SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of January, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive
Assistant
Vol. 25, Vital Documents, Presidential Decree 1980-1981
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CitationPD 1817 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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