SEC. 3. This Decree shall take effect after fifteen (15)
days following its publication in the Official Gazette.
DONE in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 5th day of October, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-five.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
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CitationPD 1989 Section 3 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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