Section 27
SEC. 27. Section 17 of the same Act is hereby amended and renumbered as Section 31, to read as follows: "SEC. 31. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. Approved, (SGD.) LORD ALLAN JAY Q. VELASCO Speaker of the House of Representatives (SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1411 and House Bill No. 8097, was passed by the Senate of the Philippines and the House of Representatives on January 24, 2022. (SGD.) MARK LLANDRO L. MENDOZA Secretary General House of Representatives (SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate Approved: Lapsed into law on JUN 04 2022 without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution. (SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines