AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE SUB-PROVINCE OF SAMAL IN THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO."
Year:
1972
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
August 26, 1972
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This Act amends Section four of Republic Act Numbered 599, which pertains to the corporate existence of the Subprovince of Samal in the Province of Davao. It specifies that the corporate existence shall commence when the first lieutenant governor is elected in the next general elections in 1973.Full Text
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6540, August 26, 1972 ]
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE SUB-PROVINCE OF SAMAL IN THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Section four of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-nine hundred ninety-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The corporate existence of the Subprovince of Samal in the Province of Davao shall commence when the first lieutenant governor shall have been elected in the next general elections in nineteen hundred seventy-three and shall have qualified."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Enacted without the Executive approval, August 26, 1972.
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