REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7172 - AN ACT TO REPEAL LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 860 DATED MAY 6, 1979, DIRECTING THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE TO TAKE OVER THE MANAGEMENT, CONTROL AND OPERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

Section 1.    Letter of Instruction No. 860 dated May 16, 1979 directing the Minister of Education and Culture to take over the management, control and operation of the Philippine Public School Teachers Association is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2.    Full management, control and operation of the affairs and funds of the Philippine Public School Teachers Association shall hereafter vest in the officers and members of the Association. 

Sec. 3.    All acts, presidential decrees, executive orders and presidential issuances inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

Sec. 4.    This Act shall take effect upon its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved: January 10, 1992