Classification under this Decree.
Section 2
SEC. 2. Classification under this Decree.—Upon the effectivity of this Decree, and for each period of four consecutive fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary of Finance shall classify all provinces and cities, except Manila and Quezon City, which shall remain as special class cities, on the basis of the average total revenues of each province or city derived during the last four consecutive fiscal years immediately preceding such classification according to the provisions of this Decree as certified by the Chairman, Commission on Audit: Provided, That the first classification shall take effect July first, nineteen hundred and seventy-four: Provided, further, That a province or city which has been in existence for a period of less than four full fiscal years immediately preceding the initial classification herein provided shall be classified on the basis of its average income during such lesser number of full fiscal years or year immediately following its organization as such province or city: And provided, finally, That no readjustment of classification shall be made oftener than once in four consecutive fiscal years after the first classification provided in this Decree, except in cases of diminishing revenues when the Secretary of Finance may order at any time the readjustment to the classification of any province or city in accordance with the foregoing schedule.