SECTION 2. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-four.
(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
By the President:
(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant
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CitationPD 1898 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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