A collection of Philippine laws, statutes and codes not included or cited in the main indices of the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. This page features the full text of Republic Act No. 7392
" Phi l i ppi neMi Mi dwi f eryActof1992. " AN ACT REVI SI NG REPUBLI C ACT NO.2644,ASAMENDED,OTHERWI SE KNOWN ASTHE PHI LI PPI NE MI DWI FERY ACT
REPUBLI C ACTNO.7392 AN ACTREVI SI NG REPUBLI C ACT NO.2644,ASAMENDED,OTHERWI SE KNOWNASTHE PHI LI PPI NE MI DWI WI FERY ACT ARTI CLE I TI TLE Phi l i ppi neMi Mi dwi f eryActof1992. " Sect i on 1.Ti t l e.— Thi sActs hal lbeknown wnast he" ARTI CLE I I THE BOARD OFMI DWI FERY Sec.2.Comp mposi t i on.— Thereshal lbeaBoar dofMi dwi f ery,herei naf t err ef err edt oast heBoar d,whi chshal lbe underthe di r ectsupervi si on oft he Pr of ess i onalRegul at i on Comm m mi ss i on ( PRC) .I tshal lbe a col l egi albody comp mposedofachai r manand f our( 4)memb mber st obeappoi nt edby t hePr esi dentoft hePhi l i ppi nesf r om amo mong t he r ecomm mmendees of the Comm mmi ssi oner of the Pr of es si onal Re Regul at i on Comm mmi ssi on. cha n
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TheCommi ssi on shal lr ecommend t hr ee( 3)r egi st er ed mi dwi vesf r om t hel i stsubmi t t ed byt heassoci at i on of mi dwi wi ves;one ( 1)obst et r i ci an f r om t he l i st submi mi t t ed by t he ass oci at i on of obst et r i ci ans;and one ( 1) r egi st er ed nur semi dwi wi f ef r om t he l i st submi mi t t ed by t he associ at i on of mi mi dwi wi ves: Pr ovi ded, That sai d ass oci at i ons ar e accr edi t ed i n accordance wi t h Pr esi dent i al Decr ee No. 223: Pr ovi ded, f ur t her , That the nomi mi neessubmi t t edshal lpossesst heappropr i at equal i ficati onspres cri bedi nSecti on 3hereof . Sec.3.Qual i ficat i onsand Di squal i ficat i onsoft heBoardMe Memb mbers .— ( a)Eachmemb mberoft heBoardshal latt he t i meofhi sappoi nt ment : ( 1)beaci ti zen andresi dentofthePhi l i ppi nes; c h a n r o bl bl e sv i r tu a ll a wl i br a r y
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( 2)beofgood moralcharacter ; ( 3)beatl eastt hi rt y( 30)yearsofage;and ( 4)notame m emb mberoft hef acul t y,whetherf ul lt i me,partt i meorl ectur er ,ofany school ,col l ege oruni vers i ty wh w her ear egul arcour sei nmi dwi f er yi st aught ,andshal lnothaveanypecuni ar yi nt er estdi r ect l yori ndi r ect l y, i nsuchi nst i t uti on dur i nghi st er m ofoffi ceasaBoar dmemb mber . ( b)TheChai r manoft heBoardshal latt het i meofhi sappoi nt ment : ( 1)bearegi st eredobstetr i ci an;and
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( 2)haveatl eastt en ( 10)yearspracti ceasan obst etr i ci an pri ort ohi sappoi nt ment . ( c)Thr ee( 3)memb mbersoft heBoar dshal latt het i meoft hei rappoi nt ment : ( 1)ber egi st eredmi dwi ves;
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( 2)bedegr eehol ders,pref erabl yi nt hefie fiel dofheal t handsoci alsci ences;and ( 3)haveatl eastt en ( 10)year spr acti ceasmi mi dwi wi vespr i ortothei rappoi nt ment ,five( 5)year sofwhi ch arei n supervi soryposi ti ons. ( d)One( 1)memb mberoft heBoardshal latt heti meofhi sappoi nt ment : ( 1)bearegi st erednurs emi dwi f e;and
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( 2)haveatl eastt en ( 10)yearspracti ceasanurs emi dwi f e.
