Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Bates Pambansa Blg. 298 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. There shall be established a school of fisheries in the Municipality of Lupon, Province of Davao Oriental, to be known as the Davao Oriental Polytechnic Institute."

SEC. 2. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules, regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

 Approved,

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III         President of the Senate

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO         Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on March 21,2018, amended by the Senate on November 26, 2018, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on December 4, 2018.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA         Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING         Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: FEB 14 2019

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
  President of the Philippines