THEMAGNACARTAFORPUBLI

CSCHOOLTEACHERS

al
soknownas

REPUBLI
CACTNO.4670

(
June18,
1966)

I
.DECLARATI
ONOFPOLI
CYCOVERAGE

Sec.1.Decl ar
ationofPolicy.I
tisherebydeclaredtobet hepol i
cyofthisActt opromot eand
i
mpr ovet hesocialandeconomi cstatusofpubl i
cschool t
eacher s,t
heirl
ivi
ngandwor king
conditi
ons, t
heirter
msofempl oymentandcar eerpr ospectsinor derthattheymaycompar e
favorablywithexist
ingoppor t
uniti
esinotherwalksofl ife,
attractandr et
ainintheteachi ng
professionmor epeoplewi t
hthepr operquali
fi
cations,itbeingrecognizedt hatadvancei n
educationdependsont hequalif
icati
onsandabi l
it
yoft het eachingstaffandt hateducationis
anessent ialf
actorintheeconomi cgrowthoft henat i
onasapr oductiveinvestmentofv ital
i
mpor t
ance.

Sec.2.Ti
tleDefi
nit
ion.Thi
sActshall
beknownast he"MagnaCar
taforPubl
icSchool
Teacher
s"
andshallappl
ytoallpubli
cschool
teacher
sexceptthosei
nthepr
ofessor
ial
staf
fofstat
e
col
legesanduniversi
ti
es.

AsusedinthisAct ,theterm" teacher"shallmeanallpersonsengagedi nclassroom teaching,i

n
anyl
evelofinst
r uction,onfull
-ti
mebasi s,i
ncl
udingguidancecounselors,school l
ibr
ari
ans,
i
ndustri
alart
sorv ocati
onal i
nstructors,andall
otherpersonsperfor
mi ngsuper vi
soryand/or
admini
strat
ivefunct i
onsi nal
lschool s,coll
egesanduni v
ersi
ti
esoperat edbyt heGov er
nmentor
i
tspoli
ti
calsubdiv i
sions;butshal l
noti ncl
udeschoolnurses,schoolphy si
cians,schooldentist
s,
andotherschool empl oyees.

I
I.RECRUI
TMENTANDCAREER

Sec.3.Recruit
mentandQual i
fi
cati
on.Recruit
mentpoli
cywit
hr espectt
ot heselecti
onand
appointmentofteachersshal
lbeclearlydefi
nedbytheDepar
t mentofEducation:Provi
ded,
howev er
,Thateffecti
veupont heapprovalofthi
sAct,t
hefol
lowingshallconsti
tutethe
minimum educat i
onalquali
fi
cati
onsforteacher-
appl
icant
s:

(a)Fort
eacher
sintheki
nder
gar
tenandel
ement
arygr
ades,
Bachel
or'
sdegr
eei
nEl
ement
ary
Educati
on(B.
S.E.
ED.)
;

(b)Forteacher
softhesecondaryschool
s,Bachel
or'
sdegr
eeinEducat
ionorit
sequival
entwi
th
amaj orandami nor;
oraBachelor
'sdegr
eeinAr t
sorSci
encewit
hatleastei
ghteen
professi
onaluni
tsinEducat
ion.

(
c)Forteacher
sofsecondar
yvocati
onalandtwoyearst
echnicalcour
ses,Bachel
or'
sdegr
eei
n
t
hefi
eldofspecial
i
zat
ionwit
hatleastei
ghteenpr
ofessi
onalunit
sineducati
on;

(
d)Fort
eacher
sofcour
sesont
hecol
l
egi
atel
evel
,ot
hert
hanv
ocat
ional
,mast
er'
sdegr
eewi
tha
speci
fi
car
eaofspeci
ali
zat
ion;

Provi
ded,furt
her,Thati ntheabsenceofappl icantswhopossesst heminimum educat i
onal
quali
fi
cati
onsasher einabov eprovided,t
heschool superintendentmayappoi nt,
undera
temporarystat
us,appl icantswhodonotmeett hemi nimum qual i
ficat
ions:Pr ov
ided,furt
her,
Thatshouldteacher-appl i
cants,whethertheypossesst hemi nimum educat i
onal qual
ifi
cati
ons
ornot,berequir
edt ot akecompet iti
veexami nations,preferenceinmaki ngappoi nt
ment sshall
beintheorderoft heirrespectiv
er anksinsaidcompet i
t i
veexami nati
ons: Andpr ovi
ded,fi
nall
y,
Thattheresult
soft heexami nati
onsshall bemadepubl icandev eryappl i
cantshallbefurni
shed
withhisscoreandr anki nsaidexami nati
ons.

