An Act Further Amending Section Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered Three Hundred Twenty-Six, Otherwise Known as "The Charter of the City of Bacolod"
Year:
1956
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 12, 1956
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This Act amends Section Seven of Commonwealth Act No. 326, which pertains to the relations between the City of Bacolod and the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental. It clarifies the electoral participation of Bacolod voters in provincial elections while establishing jurisdictional boundaries.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 1424
An Act Further Amending Section Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered Three Hundred Twenty-Six, Otherwise Known as "The Charter of the City of Bacolod"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Paragraph one of section seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred twenty-six, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Three hundred, is further amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 12, 1956.
"Sec. 7. Relations between the City of Bacolod and the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental. -For election purposes, the City of Bacolod unless otherwise provided shall continue as part of the Second Congressional District of the Province of Negros Occidental. The voters of the City of Bacolod shall take part in the election of provincial officers of Negros Occidental, but the latter shall have no jurisdiction over the City of Bacolod and the officers of the same."
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