AN ACT REAPPORTIONING THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN INTO THREE (3) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
Year:
2012
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
July 19, 2012
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This Act reapportions the Province of Palawan into three legislative districts to be implemented in the next national and local elections. It outlines the composition of each district and ensures the continuity of representation for incumbent representatives until new ones are elected.Full Text
Fifteenth Congress
Second Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand eleven.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10171
AN ACT REAPPORTIONING THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN INTO THREE (3) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. The Province of Palawan is hereby reapportioned into three (3) legislative districts to commence in the next national and local elections after the effectivity of this Act, each district to be composed of the following:
Section 2. Incumbent Representatives. – The incumbent Representatives of the Province of Palawan shall continue to represent their respective districts until the new Representatives shall have been elected and qualified.
Section 3. Rules and Regulations. – The Commission on Elections shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act.
Section 4. Repealing Clause. – All laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 5. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on January 24, 2012 and June 4, 2012, respectively.
Approved: JULY 19, 2012
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines
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