[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6596, September 30, 1972 ]
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE CONVERTING THE ILOILO NORMAL SCHOOL TO WEST VISAYAS STATE COLLEGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1
Section one of Republic Act Numbered Forty-one hundred eighty-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The present Iloilo Normal School located in Iloilo City, Philippines, is hereby converted into the West Visayas State College, offering general education and teacher education courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.E.), Master of Arts (M.A.) in Education and other courses of university level.
Section 2
Section two of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. The main purposes of said college are to give general cultural education and to provide professional and technical instruction in the field of education and in other fields.
Section 3
Subsection b of Section five of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
b. To confer the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science in Education, Master of Arts in Education, and other degrees to successful candidates for graduation.
Section 4
This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved,
GIL J. PUYAT
President of the Senate Finally passed by the Senate on August 16, 1972.
CORNELIO T. VILLAREAL
Speaker of the House of Representatives This Act, which originated in the House of Representatives, was finally passed by the same on August 17, 1972.
---
---
ELISEO M. TENZA
Secretary of the Senate
INOCENCIO B. PAREJA
Secretary of the House Representatives
Approved: September 30, 1972
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
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.