SEC. 2. Any person who is enrolled in school but who stays
out of school for a period of more than five consecutive school days or
for intermittent periods of less duration but with such regularity as to
affect the continuity of his schooling, without permission from the
school authorities and or for no legitimate reason as defined in the
preceding paragraph shall fall within the purview of this Decree.
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CitationPD 798 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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