Sec.4.Pr obationar yPer i

od.Whenr ecruit
mentt akesplaceaf teradequatetrainingand
professionalprepar ationi nanyschool r
ecognizedbyt heGov ernment,nopr obat i
onar yperi
od
precedingr egularappoi nt mentshallbei mposedi ftheteacherpossessest heappr opriat
ecivi
l
serviceeligi
bil
ity:Prov ided, however, Thatwher e,duetotheexi genci
esoft heser vice,iti
s
necessar ytoempl oyast eacheraper sonwhopossessest hemi nimum educat ional
qualifi
cati
onsher ei nabov esetfort
hbutl ackst heappropriatecivi
lserv
iceeligibil
it
y ,such
personshal lbeappoi nt edonapr ovisionalst
atusandshal lundergoaper i
odofpr obat i
onfor
notlesst hanoney earf rom andaf t
ert hedateofhi sprovisionalappoi
ntment .

Sec.5.Tenur
eofOffi
ce.St
abil
i
tyonempl
oymentandsecur
it
yoft
enur
eshal
lbeassur
edt
he
teacher
sasprov
idedunderexi
sti
ngl
aws.

Subjecttotheprovi
sionsofSectionthreehereof,teachersappoi
ntedonaprovi
sional stat
usf
or
l
ackofnecessar ycivi
lservi
ceeli
gibil
it
yshall
beext endedpermanentappoi
ntmentf orthe
positi
onhei sholdi
ngafterhavi
ngr ender
edatl easttenyearsofconti
nuous,
eff
icientand
fai
thfulser
viceinsuchpositi
on.

Sec.6.Consentf
orTransferTransport
ati
onExpenses.Exceptf
orcauseandasherei
n
otherwi
seprovi
ded,
not eachershallbetr
ansf
err
edwi t
houthisconsentf
rom onest
ati
ont
o
another
.

Wher et heexi genci

esoftheser vi
cerequir
et hetransferofateacherfrom onest ati
ontoanother,
sucht ransfermaybeef f
ectedbyt heschool superint
endentwhoshal lpr evi
ouslynot i
fythe
teacherconcer nedofthetransferandthereasonorr easonsther
efor.Ifthet eacherbeli
eves
thereisnoj ust i
fi
cati
onforthetransfer,
hemayappeal hiscasetotheDi rectorofPubl i
cSchools
ortheDi r
ect orofVocat i
onalEducat i
on,asthecasemaybe.Pendi nghi sappeal andthe
decisiont her eon,hi
stransfershallbeheldinabey ance:Provi
ded,howev er
,Thatnot ransfer
s
what evershal lbemadet hr
eemont hsbeforeanyl ocalornati
onalelection.

Necessarytr
ansf
erexpensesoft
het
eacherandhi
sfami
l
yshal
lbepai
dforbyt
heGov
ernment
i
fhistransf
erisf
inal
l
yapproved.

Sec.7.CodeofProfessi
onalConductforTeacher
s.Wit
hinsixmonthsfrom t
heappr ovaloft
his
Act,t
heSecret
aryofEducati
onshallformulat
eandprepareaCodeofPr of
essionalConductfor
Publi
cSchoolTeachers.AcopyoftheCodeshal l
befurni
shedeachteacher:
Pr ov
ided,however
,
Thatwherethi
sisnotpossi
blebyr
easonofi
nadequat
efi
scalresourcesoftheDepartmentof
Educat
ion,atl
eastthr
eecopi
esofthesameCodeshal
lbedepositedwiththeoffi
ceofthe
school
princi
palorheadt
eacherwheret
heymaybeaccessi
bleforusebythet eacher
s.

Sec.8.Saf
eguardsi
nDisci
pli
nar
yProcedure.Ev
eryteachershal
lenj
oyequi
tabl
esaf
eguar
dsat
eachstageofanydi
sci
pli
narypr
ocedureandshallhave:

a.t
her
ightt
obei
nfor
med,
inwr
it
ing,
oft
hechar
ges;

b.t
her
ightt
oful
laccesst
otheev
idencei
nthecase;

c.ther
ighttodefendhi
msel
fandtobedefendedbyar epresent
ativ
eofhi schoi
ceand/orbyhis
organi
zati
on,adequat
eti
mebeinggi
ventotheteacherforthepreparat
ionofhisdef
ense;and

d.t
her
ightt
oappeal
tocl
ear
lydesi
gnat
edaut
hor
it
ies.

