PD 798 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. Any person of school age and who is not attending school without any legitimate reason, shall be subject to confinement at any rehabilitation center or reformatory as hereinafter provided. For purposes of this Decree, a legitimate reason for being out of school may be any of the following: Poverty Illness Grave physical or mental defect Failure to obtain accommodation in any public school due to over-enrolment in such school Other analogous reasons

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