GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC.79. Separability of Provisions. If any provision of this Decree, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, is declared invalid, the remainder of the Decree or the application of such provision of other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such declaration. (As amended by Sec.39, PD; Sec.15, PD 1479)

SEC.80. Effect on Other Acts. All acts or parts of acts. Decrees, general orders, executive orders, proclamations, or rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are repealed or modified accordingly. (As amended by Sec.39, PD; Sec. 15, PD 1479)

SEC.81. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect immediately. (As amended by Sec. 15, PD 1479)
Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of May in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy three.

(SGD) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President
(SGD) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

Presidential Decree No. 768 was promulgated on August 15, 1975

Presidential Decree No. 1479 was promulgated on June 11, 1978