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Sec.4.Ter m ofOffi ce.— TheCh Chai r man and t he f our( 4)memb mber soft he Boar d shal lhol d offi cef orat er m of t hr ee ( 3)year sorunt i lt hei rs uccessorsshal lhave been appoi nt ed and dul y qual i fied,wi t houtprej udi ce t o
r eappoi nt mentf oranothert er m.Each memberoft he Boar d shal lqual i f y by t aki ng hi s/heroat h ofoffi ce bef or eent er i ngupont heper f or manceofhi s/herdut i es. c h a nr o b l e svi r t u a ll a wl i b r a r y
Sec.5.Dut i esandFunct i onsoft heBoard.— TheBoardshal lhavethef ol l owi ngdut i esandf unct i ons: ( a)t oenf orcetheprovi si onsofthi sAct; c h a nr o b l e s v i r t u a l l a wl i b r a r y
( b)t oadmi ni st eroathsi naccordancewi t ht hepr ovi si onsoft hi sAct; ( c) t oi ssue and,af t er due i nvesti gati on,s uspend or r evoke cert i ficates or r egi st r ati on f or t he pr acti ce of mi dwi f ery; ( d)t oi nvest i gateany vi ol ati on oft hi sActoroft herul esand r egul ati onsi ssued t her eunder ,asmay cometo t heknowl edgeoft heBoar d;and f ort hi spur pose,t oi ss ue subpoenaand subpoenaducestecum t o al l eged vi ol at or sorwi t nessest o secur et hei rat t endancei ni nvest i gat i onsorhear i ngs,and t hepr oduct i on ofbooks, paper sanddocument si nconnect i on t her ewi t handcompelt hei rat t endancebyt hepowerofcont empt ; ( e)t oconductyear l yboar dexami nat i onst omi dwi f eryexami neesundert hesupervi si on oft heCommi ss i on; ( f )t ol ook,f r om t i me t ot i me,i nt ot he condi t i on affecti ng t he pr acti ce ofmi dwi f ery i nt he Phi l i ppi nesand adoptsuch meas uresasmaybe deemed necess ar yf ort he mai nt enanceoft he st andar dsand et hi csoft he pr of essi on;and ( g)t oadoptanoffi ci alsealt oaut hent i catei t soffi ci aldocument s. c h a nr o b l e sv i r t u a l l a wl i b r a r y
TheBoar dshal lexer ci set hesepower sanddut i esi naccor dancewi t hPr esi dent i alDecr eeNo.223.
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Sec.6.Compensat i on ofBoar d Member s.— The Chai r man and t he Member soft he Boar d shal lr ecei vethe samecompensat i on gr ant ed t otheChai r man and member soft heboardsofsi mi l arnat ureaspr ovi ded f ori n t heGeneralAppr opri ati onsAct . Sec.7.RemovalofBoar dMember s.— Anymemberoft heBoar dmayber emovedf r om offi cebyt hePres i dent, upont her ecommendat i on oft hePr of essi onalRegul at i on Commi ss i on,f ornegl ectofdut y,i ncompetenceorf or unpr of essi onal ,i mmoralordi shonorabl econduct,af t erhavi ngbeen gi ven t heopport uni t ytodef endhi msel fi n apr operadmi ni st r at i vei nvest i gat i on conduct edbytheCommi ss i on. Sec.8.Super vi si on oft heBoar dandCust odi anofI t sRecor ds.— Themember soft heBoar dshal lbeundert he gener alsupervi si on oft he Pr of ess i onalRegul at i on Commi ss i on.Al lr ecords,i ncl udi ng exami nat i on paper s, exami nati on r esul t s,mi nut esofdel i berat i on,r ecor dsofadmi ni st r ati ve casesand i nvest i gati onsoft heBoard shal lbekeptbytheCommi ss i on. Sec.9.Rul esand Regul at i ons.— Subj ectt ot heappr ovaloft heCommi ss i on,t heBoardshal lsetet hi caland pr of essi onalst andardsf ort hepr acti ceofmi dwi f eryandadoptsuch rul esandregul ati onsasmaybenecessary t ocarr youtthe pr ovi si onsoft hi sAct.Such st andards,rul esandr egul ati onsshal lt akeeffectt hi rt y( 30)days af t erpubl i cati oni nt wo( 2)nati onalnewspapersofgeneralci r cul ati on. Sec.10.AnnualReport .— The Boar d shal lsubmi tan annualr eportt ot he Commi ssi on att heend ofeach cal endaryear ,gi vi nga detai l ed r eportofi t sacti vi ti esand pr oceedi ngsduri ngtheyear.Ot heri nf ormati on or datamayber equest edbyt heCommi ss i on asof t enasmaybeneces sar yandpr act i cabl e. ARTI CLE I I I EXAMI NATI ON AND REGI STRATI ON OF MI DWI VES c h a nr o b l e sv i r t u a l l a wl i b r a r y
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Sec.11.Exami nati on Requi red.— Al lappl i cant sf orr egi st r ati on t othepract i ceofmi dwi f eryi nthePhi l i ppi nes shal lber equi r edt oundergoan exami nati on asr equi r edf ori nt hi sAct. c h a nr o b l e svi r t u a ll a wl i b r a r y
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Sec.12.ScopeofExami nati ons.— Thescopeofexami nati onsf ort hepr acti ceofmi dwi f eryshal lconsi stoft he f ol l owi ng : ( a)I nf antcareandf eedi ng;
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( b)Obst et r i calanat omyandphysi ol ogy; ( c)Pri nci pl esofbacteri ol ogyasappl i edt omi dwi f erypracti ce; ( d)Obstetr i cs; ( e)Mi dwi f erypr ocedur es; ( f )Domi ci l i arymi dwi f ery; ( g)Communi t yhygi eneandfir stai d; ( h)Nutr i ti on; ( i )Ethi csofmi dwi f erypracti ce; c h a nr o b l e sv i r u t a l l a wl i b r a r y
( j )Pri maryheal thcare; ( k)Pr of ess i onalGr owt handDevel opment ; ( l )Fami l ypl anni ng;and ( m)Ot hersubj ect swi t hi nt heBoardmaydeem necess aryf oraddi t i on ori ncl usi on f r om t i met oti me. Sec.13.Prer equi si t e and Qual i ficat i ons ofAppl i cantsf orExami nat i on.— I n orderto be admi t t ed t ot he mi dwi f eryexami nati on,an appl i cants hal l ,att heti meoffil i ngofhi s/herappl i cati on ther ef or ,establ i sht othe sati sf acti on t otheBoar dthathe/she: ( a)i si ngoodheal t handofgoodmoralcharact er ;and
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( b)i sagraduateofmi dwi f eryi nagovernmentr ecogni zedanddul yaccredi t edi nst i t ut i on.
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Att het i meoft hei ssuanceofacer t i ficat eofr egi st r at i on,t heappl i cantshal lbeaci t i zen oft hePhi l i ppi nes andatl eastei ght een ( 18)yearsofage.
