AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AS OF THE DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PRESENT CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year:
1946
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
August 5, 1946
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This Act establishes that the Congress of the Philippines, as of the proclamation of the Republic on July 4, 1946, shall be referred to as the First Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. It also mandates that all laws enacted by this Congress shall be serially numbered and recognized as Republic Acts.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 6
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AS OF THE DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PRESENT CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. As of the date of the proclamation of the Republic of the Philippines on the fourth day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-six, the present Congress of the Philippines shall be known as the First Congress of the Republic of the Philippines.
Section 2. All laws enacted by the said Congress on or after said date shall be serially numbered beginning with number one and shall be known as Republic Acts.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect as of July four, nineteen hundred and forty-six.
Approved: August 5, 1946
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