REPUBLIC ACT No. 5417

An Act Providing for the Establishment of a School of Arts and Trades in the Municipality of Malvar, Province of Batangas, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. There shall be established, under the supervision of the Director of Vocational Education, a school of arts and trades in the Municipality of Malvar, Province of Batangas, to be known as the Jose P. Laurel, Sr. Memorial School of Arts and Trades.

Section 2. The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

Section 3. The sum of three hundred fifty thousand pesos is authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said school during the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-nine. Such sums as may be needed for the same purpose in subsequent years shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 15, 1968.


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