SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect immediately and shall form part of the law of the land.
Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant
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CitationPD 1294 Section 5 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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