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Amendment
Approved June 17, 1972

Republic Act No. 6449

An act amending certain sections of republic act numbered forty-six hundred forty-five, known as the charter of the city of olongapo

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE, KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF OLONGAPO

In plain language

Republic Act No. 6449 amends Republic Act No. 4645 (the Charter of the City of Olongapo) by repealing Section 17, amending Section 108 to establish the city's ownership of waterworks, electric, telephone systems, roads, and other public works, and inserting new Section 108-A to govern the disposition of public domain lands within the city.

  • Repeal of Section 17 of RA 4645
  • Amendment of Section 108 to grant city ownership of utilities and infrastructure
  • Insertion of Section 108-A for disposition of public domain lands
  • Allocation of all revenue from utilities and land disposition to the city’s special fund
  • Effectivity upon approval
Amendment
Charter
Olongapo
Utilities
Public Lands

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6449, June 17, 1972 ]

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-SIX HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE, KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF OLONGAPO.

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

Section 1

Subparagraph (rr), Section seventeen of Republic Act Numbered Forty-six hundred forty-five is hereby repealed.

Section 2

Section one hundred eight of the same Act is amended to read as follows:

Section 108. Ownership of waterworks, electric, light and power, and telephone systems, roads, streets, etc.Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all existing waterworks, electric, light and power, and telephone systems, presently operated by the Municipality of Olongapo shall be owned by the city, and revenues therefrom shall accrue to the special fund of the city.

"Ownership of properties within the City of Olongapo of whatever nature and source transferred and/or turned over to the Philippine Government by the United States Government before, during and after the date of the turnover of the then community of Olongapo on December seven nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, except all lands of the! public domain, shall vest, on the city, and all existing municipal and provincial roads, streets, bridges, docks piers, wharves, machineries, equipments and other public works improvements shall be owned by the city, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding."

Section 3

The same Act is amended by inserting between sections one hundred eight and one hundred nine a new section to read as follows:

Section 108-A. Disposition of lands of the public domain within the city.The disposition of lands of the public domain within the city shall be in accordance with the provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and forty-one, as amended:*Provided,* That all incomes and receipts derived from such disposition shall accrue exclusively to the city as provided in this Act, with the exception of twoper centumthereof, which shall be retained by, or turned over by the city to, the Director of Lands for the use of his office as operating expenses in the administration and disposition of such lands.

Section 4

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 17, 1972.

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