AN ACT RENAMING THE MILAGROS SCHOOL OF FISHERIES, POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE MASBATE SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MILAGROS, PROVINCE OF MASBATE, AS THE MASBATE INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND TECHNOLOGY
Masbate Institute of Fisheries and Technology
Year:
2016
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
May 18, 2016
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This Act renames the Milagros School of Fisheries, also known as the Masbate School of Fisheries, to the Masbate Institute of Fisheries and Technology. It ensures the transfer of all assets and personnel from the old institution to the new one, maintaining their rights and security of tenure.Full Text
Sixteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand fifteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10824
AN ACT RENAMING THE MILAGROS SCHOOL OF FISHERIES, POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE MASBATE SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MILAGROS, PROVINCE OF MASBATE, AS THE MASBATE INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND TECHNOLOGY
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. The Milagros School of Fisheries, popularly known as the Masbate School of Fisheries, which is under the direct supervision of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and located in the Municipality of Milagros, Province of Masbate is hereby renamed as the Masbate Institute of Fisheries and Technology, hereinafter referred to as the Institute.
SECTION 2. All assets, real and personal, personnel and records of the Milagros School of Fisheries, as well as liabilities or obligations, are hereby transferred to the Masbate Institute of Fisheries and Technology upon the effectivity of this Act. All plantilla positions shall be retained, with the rights and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel therein employed under existing laws prior to the effectivity of this Act.
SECTION 3. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
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,
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on May 19, 2015 and February 2, 2016, respectively.
Approved: MAY 18 2016
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines
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