Effectivity.
Section 17
SEC. 17. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect upon publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. Approved, (Sgd.) JOVITO R. SALONGA (Sgd.) RAMON V. MITRA President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives This Act which in a consolidation of House Bill No. 4942 and Senate Bill No. 373 was finally passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives on October 21, 1988. (Sgd.) EDWIN P. ACOBA (Sgd.) QUIRINO D. ABAD SANTOS, JR. Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the House of Representatives Approved; December 2, 1988 (Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines