An Act Creating the Municipal District of Calatrava in the Province of Romblon
Year:
1968
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 15, 1968
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This Act establishes the Municipal District of Calatrava in the Province of Romblon by separating it from the Municipality of San Agustin. It also outlines the election of the first local officials for the new district.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 5317
An Act Creating the Municipal District of Calatrava in the Province of Romblon
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. The barrios of Calatrava, Linao and Balogo, in the Municipality of San Agustin, Province of Romblon, are separated from said municipality and constituted into a distinct and independent municipal district, to be known as the Municipal District of Calatrava, same province. The seat of government of the new municipal district shall be in the present site of the barrio of Calatrava.
Section 2. The first mayor, vice-mayor and councilors of the new municipal district shall be elected in the next general elections for local officials and shall have qualified.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight.
Approved: June 15, 1968.
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