Section 2
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect within fifteen (15) days following the completion of its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. Approved, (Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR. (Sgd.) NEPTALI A. GONZALES Speaker of the House of Representatives President of the Senate This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2170 and House Bill No. 4808 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 4, 1998 and February 13, 1998, respectively. (Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO (Sgd.) HEZEL P. GACUTAN Secretary General House of Representatives Secretary of the Senate Approved: February 23, 1998. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines