NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE
S. B. No. 910
Senate
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*22 vJUL 27 P4 *46
RECEIVED BV'.
Introduced by Senator SONNY ANGARA
AN ACT
EXPANDING SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS GRANTED 
TO BENEFICIARIES OF UNIFORMED PERSONNEL OF THE PHILIPPINE 
NATIONAL POLICE, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, BUREAU OF 
FIRE PROTECTION, BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY, 
PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
(NBI), BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS, AND PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY KILLED OR PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED WHILE IN THE 
PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY OR BY REASON OF HIS OFFICE OR 
POSITION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, REPEALING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6963, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Since 1990, Republic Act No. 6963 has long entitled the families of soldiers, 
police and firemen to special financial assistance if ever their loved one is killed or 
permanently incapacitated while on the line of duty. Such financial assistance only 
befits the selfless service to the nation offered by these uniformed personnel.
Soldiers, police and firemen, however, are not the only government 
frontliners who risk life and limb to safeguard the safety and peace of all Filipinos. 
To this list, we must include those from the Bureau of Jail Management and 
Penology, the Philippine Coast Guard, National Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of 
Corrections, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. Their families deserve the 
same special financial assistance should they meet their untimely demise while doing 
their job, considering they are often their family's breadwinners.
It is for the reasons stated above that we are filing the foregoing measure, 
repealing Republic Act No. 6963 and proposing in its stead a legislation that expands


its original scope. This measure also creates a Dependents Welfare Office in each of 
the agencies covered to administer the financial assistance hereon mandated.
Present circumstances, inciuding ongoing maritime disputes and the campaign 
against criminality and drugs, only make the passage of this measure ali the more 
imperative. Hence, we cali on our colleagues to act on this promptiy.
SONNY ANGARA


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
SENATE
S. B. No. 910
Senate
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•22 JUL27 P4’46
RECEIVtOBV. .
Introduced by Senator SONNY ANGARA
AN ACT
EXPANDING SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS GRANTED 
TO BENEFICIARIES OF UNIFORMED PERSONNEL OF THE PHILIPPINE 
NATIONAL POLICE, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, BUREAU OF 
FIRE PROTECTION, BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY, 
PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
(NBI), BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS, AND PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY KILLED OR PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED WHILE IN THE 
PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY OR BY REASON OF HIS OFFICE OR 
POSITION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, REPEALING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6963, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This act shall be known as the 'Vniformed
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Personnel Special Financial Assistance Act."
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SEC. 2. Scope. - The family or beneficiary of any Uniformed Personnel of the
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Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Bureau of
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Fire Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Philippine
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Coast Guard (PCG), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Bureau of Corrections
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(BUCOR) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) assisting in a duly
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authorized operation, who is killed or becomes permanently incapacitated while in
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the performance of his duty or by reason of his office or position, provided he has
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not committed any crime or human rights violations by final judgment on such
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occasion, shall be entitled to the special financial assistance provided for in this Act
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in addition to whatever compensation, donation, insurance, gift, pension, grant, or


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any form of benefit which said deceased or permanently incapacitated person or his
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family may receive or be entitled to.
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For purposes of this act, Uniformed Personnel shall be construed as personnel
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of the PNP, AFP, BFP, BJMP, PCG, NBI, BUCOR, and PDEA who are directly,
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regardless of which capacity, assigned to or involved in operations with real and
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immediate threat to life or in routine duty with unexpected or imminent danger.
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SEC. 3. Beneficiaries. - The term "family" as used in this Act shall refer to the
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surviving legal spouse and his legitimate children or parents, or brothers and sisters,
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or aunts and uncles, in that respective order: Providect. That, if the uniformed
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personnel is a Muslim, the pertinent provisions of the Code of Muslim Personal Laws
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{Shad'd) shall apply.
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SEC. 4. Special Financiai Assistance. - The special financial assistance referred
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to in Section Two hereof shall be that which is equivalent to the average six (6)
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months salary, including allowances and bonuses, during the last twelve (12)
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months preceding the death of the officer which shall not be considered a part of
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the estate of the deceased and which shall be exempt from attachment,
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garnishment or execution and from income and other taxes.
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SEC. 5. Provision of Special Financiai Assistance. - It shall be the duty of the
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cashier or concerned service chief from whom the deceased or permanently
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incapacitated uniformed personnel used to receive his/her salary, within three (3)
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days from receipt of a written certification from the concerned office or bureau head,
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station or unit commander of the fact of death and the circumstances thereof, to
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deliver to the beneficiaries such special financial assistance as stated in Section
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Three hereof. In case of permanent disability, a certification by the proper medical
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officer designated by the Chief of the PNP, or the Chief of AFP, or the Chief of the
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BFP, or the Director of the BJMP, or the Commandant of the PCG, or the Director
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General of the NBI, Director General of the BUCOR, or the Director General of the
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PDEA, as the case may be, is necessary for the payment of the aforesaid financial
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assistance. After said payment, a report with the formal certificate of death or
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permanent incapacity shall be submitted to the Secretary of National Defense, or the
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Secretary of Interior and Local Government, or the Secretary of Transportation, or
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the Secretary of Justice, or the PDEA Director General, as the case may be.


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SEC. 6. Filling of Positions. - In order to assure the payment of the special
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financial assistance referred to in this Act, without any need of any appropriation act
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or ordinance, the payment shall come from the expected salary, allowances and
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bonus of the deceased or permanently incapacitated uniformed personnel for the
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next six (6) months after his/her death or incapacity: Provided, That the position left
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vacant by the deceased or permanently incapacitated uniformed personnel on
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account of death or incapacity shall not be filled during that period of six (6)
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months: Provided, further, That if the public welfare and interest so demand, as
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determined by the municipal or city mayor or provincial governor, in case of a police
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personnel or fireman, or by the Secretary of National Defense, in case of a military
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personnel, or by the Secretary of Interior and Local Government, in case of a BJMP
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personnel, or by the Secretary of Transportation, in case of a PCG personnel, or by
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the Secretary of Justice, in case of a NBI personnel or of a BUCOR personnel, or by
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the Director General of PDEA, in case of a PDEA personnel, the position left vacant
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by the deceased personnel, or permanently incapacitated personnel may be filled
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without waiting for the expiration of the six (6) months period earlier mentioned, in
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which case, the funds out of which the special financial assistance already received
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by the family of the deceased or permanently incapacitated personnel shall be
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replenished out of the emergency savings of the municipality, city or province, or the
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department, upon the direction in writing by the municipal or city mayor or governor
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of the province, or department secretary, to their respective treasurers or
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cashiers: Provided, finally. That, in the event of such emergency, no emergency
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savings as provided herein exist, the regional chief or the provincial chief, as the
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case may be, may draw augmentation personnel from any municipality in the
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province or region to fill up the vacancy until such time that the municipality where
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the vacancy occurred can fill up such vacancy with regular personnel.
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SEC. 7. Hospitalization Expenses. - If any uniformed personnel is injured or
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wounded or in any manner suffers any injury in the performance of his official
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duties, the hospitalization expenses, including necessary medicines and medical
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equipment, of such uniformed personnel shall be shouldered by the office where
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he/she belongs, chargeable against the salary savings of such office without the
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need of any appropriation act or ordinance.


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SEC. 8. Priority in Civii Service. - The surviving spouse of the deceased or
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permanently incapacitated uniformed personnel shall be given priority in
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employment in a government or agency or office where his/her qualifications are
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fitted: Provided, That, if the spouse is already employed or not employable or if
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he/she waives such employment privilege, then an employable dependent shall be
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granted the said privilege.
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SEC. 9. Schoiarship Assistance. - All surviving children of the deceased or
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permanently incapacitated uniformed personnel shall be extended scholarship up to
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college in a nonexclusive institution, subject to the policies on the tuition of said
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institution. The scholarship privilege shall be limited to the payment of tuition and
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miscellaneous fees payable to the school and shall be remitted by the National Police
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Commission or the Department of National Defense or the Department of Interior
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and Local Government or the Department of Justice or the PDEA, as the case may
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be, upon presentation to it of the approved enrollment or registration form.
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SEC. 10. Funding of Schoiarship Assistance. - The amounts necessary to fund
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the scholarship assistance for the surviving children of the deceased or permanently
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incapacitated uniformed personnel shall be separately utilized and sourced as
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follows:
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a) 
For PNP, license fees collected by the PNP Firearms and Explosives Office;
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b) 
For AFP, prevailing funds exclusively allocated for scholarship including
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applicable grants and donations and other service income;
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c) 
For BFP, subsidy income from the National Government;
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d) 
For PCG, collection from permits and licenses fees, fines and penalties,
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service income, and other general income; and,
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e) 
For NBI, income from government services, particularly NBI Clearance Fees,
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including miscellaneous income.
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For PDEA, BUCOR, and BJMP, amounts necessary for the scholarship
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assistance shall be augmented to their respective budgets under the annual General
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Appropriations Act.
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The same agencies may determine or generate additional sources of funds for
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the continuity of their scholarship assistance.


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SEC. 11. Creation of Dependents Welfare Office. - There shall be a
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Dependents Welfare Office created in each agency covered by this Act. To prevent
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redundancy and to expedite the delivery of benefits, the establishment of such office
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may be done by appointing an existing bureau or division to concurrently perform
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functions to implement the provisions of this Act.
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SEC. 12. Penalties. - The delay, refusal, or prevention in any manner, without
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justifiable reason, by any government official or employee, after due process, shall
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be tantamount to gross neglect of duty and shall be sufficient grounds for the
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dismissal from civil service, in addition to any criminal and administrative penalties
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imposabie under existing laws.
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SEC. 13. Non-diminution of Benefits. - The Special Financial Assistance and
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other benefits provided under this Act shall be without prejudice to other similar
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benefits that may be received by uniformed personnel.
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SEC. 14. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from
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the approval of this Act, the PNP, AFP, BFP, BJMP, PCG, NBI, BUCOR, and PDEA
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shall promulgate the rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.
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SEC. 15. Separability Clause. - If any portion or provision of this Act is
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subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions hereof which are
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not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
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SEC. 16. Repeating Clause. - Republic Act No. 6963 is hereby repealed and all
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other laws, acts, presidential decrees, executive orders, presidential proclamations,
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issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof which are contrary to or
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inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or
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modified accordingly.
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Sec. 17. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,