Nopublici
tyshal
lbegivent
oanydi
sci
pli
nar
yact
ionbei
ngt
akenagai
nstat
eacherdur
ingt
he
pendencyofhiscase.

Sec.9.Admi nistrat
iveChar ges.Admi nistr
ativechargesagai nstat eachershallbehear dinit
ial
l
y
byacommi tteecomposedoft hecor respondingSchool Super intendentoft heDi visi
onoradul y
authorizedr epresentativewhoshoul datl easthavet herankofadi visi
onsuper visor,wher ethe
teacherbel ongs, aschai rman, arepresent ati
veofthelocal or,initsabsence, anyexi sting
provincialornat i
onal teacher'
sor ganizationandasuper visoroft heDi vi
sion,thel asttwot obe
designat edbyt heDi rectorofPubl i
cSchool s.Thecommi tteeshal lsubmi tit
sfindingsand
recommendat i
onst ot heDirectorofPubl i
cSchool swithint hirt
yday sfrom thet erminat i
onof
thehear ings:Prov i
ded, howev er,Thatwher etheschool super intendenti sthecompl ainantoran
i
nterest edpar t
y,allthemember soft hecommi tt
eeshal lbeappoi ntedbyt heSecr etaryof
Educat i
on.

Sec.10.NoDi scr
iminati
on.Thereshal
lbenodiscr
iminat
ionwhat
soeverinentr
ancetot
he
teachingpr
ofession,orduri
ngit
sexerci
se,
orinthetermi
nati
onofser
v i
ces,basedonot
hert
han
professi
onalconsiderat
ion.

Sec.11.Marri
edTeacher
s.Whenev
erpossi
ble,
theproperaut
hori
ti
esshal
ltakeal
lst
epsto
enabl
emar r
iedcoupl
es,bot
hofwhom ar
epublicschoolt
eacher
s,tobeemployedi
nthesame
l
ocali
ty.

Sec.12.AcademicFreedom.Teacher
sshal
lenj
oyacademicf
reedom i
nthedi
schar
geoft
hei
r
prof
essionaldut
ies,
parti
cul
arl
ywithr
egar
dtoteachi
ngandcl
assroom met
hods.

I
II
.HOURSOFWORKANDREMUNERATI
ON

Sec.13.TeachingHour
s.Anyteacherengagedi nactualcl
assroom i
nstr
uctionshall
notbe
requi
redtorendermorethansixhoursofactualcl
assroom teachi
ngaday ,
whichshall
beso
schedul
edast ogivehi
mt imefortheprepar
ationandcor r
ecti
onofexercisesandotherwork
i
ncidental
tohisnormalteachi
ngduties:Pr
ovided,however,Thatwheretheexigenci
esofthe
ser
vicesorequi
re,anyt eachermayberequi
redtorendermorethansixhour
sbutnotexceedi
ng
ei
ghthoursofactualclassroom t
eachi
ngadayuponpay mentofaddi
ti
onalcompensat
ionatt
he
samer at
eashisregularr emuner
ati
onplusatl
easttwenty-
fi
vepercentofhisbasi
cpay.

Sec.14.Additi
onalCompensation.Notwi t
hstandi
nganyprovisionofexi st
inglawtot hecontr
ary
,
co-cur
ri
culaandoutofschool acti
v i
ti
esandanyot heracti
vi
ti
esout sideofwhati sdef i
nedas
normalduti
esofanyt eachershallbepaidanaddi t
ional
compensat ionofatl easttwenty-
fi
veper
centofhisregularr
emunerati
onaf tertheteacherhascompletedatl eastsixhoursofactual
cl
assroom teachingaday.

Int
hecaseofotherteacher
sorschooloffi
cial
snotengagedinactual
classroom i
nst
ruct
ion,
anyworkperf
ormedinexcessofeighthoursadayshallbepaidanadditi
onalcompensat
ionof
atl
easttwent
y-f
ivepercentoft
hei
rregularremuner
ati
on.

