An Act to Amend Section One of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Two
Year:
1959
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 21, 1959
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This Act amends Section One of Republic Act Numbered 1972 to separate the barrios of Ibung and Bintawan from the Municipality of Solano, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, and establish them as a distinct and independent municipality known as Villa Verde. The Act also stipulates that the seat of government may be transferred within a year from its approval by a vote of the municipal council.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 2515
An Act to Amend Section One of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Two
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred seventy-two is amended to read as follow:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 21, 1959.
Sec. 1. The barrios of Ibung and Bintawan, Municipality of Solano, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, are separated from said municipality and are constituted into a distinct and independent municipality to be known as the Municipality of Villa Verde, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, with the seat of government at the site of the present barrio of Bintawan: Provided, However, That within a year from approval hereof, by a vote of two-third of all the members of the municipal council elected in the general elections of nineteen hundred and fifty-nine for local officials, such seat of government may be transferred to any other site."
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