SEC. 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of December, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-five.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive
Assistant
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CitationPD 2004 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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