Sec.14.School sofMi dwi f ery.— To ber ecogni zed asa dul yaccredi t ed and l egal l y const i t ut ed i nst i t ut i on f or mi dwi f eryt r ai ni ngaspr ovi dedi nt hi sAct ,aschoolofmi dwi f er yshal lhavea permi tf r om t heDepar t mentof Educat i on,Cul t ureand Sport s( DECS) .Theschoolshal lhaveatl eastfif t y( 50)mat er ni t y bedsand affi l i at ed wi t hanaccr edi t edhospi t aldul yaccr edi t edbyanaut hor i zedgover nmentagencyori nst r ument al i t y. c h a nr o b l e svi r t u a ll a wl i b r a r y
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Theschoolshal lhaveami ni mum r at i oofone( 1)cl i ni cali nst r uct ort ot wel ve( 12)st udent si nt hehospi t aland i nthecommuni t y. Bef oreal l owi ng a st udentt o gr aduat e,t heschoolshal lsat i sf act ory show t ot he Depar t mentofEducat i on, Cul t ure and Sport s( DECS) or ot her aut hor i zed gover nment agenci es that the st udent has compl et ed t he cour sei nmi dwi f er yaspres cr i bedbytheDECSorot herdul yaut hori zedgovernmentagenci es,andthatdur i ng the tr ai ni ng,t hestudenthaspersonal l yatt ended atl eastatotaloft went y( 20)del i ver i esi nt hehospi taland i ni tsdomi ci l i aryservi ces. Sec.15.Qual i ficat i on of Facul t y.— The f acul t y shal lhave academi c preparat i on appr opr i at et ot eachi ng assi gnment ,asf ol l ows: ( a)Atl eastabachel or' sdegreehol derorDoctorofMedi ci ne( M. D. ) ; c h a nr o b l e svi r t u a ll a wl i b r a r y
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( b)Pr oofofcompet encei nt hefiel dofspeci al i zati on assi gnedt ohi m;and ( c)A regi st erednurseorr egi st eredmi dwi f ei nthePhi l i ppi neswi thatl eastone( 1)yearofsati sf actoryteachi ng exper i enceorone( 1)yearofeffi ci entperf ormancei n mat er ni t ywar d/communi t y:Pr ovi ded,Thatar egi st er ed mi dwi f emaybeal l owedtof ol l owup st udentmi dwi vesi nt hecommuni t ywar dprovi dedshehasatl eastt wo( 2) year sofexperi encei nt heareaofassi gnmentandhasunder gonetr ai ni ngi nt hesupervi si on ofst udent s. Sec.16.Rat i ngsi nt heBoar dofExami nat i on.— To bequal i fiedashavi ngpass edtheBoar d Exami nat i on f or mi dwi ves,acandi datemustobtai n agener alr at i ngofsevent yfivepercent( 75%)i nt hewr i t t en t estwi t h no gr adel owert hanfif t yper cent( 50%)i nanysubj ect . c h a nr o b l e svi r t u a ll a wl i b r a r y
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Sec.17.Reportoft heResul t sofExami nat i on.— TheBoardshal l ,wi t hi n onehundredtwent y( 120)daysaf t er t he exami nat i on,r epor tt he r at i ngs obt ai ned by each candi dat et ot he Commi ss i oner of t he Prof ess i onal Regul at i onsCommi ss i on. Sec. 18.I ssuanceofCert i ficate.— Cert i ficateofRegi st r ati on asmi dwi f eshal l ,upon paymentoft herequi r ed f ees,be i ssued t o any appl i cantwho passest heexami nati on.Every cert i ficateofr egi st r ati on shal lshow f ul l nameofr egi st r ant ,havea ser i alnumber ,beart hesi gnat ur esoft hemembersoft heBoard,beat t est edbyt he Secr et aryoft heBoard,andbedul yaut hent i cat edbyt heoffi ci alsealoft heBoard. Thei ssuanceofacer t i ficat eofr egi st r at i on by t heBoar dt ot her egi st r antshal lbeevi dencet hatt heper son namedherei ni senti tl edt oal lri ghtsandpri vi l egesofaregi st eredmi dwi f eunti lsai dcert i ficat e,f orj ustcause, i ssuspended t empor ar i l yorr evoked. Sec.19.Regi st r ati on ofNur seMi dwi f e.