Section 3
SEC. 3. When this Act shall have been approved by the President of the United States, as provided in section two, subsection (c), paragraph nine, of the Act of Congress of March twenty-four, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, entitled, "An Act to provide for the complete independence of the Philippine Islands, to provide for the adoption of a constitution and a form of government for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," such fact shall be made known by proclamation of the President of the Philippines, and this Act shall take effect on the date of said proclamation.[1] Approved, March 9, 1937. [1] Declared in force by Proclamation No. 135 (1937). See Appendix, p. 869, post