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Amending Certain Sections of Presidential… Section 5

Amending Certain Sections of Presidential… Section 5

Section 5

SECTION 5. A new article, to be numbered as Article 20 is hereby inserted after Article 19 of the same Code to read as follows: "Art. 20. Registration of immigrant workers.—Any individual desiring to emigrate to any foreign country for the purpose of taking up employment thereat shall, before filing application with the embassy of the country of intended destination, register with the Overseas Employment Development Board. The registration of such immigrant shall include among others, the following information: name, address, civil status, profession, occupation, country of destination. Those who have pending applications at the time of the effectivity of this Code shall likewise register with the Overseas Employment Development Board before they may be issued the corresponding passports."

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