— Cert i ficati on ofr egi st r ati on maybei ssued t or egi st erednurs eswho passt heexami nat i on f ormi dwi ves:Pr ovi ded,Thatt henur se,bef orebei ngal l owed t ot ake exami nat i on show evi dencetothe Boar d ofhavi ngactual l y handl ed t went y( 20)del i verycasesascert i fied t obythedi r ectoror chi efofadul yr egi st eredorr ecogni zedhospi tal ,orbyt hepr opermuni ci pal ,ci t y,orpr ovi nci alheal t hoffi cer . Sec. 20.FeesofExami nat i on and Regi st r at i on.— Appl i cant sf orexami nat i on f ort hepr act i ceofmi dwi f ery shal lpayanexami nat i on f eeaspr escr i bedbyt hePr of ess i onalRegul at i on Commi ss i on. c h a nr o b l e sv i r u t a l l a wl i b r a r y
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Sec. 21.I nhi bi t i on Agai nstPr acti ceofMi dwi f ery.— Noper son shal lpr acti ceoroffert opr acti cemi dwi f eryi n t he Phi l i ppi nes,asdefined i nt hi sAct ,wi t houthol di ng a val i d cert i ficateofr egi st r ati on and a pr of essi onal l i censeasmi dwi f e. Sec. 22.Forei gn Reci pr oci t y.— Nomi dwi f ewhoi saci t i zen,subj ectornati onalofaf orei gn count r yshal lbe grant edanyoft heri ght sandpri vi l egesundert hi sActunl essheorsheshowst othesati sf acti on oft heBoar d thatt hecount ryofwhi ch heors hei saci ti zen,subj ectornati onal ,permi t swi thi ni t st err i t ori all i mi t sont he samebasi sast heci t i zen,subj ectornati onalofsuch count ry:Pr ovi ded,Thatt her equi si t ef oradmi ssi on t o mi dwi f eryschoolandf orgr aduati on i nsai dcount r yar esubst ant i al l ythesameasthosei nt hi scount ry . Sec. 23.Pr act i ceofMi dwi f eryDefined.— Thepr act i ceofmi dwi f eryconsi sti n perf ormi ngorr enderi ng,or offer i ng t o perf orm or render ,f or a f ee,sal ar y,or ot her re war d or compensat i on,ser vi ces r equi r i ng an under st andi ngoft hepri nci pl esand appl i cat i on ofpr oceduresand t echni quesi nt hesupervi si on and car eof women dur i ngpr egnancy,l aborandpuer per i um managementofnor maldel i ver i es,i ncl udi ngt heper f or mance ofi nt ernalexami nati on dur i ngl aborexceptwhen pat i enti swi t h ant enatalbl eedi ng;heal t h educati on oft he pati ent ,f ami l yandcommuni t y;pri maryheal t hcar eservi cesi nt hecommuni t y,i ncl udi ngnutr i t i on andf ami l y pl anni ng i n carr yi ng outt he wr i t t en orderofphysi ci answi t hr egard t o ant enatal ,i nt r anataland post natal car e of t he normalpregnant mot her i n gi vi ng i mmuni zat i on,i ncl udi ng or aland parent er aldi spensi ng of oxyt oci cdrug af t erdel i veryofpl acent a,sut uri ngpari etall acerat i onstocontr olbl eedi ng,t ogi vei nt ravenous flui ddur i ngobst et r i calemer genci esprovi dedt heyhavebeen t r ai nedf ort hatpur pose;andmayi nj ectVi t ami n Kt ot henewbor n:Provi ded,however ,Thatt hi sprovi si on shal lnotappl yt ost udent si nmi dwi f eryschool swho perf orm mi dwi f eryservi ceundert hesupervi si on oft hei ri nst r uct ors,nort oemer gencycases. Sec. 24.Ref usalt oI ss ue Cer t i ficat e of Regi st r at i on.— The Board shal lr ef use t oi ss ue a cer t i ficat e of r egi st r at i on t o any pers on convi ct ed by a cour tofcompetentj ur i sdi ct i on ofany cr i mi naloffensei nvol vi ng moralt ur pi t ude,and t o any pers on gui l t y of i mmoralor di shonorabl e conduct .The Boar d shal lgi ve t he appl i canta wr i t t en st at ementset t i ng f ort ht he r eason orreas onsf ori t sact i on,whi ch st at ementshal lbe i ncor porat edi nt her ecor dsoft heBoar d. Sec. 25.Revocat i on and Suspensi on ofCer t i ficat es.