PD 188 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. There shall be incorporated in New York City a Philippine Center Management Board, hereinafter called the Board, which shall, on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines, acquire by purchase or by any other appropriate means a building on Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, U.S.A., which shall house within its premises all the offices and agencies in New York of the Philippine Government. Such building shall be called "The Philippine Center in New York," hereinafter called the "Center," and shall serve the purposes stated in the second preambular paragraph.

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