AN ACT RENAMING THE SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY (SDSSU) IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR TO NORTH EASTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY (NEMSU)

Eighteenth Congress
Second Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand twenty.

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11584, July 30, 2021 ]

AN ACT RENAMING THE SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY (SDSSU) IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR TO NORTH EASTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY (NEMSU)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. The Surigao del Sur State University (SDSSU) in the Province of Surigao del Sur is hereby renamed as the North Eastern Mindanao State University (NEMSU).

Section 2. The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the “Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997”, shall form part of this Act and the governing charter of the University.

Section 3. All laws, executive orders, decrees, instructions, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are amended, repealed or modified accordingly.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 was originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines on June 24, 2020 and May 24, 2021, respectively.

Approved: JUL 30 2021

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines