Section 5
SEC. 5. No child shall be admitted into the public elementary schools except on condition that he shall remain in school until he shall have completed at least die primary course. Compulsory atteidance as herein required may be waived in any one of the following cases: first, uiien the distance from the home of the child to the nearest school exceeds three, kilometers and the said school is not conveniently accessible to die child, considering the means of transportation available; second, where such child is mentally defective or is physically unable to enter said school, of which fart a certificate of a duly licensed physician should be sufficient evidence; third, where on account of the economic condition of his parents, the child cannot afford to continue in school; and fourth, when the child transfers to a private school. The parents or guardians or those having control of children herein required to attend school who fail to keep said children in school without justification as prescribed in this section shall be liable to a fine of not less tha twenty nor more than fifty pesos.