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Republic Act
Approved April 5, 2019

Republic Act No. 11257

An act separating the city of mandaue from the sixth legislative district of the province of cebu to constitute the lone legislative district of the city of mandaue

An Act Separating the City of Mandaue from the Sixth Legislative District of the Province of Cebu to Constitute the Lone Legislative District of the City of Mandaue

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Separates the City of Mandaue from Cebu's Sixth Legislative District and establishes it as a lone legislative district.

  • Separates Mandaue from Cebu's 6th district to create a lone legislative district.
  • Maintains the incumbent Representative of the 6th district until a new Representative for Mandaue is elected.
  • Commission on Elections to issue rules within 30 days after effectivity.
  • Repeals or amends laws inconsistent with the Act.
  • Act takes effect 15 days after publication.
Legislative
District
Mandaue
Cebu
Republic Act

Seventeenth Congress Third Regular Session

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

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11257

An Act Separating the City of Mandaue from the Sixth Legislative District of the Province of Cebu to Constitute the Lone Legislative District of the City of Mandaue

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

The City of Mandaue is hereby separated from the Sixth Legislative District of the Province of Cebu to constitute the Lone Legislative District of the City of Mandaue, which shall commence in the next national and local elections after the effectivity of this Act.

Section 2

The incumbent Representative of the present Sixth Legislative District of the Lone District until the new Representative of the Lone Legislative District of the City of Mandaue shall have been elected and qualified.

Section 3

The Commission on Elections shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act within thirty (30) days after its effectivity.

Section 4

All laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 5

This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazetteor in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate

GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines on December 2, 2018 and February 4, 2019, respectively.

MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA

Secretary of the Senate

DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING

Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: April 5, 2019

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

President of the Philippines

For information and research only, and not legal advice. This text may not reflect later amendments. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.