Section 18Sec./Art. 18

Repealing Clause. - The second, third, and fourth whereas clauses and Section 2 of the Republic Act No. 3046, titled "An Act to Define the Baselines of the Territorial Sea of the Philippines", are hereby repealed.

The following laws or their specified provisions are hereby amended:

(a) Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 1596 "Declaring Certain Area Part of the Philippine Territory and Providing for Their Government and Administration";

(b) Presidential Decree No. 1599; and

(c) Section 3(e) and 3(ai) of Republic Act No. 7942, titled the "Philippine Mining Act of 1995".

All other laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, proclamations, and other issuances inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act are deemed amended or repealed accordingly: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing Section 2 of Republic Act No. 5446, as amended, and Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9522.