PD 559 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 144 is hereby amended to read as follows: "3. The share of each province, city, and municipality shall be determined on the basis of the following formula: Seventy per centum (70%) — Population Twenty per centum (20%) — Land Area Ten per centum (10%) — Equal Sharing

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