Section 2
SEC. 2. The same Act is hereby amended by adding a new section after section 7, to read as follows: amended by follows: "SEC. 7-a. Parties to an agreement pertaining to a loan or forbearance of money, goods or credit may stipulate that the rate of interest agreed upon may be increased in the event that the applicable maximum rate of interest is increased by law or by the Monetary Board: Provided, That such stipulation shall be valid only if there is also a stipulation in the agreement that the rate of interest agreed upon shall be reduced in the event that the application maximum rate of interest is reduced by law or by the Monetary Board: Provided, further, That the adjustment in the rate of interest agreed upon shall take effect on or after the effectivity of the increase or decrease in the maximum rate of interest."