Section 8
SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation, whichever date comes earlier. 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 House Bill No. 3946 and Senate Bill No. 1461 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 27, 1996. (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