Theagenciesutil
izi
ngtheservi
cesoft eacher
sshallpaytheaddi
ti
onalcompensati
onrequi
red
underthi
ssection.Educat
ionauthori
ti
esshallref
usetoallowtherendi
ti
onofservi
cesof
teacher
sforothergovernmentagencieswi t
houttheassurancet
hattheteacher
sshal
lbepaid
theremunerat
ionpr ov
idedforunderthissecti
on.

Sec.15.Cr
it
eri
aforSal
ari
es.Teacher
'ssal
ari
esshal
lcor
respondt
othef
oll
owi
ngcr
it
eri
a:

(a)t
heyshallcomparefavorabl
ywit
hthosepai
dinot
heroccupat
ionsr
equi
ri
ngequi
val
entor
simi
larqual
i
ficat
ions,
trai
ningandabil
i
ties;

(
b)t
heyshal
lbesuchast
oinsur
eteacher
sar
easonabl
est
andar
dofl
i
fef
ort
hemsel
vesand
t
hei
rfami
li
es;and

(c)t
heyshal l
beproperlygradedsoast orecognizethefactthatcer
tainpositi
onsrequi
rehigher
quali
fi
cati
onsandgr eaterresponsi
bil
itythanother s:
Provi
ded,howev er
, Thatthegener
alsalar
y
scal
eshallbesucht hattherelat
ionbet weenthel owestandhighestsalari
espaidinthe
prof
essionwi l
lbeofreasonableorder.Narrowingoft hesalar
yscaleshal lbeachi
evedby
rai
si
ngt helowerendoft hesalaryscalesrelat
ivetotheupperend.

Sec.16.SalaryScale.Sal
aryscal
esofteachersshall
prov i
deforagradualprogressionfrom a
minimum toamaxi mum salar
ybymeansofr egul
ari
ncrement s,
grantedaut
omat icall
yaf t
er
thr
eey ear
s: Prov
ided,Thattheef
fi
ciencyrat
ingoftheteacherconcernedisatleastsatisfact
ory
.
Theprogressionfrom theminimum tothemaxi mum ofthesalar
yscaleshallnotextendov era
peri
odofteny ears.

Sec.17.Equali
tyi
nSalaryScales.Thesalar
yscal
esofteacher
swhosesalari
esar
eappropr
iat
ed
byacity,munici
pal,
municipal
distri
ct,orpr
ovi
nci
algov
ernment,shal
lnotbel
essthant
hose
provi
dedforteachersoftheNationalGover
nment.

Sec.18.CostofLiv
ingAll
owance.Teacher '
ssalari
esshall
,atthev er
yleast,
keeppacewitht he
ri
seinthecostofli
vingbythepay mentofacost -
of-l
i
v i
ngall
owancewhi chshallaut
omaticall
y
fol
lowchangesinacost-of
-li
vingindex.TheSecretar
yofEducat i
onshall,
inconsult
ati
onwi t
h
thepropergover
nmententit
ies,recommendt oCongr ess,
atleastannuall
y,t
heappropri
ationof
thenecessaryfundsforthecost-
of-l
ivi
ngall
owancesoft eacher
sempl oyedbytheNational
Government.Thedeterminati
onoft hecost-
of-
li
v i
ngall
owancesbyt heSecret
aryofEducati
on
shal
l,uponapprovalofthePresi
dentoft hePhil
ippi
nes,bebindi
ngont hecit
y,munici
palor
provi
ncial
gov er
nment ,
forthepurposesofcalculat
ingthecost-
of-
li
vingall
owancesofteacher
s
underit
sempl oy.

Sec.19.Special
HardshipAllowances.I
nar easinwhichteachersareexposedtohardshi
psuch
asdiffi
cul
tyincommut i
ngt otheplaceofwor korotherhazardspecul
iart
ot hepl
aceof
employment ,
asdeter
mi nedbyt heSecret
aryofEducation,t
heyshallbecompensatedspeci
al
hardshi
pallowancesequival
entt oatl
easttwenty-
fi
v epercentofthei
rmonthlysal
ary.

Sec.20.Salar
iestobePaidinLegalTender
.Sal
ariesoft
eachersshallbepaidinlegalt
enderof
thePhili
ppi
nesoritsequi
val
entinchecksortr
easurywarrant
s.Provi
ded,howev er,
Thatsuch
checksortreasur
ywarrant
sshallbecashabl
einanynational
,provi
nci
al,cit
yormuni ci
pal
treasur
er'
soffi
ceoranybankinginst
it
uti
onsoperati
ngunderthelawsoft heRepubli
cofthe
Phili
ppi
nes.

