RA 1900 Section 17

Preference to local labor.

Section 17

SEC. 17. Preference to local labor.—In the execution and construction of community projects and of school projects as provided for in Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred thirty-six, preference shall be given to laborers from the place or municipality where the public work is being undertaken.

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