PD 704 Section 51

Effectivity.

Section 51

SEC. 51. Effectivity.—This Decree shall take effect upon promulgation. Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary

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