Section 17
SEC. 17. This Decree shall take effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary In order to facilitate the implementation of Presidential Decree No. 412, the Bureau of Mines issued Mines Administrative Order No. V-54, dated April 16, 1974, on the development, disposition and utilization of guano deposits for fertilizer purposes.