Effectivity.
Section 25
SEC. 25. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. Approved, (Sgd.) NEPTALI A. GONZALES (Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA, JR. President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1253 and House Bill No. 5264, was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on March 25, 1996 and March 27, 1996, respectively. (Sgd.) HEZEL P. GACUTAN (Sgd.) CAMILO L. SABIO Secretary of the Senate Secretary General House of Representatives Approved: March 28, 1996 (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines