Eighteenth Congress Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand twenty one.
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11826, June 02, 2022 ]
AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO KWOK YAM IAN CHAN
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1
Mr. Kwok Yam Ian Chan is hereby granted Philippine citizenship with all the rights, privileges and prerogatives, as well as the duties and obligations appurtenant thereto under the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of the Philippines.
Section 2
Mr. Kwok Yam Ian Chan shall take the Oath of Allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines before an officer duly authorized to administer the same. The Oath of Allegiance shall be registered with the Bureau of Immigration.
Section 3
Upon registration of the Oath of Allegiance, the Bureau of Immigration shall issue a Certificate of Naturalization to Mr. Kwok Yam Ian Chan who shall thereupon enter into the full enjoyment of Philippine citizenship.
Section 4
This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in theOfficial Gazetteor in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
| (SGD.)VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate | (SGD.)LORD ALAN JAY Q. VELASCO 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 September 21, 2021 and January 31, 2022, respectively.
| (SGD.)MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate | (SGD.)MARK LLANDRO L. MENDOZA Secretary General House of Representatives |
Approved: Lapsed into law on JUN 02, 2022 without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines
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