Sec.21.DeductionsPr ohibi
ted.Noper sonshallmakeanydeduct i
onwhat soeverf
rom the
salar
iesofteachersexceptunderspeci f
icauthori
tyoflawauthori
zingsuchdeducti
ons:
Provi
ded,howev er,Thatuponwr i
tt
enaut hori
tyexecutedbytheteacherconcer
ned,(1)lawful
duesandf eesowi ngtot hePhili
ppinePublicSchoolTeachersAssociati
on,and(2)premiums
properl
ydueoni nsurancepol i
cies,shallbeconsider
eddeductibl
e.

I
V.HEALTHMEASURESANDI
NJURYBENEFI
TS

Sec.22.MedicalExaminati
onandTr eat
ment .Compulsorymedicalexami nat
ionshallbe
provi
dedfreeofchargeforallt
eachersbeforetheytakeupteaching,andshallberepeatednot
l
essthanonceay earduri
ngtheteacher'
sprofessi
onalli
fe.Wheremedi calexaminat
ionshow
thatmedicalt
reatmentand/orhospit
ali
zati
onisnecessary,sameshal lbeprovi
dedfreebythe
governmententi
typayingthesalar
yoftheteachers.

I
nr egi
onswherethereisscar
cit
yofmedi calf
acili
ti
es,teachersmayobtai
nelsewheret
he
necessar
ymedicalcarewitht
her i
ghttobereimbur sedfortheirt
rav
eli
ngexpensesbyt
he
governmentent
it
yconcernedinthefir
stparagraphoft hi
sSect i
on.

Sec.23.Compensat i
onForInjuri
es.Teachersshall
beprotect
edagai
nsttheconsequencesof
employmentinjur
iesinaccordancewithexist
inglaws.Theeff
ect
softhephysical
andner v
ous
str
ainont het
eacher'
shealthshallberecognizedasacompensableoccupat
ionaldi
seasein
accordancewit
hexistingl
aws.

V.LEAVEANDRETI
REMENTBENEFI
TS

Sec.24.St udyLeave.I
nadditi
ontotheleaveprivi
legesnowenjoyedbyteachersi
nthepubl i
c
schools,theyshallbeent
itl
edtostudyleav
enotexceedi ngoneschoolyearaft
erseveny ear
sof
serv
ice.Suchl eaveshal
lbegrant
edi naccordancewi t
haschedulesetbytheDepartmentof
Education.Duringtheper
iodofsuchleave,theteachersshal
lbeenti
tl
edtoatleastsixt
yper
centoft heirmonthlysal
ary:Pr
ov i
ded, however,
Thatnot eachershallbeall
owedt oaccumulat
e
mor et hanoney earst
udyleave,unlessheneedsanaddi t
ionalsemestertofini
shhisthesi
sfora
graduat estudyineducati
onoral l
i
edcour ses:Provi
ded,furt
her,Thatnocompensat i
onshallbe
duet het eacheraft
erthefi
rstyearofsuchl eav
e.Inallcases,t
hest udyleav
eper i
odshallbe
count edf orseni
ori
tyandpensionpur poses.

Thecompensat ionall
owedf oroney earstudyleav
easherei
nprovi
dedshal
lbesubjecttothe
condit
ionthattheteachertakestheregularstudyl
oadandpassesatl
eastsevent
y-f
ivepercent
ofhiscourses.Studyleav
eofmor ethanoney earmaybepermit
tedbytheSecret
aryof
Educationbutwithoutcompensat i
on.

Sec.25.I
ndef
ini
teLeav
e.Anindef
ini
tesi
ckleaveofabsenceshall
begrant
edtoteacher
swhen
thenatur
eoftheil
l
nessdemandsalongtreat
mentthatwil
lexceedoneyearatt
heleast
.

Sec.26.Salar
yIncr
easeuponRet i
rement.Publ
icschoolt
eacher
shavi
ngfulf
il
ledt
heageand
serv
icerequir
ementsoft
heappl i
cabler
etir
ementlawsshallbegi
venonerangesalar
yraise
uponreti
rement,whi
chshallbethebasisofthecomputati
onofthel
umpsum oft heret
ir
ement
payandt hemonthl
ybenefi
tsthereaf
ter
.

