Section 2
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (I 5) days following its publication either in the official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines. Approved, (Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA, JR. (Sgd.) EDGARDO J. ANGARA Speaker of the House of Representatives President of the Senate This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 397 and House Bill No. 12718, was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 15, 1995. (Sgd.) CAMILO L. SABIO (Sgd.) EDGARDO E. TUMANGAN Secretary General House of Representatives Secretary of the Senate Approved: February 20, 1995 (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines