AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3873, ENTITLED AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO THE NATIONAL LIBRARY
Year:
2010
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
May 13, 2010
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This Act amends Republic Act No. 3873 to change the name of the Bureau of Public Libraries to the National Library of the Philippines. It ensures that all references to the Bureau in existing laws and regulations are updated accordingly.Full Text
Fourteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand nine.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10087
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3873, ENTITLED AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO THE NATIONAL LIBRARY
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. The title of Republic Act No. 3873 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 3873 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 3873 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4. Any law, presidential decree, issuance, executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule and regulation contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.
Section 5. This Act shall take effect ten (10) days following its complete publication in any newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1152 and House Bill No. 199 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on January 26, 2010 and February 3, 2010, respectively.
Approved: MAY 13 2010
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
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