Full Title
AN ACT CONVERTING ALL SPECIALLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES INTO REGULARLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES.
Congress
3rd Congress of the Republic
House Bill No.
H. No. 684
Legislative History
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Date of Approval
April 20, 1955

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
House Bill Only

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 51 no. 4 page 1794 (4/00/1955)

Full Text of Issuance

H. No. 684 / 51 OG No. 4, 1794 (April, 1955)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1205, April 20, 1955 ]

AN ACT CONVERTING ALL SPECIALLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES INTO REGULARLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. The provisions of chapter fifty-six of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, and all laws or parts thereof now applicable to regularly organized provinces are hereby extended and applied to all specially organized provinces.SEC. 2. Officers in any of such provinces appointed to or occupying elective positions shall continue to hold office until their successors shall have been elected and qualified in the next regular elections for provincial and municipal officers.SEC. 3. Chapter sixty-three of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, is hereby repealed.SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved, April 20, 1955.

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