September 14, 2018

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11069

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 1 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9727, REAPPORTIONING THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE INTO EIGHT (8) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9727 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. Legislative Districts. — The Province of Cavite, which shall have eight (8) legislative districts to commence on the next national and local elections after the effectivity of this Act, is hereby reapportioned as follows:

FIRST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Cavite City

(2) Kawit

(3) Noveleta

(4) Rosario

SECOND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Bacoor City

THIRD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Imus City DTCSHA

FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Dasmariñas City

FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Carmona

(2) General Mariano Alvarez (GMA)

(3) Silang

SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) General Trias City

SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Trece Martires City

(2) Indang

(3) Tanza

(4) Amadeo

EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Tagaytay City

(2) Alfonso

(3) General Aguinaldo

(4) Magallanes

(5) Maragondon

(6) Mendez

(7) Naic

(8) Ternate."

SECTION 2. Incumbent Representatives. — The incumbent Representatives of the Sixth and Seventh Legislative Districts of the Province of Cavite shall continue to represent their respective legislative districts until the new Representative shall have been elected and qualified. CScTED

SECTION 3. Rules and Regulations. — The Commission on Elections shall issue the necessary rules and regulations within thirty (30) days upon the approval of this Act.

SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. — Republic Act No. 9727 and all other laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. cDCEIA

SECTION 5. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved: September 14, 2018.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 114, No. 39, p. 6736 on September 24, 2018.

Source: CDAsia Online