AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO MAYLEEN TING
Year:
2018
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
December 14, 2018
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This Act grants Philippine citizenship to Mayleen Ting, providing her with all the rights, privileges, and obligations associated with citizenship. It also outlines the requirement for her to take an Oath of Allegiance and the issuance of a Certificate of Naturalization by the Bureau of Immigration.Full Text
Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 11159
AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO MAYLEEN TING
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Ms. Mayleen Ting is hereby granted Philippine citizenship with all the rights, privileges and prerogatives, as well as the duties and obligations appurtenant thereto.
Section 2. Ms. Mayleen Ting shall take the Oath of Allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines before an officer duly authorized to administer the same. The Oath of Allegiance shall be registered with the Bureau of Immigration.
Section 3. Upon registration of the Oath of Allegiance, the Bureau of Immigration shall issue a Certificate of Naturalization to Ms. Mayleen Ting who shall thereupon enter into the full enjoyment of Philippine citizenship.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate
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 and the Senate on March 6, 2017 and October 1, 2018, respectively.
MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives
Approved: December 14, 2018
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
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