VI
.TEACHER'
SORGANI
ZATI
ON

Sec.27.Fr
eedom toOrganize.Publi
cschool t
eachersshal
lhavether
ighttofreel
yandwi
thout
previ
ousauthor
izat
ionbothtoestabli
shandt ojoinorgani
zat
ionsoft
heirchoosing,
whet
her
l
ocalornati
onaltofur
theranddef endthei
rinter
ests.

Sec.28.Discr
iminat
ionAgainstTeachersPr ohi
bit
ed.Therightsestabli
shedint heimmediatel
y
precedi
ngSectionshall
beexer cisedwi
thoutanyinter
ferenceorcoer ci
on.Itshallbeunlawful
foranypersontocommi tanyact sofdi
scriminati
onagainstteacherswhi charecalcul
atedto(a)
maket heemploymentofat eachersubjecttothecondit
ionthatheshal lnotjoi
nanor ganizat
ion,
orshallr
eli
nquishmember shi
pi nanorganizati
on,

(b)tocauset hedi
smissaloforother
wiseprejudiceateacherbyreasonofhi smember shi
pin
anor gani
zati
onorbecauseofpartici
pati
oninor gani
zati
onactiv
iti
esout si
deschoolhours,or
wi t
htheconsentoftheproperschoolauthor
it
ies, wi
thi
nschoolhours,and( c)t
opreventhim
from carr
yingoutt
hedut i
eslai
duponhi m byhispositi
onintheorganizati
on,ortopenali
zehim
foranactionundert
akeninthatcapacit
y.

Sec.29.Nat
ionalTeacher'
sOr ganizat
ions.Nati
onalteachers'organi
zationsshallbeconsul
ted
i
nthef or
mulati
onofnat i
onal educati
onalpol
ici
esandpr ofessionalstandards,andinthe
for
mulati
onofnationalpoli
ciesgov er
ningthesocial
secur i
tyoft heteachers.

VI
I.ADMI
NISTRATI
ONANDENFORCEMENT

Sec.30.RulesandRegulati
ons.TheSecret
aryofEducati
onshal lf
ormulateandpr
eparethe
necessaryrul
esandregulat
ionstoimplementtheprov
isionsofthisAct.Rul
esandregul
ati
ons
i
ssuedpur suantt
othi
sSect i
onshallt
akeeffectt
hir
tyday saft
erpubli
cati
oninanewspaperof
generalci
rcul
ati
onandbysuchot hermeansast heSecretaryofEducati
ondeemsreasonably
suf
fi
cientt
ogi
vei
nter
est
edpar
ti
esgener
alnot
iceofsuchi
ssuance.

Sec.31.Budget
aryEst
imates.TheSecr
etar
yofEducati
onshal
lsubmittoCongressannual
lythe
necessar
ybudgetar
yesti
mat estoi
mplementtheprov
isi
onsoftheActconcer
ningthebenefi
ts
herei
ngrantedt
opubli
cschool t
eacher
sundertheemployoft
heNationalGov
ernment.

Sec.32.Penal Provi
sion.Apersonwhoshal lwi
l
lful
lyint
erf
erewith,r
est
rai
norcoerceany
teacherintheexerciseofhisri
ght sguarant
eedbyt hi
sActorwhoshal li
nanyothermanner
commi tanyacttodefeatanyoft heprovisi
onsofthisActshal
l,uponconvi
cti
on,bepuni
shedby
af i
neofnotl essthanonehundr edpesosnormor ethanonethousandpesos,orby
i
mpr isonment ,i
nthediscr
etionoft hecourt
.

Ift
heoffenderi
sapubl
i
cof
fi
cial
,thecour
tshal
lor
derhi
sdi
smi
ssal
from t
heGov
ernment
servi
ce.

Sec.33.Repeali
ngCl
ause.Al
lAct
sorpartsofActs,execut
iveordersandt
hei
rimpl
ementi
ng
rul
esinconsi
stentwi
tht
heprovi
sionsoft
hisActareherebyrepealed,
amendedormodi
fi
ed
accordi
ngly
.

Sec.34.Separ
abil
it
yClause.Ifanypr
ovi
sionofthi
sActi
sdeclar
edi
nval
i
d,theremai
nderoft
his
Actoranyprovi
sionsnotaffect
edther
ebyshall
remai
ninfor
ceandinef
fect.

Sec.35.Thi
sActshal
ltakeef
fectuponi
tsappr
oval

Cr
edi
tst
otheowner