— TheBoar d shal lhavet hepowert orevokeors uspend t he val i di t y ofa cer t i ficat e ofr egi st r at i on ofa mi dwi f ef orany oft he causesment i oned i nt he precedi ng sect i on, or f or unprof ess i onal conduct , mal pract i ce, i ncompet ence or ser i ous i gnorance or negl i gence, ass i st i ng or perf ormi ng abor t i on i nt he pract i ce ofmi dwi f ery or f or maki ng use off r aud,decei torf al se st atement st oobt ai nacert i ficat eofr egi st rat i on. Fr om t he deci si on of t he Boar d,appealmay be t aken t ot he Prof essi onalRegul at i on Commi ssi on whi ch deci si on shal lbefinal . Sec. 26.Rei ssuance ofRevoked Cer t i ficat es and Repl acement of Los t Cer t i ficat e.— The Boar d may ,f or r easonsofequi t yandj ust i ceandupon pr operappl i cati on t heref or ,i ssueanothercopy oft hecert i ficateupon paymentofdues,andi nsodoi ng,i tmayexemptt heappl i cantf r om t her equi si t eexami nat i on. ARTI CLE I V MI SCELLANEOUS PROVI SI ONS c r a l a w
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Sec. 27.PenalPr ovi si on.— Any personwhoshal lpract i cemi dwi f eryi nt hePhi l i ppi neswi t hi nt hemeani ngof t hi sActwi t houtacert i ficateofr egi st r ati on i ssued i n accor danceherewi t h,oranypers on pr esent i ngorusi ng ashi s/herown cert i ficateofr egi st r ati on ofanother ,orany per son gi vi nganyf al seorf orged evi dencet ot he Pr of ess i onalRegul at i on Commi ss i on i n ordert o securea cer t i ficat e ofr egi st r at i on,orany pers on usi ng a r evoked orsuspended cert i ficateofr egi st r ati on orany per son assumi ng,usi ngoradvert i si ng,asa r egi st ered mi dwi f eorar egi st er ed nur semi dwi f eorappendi ngtohi s/hernamethe l et t er s" R. M. "wi t houthavi ngbeen conf err edsuch t i t l ebyt hePr of essi onalRegul ati on Commi ssi on oradvert i si nganyt i t l edescri pti on t endi ngto convey t hei mpres si on t hathe/she i sa r egi st er ed mi dwi f e,shal lbe gui l t y ofmi sdemeanorand shal l ,upon convi ct i on,besent enced t o afineofnotl esst han Ten t housand pesos( P10, 000. 00)normorethan Thi r t y t housand pesos( P30, 000. 00) ,ort o sufferi mpri sonmentf ora peri od ofnotl esst han t wo ( 2)year snormor e t hanseven( 7)years ,orbothsuchfineandi mpri sonmentatt hedi scr et i on oft hecour t . c h a nr o b l e sv i r u t a l l a wl i b r a r y
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Theaf or ement i oned penal t y shal ll i kewi se bei mposed upon any per son f ound gui l t y ofvi ol at i on ofany r ul e andr egul ati on i ssued pur suantt ot hepr ovi si onsoft hi sAct. Sec. 28.Repeal i ng Cl ause.— Republ i c ActNumber ed Two Thousand Si x Hundred and Fort yf ouri s hereby r epeal ed and al ll aws,decree,or ders,i nst ructi ons,rul esand r egul ati onsand otheri ssuancesorpart st hereof i nconsi st entwi t ht hi sActar el i kewi ser epeal edoramendedaccor di ngl y. c h a nr o b l e svi r t u a ll a wl i b r a r y
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Sec. 29.Separ abi l i t y Cl ause. — I ff or any r eason, any part or sect i on of thi s Act shal l be decl ar ed unconst i t ut i onalori nval i d,others ecti onsorprovi si onshereofwhi ch ar enotaffectedt her eby shal lcont i nue t obei nf ul lf orceandeffect. Sec. 30.Effecti vi t yCl ause.— Thi sActs hal lt akeeffectupon compl et i on ofi t spubl i cati on i n atl eastt wo( 2) nat i onal newspaper s of gener al ci r cul at i on. c r a l a w
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