC. 3. All Acts directly or indirectly in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Section 4
SEC. 4. This Act shall lake effect at the opening of the next session of the Legislature. Enacted, May 20, 1909.
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