Section 2
SEC. 2. This Decree shall take effect upon approval, provided that the benefits herein granted shall extend to the beneficiaries of military personnel who died in line of duty on or after the declaration of Martial Law on September 21, 1972. Done in the City of Manila this 24th day of August in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE Presidential Executive Assistant