Amendment Act
Approved August 26, 1972

Republic Act No. 6540

An act amending section four of republic act numbered fifty-nine hundred ninety-nine, entitled "an act creating the sub-province of samal in the province of davao."

An Act Amending Section Four of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-nine Hundred Ninety-Nine, Entitled "An Act Creating the Sub-Province of Samal in the Province of Davao."

In plain language

Amends Section 4 of RA 599 to specify that the corporate existence of the Sub-Province of Samal begins when the first lieutenant governor is elected in the next general elections of 1973.

  • Amendment of Section 4 of RA 599 to specify the commencement of corporate existence upon election of the first lieutenant governor.
Amendment
Sub-Province
Samal
Davao
RA 6540

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6540, August 26, 1972 ]

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE SUB-PROVINCE OF SAMAL IN THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO."

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

Section 1

Section four of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-nine hundred ninety-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:

"The corporate existence of the Subprovince of Samal in the Province of Davao shall commence when the first lieutenant governor shall have been elected in the next general elections in nineteen hundred seventy-three and shall have qualified."

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Enacted without the Executive approval, August 26, 1972.

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