AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF QUEZON IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN
Year:
1951
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
May 15, 1951
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This Act establishes the municipality of Quezon in the province of Palawan by separating certain barrios from the municipalities of Aborlan and Brook's Point. It also provides for the appointment of elective officials for the new municipality by the President of the Philippines.Full Text
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 617, May 15, 1951 ]
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF QUEZON IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. The barrios of Berong and Alfonso XIII in the municipality of Aborlan and the barrios of Iraan, Candawaga and Canipaan in the municipality of Brook's Point are separated from the said municipalities and constituted into a new and regular municipality to be known as the municipality of Quezon, with the present site of the barrio of Alfonso XIII as the seat of the government.
Section 2. The elective officials of the new municipality shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines and shall hold office until their successors shall have been elected and shall have duly qualified.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, May 15, 1951.
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