Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION THIRTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX, AS AMENDED.
House Bill No.
H. No. 2254
Date of Approval
June 4, 1949

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Bill Note
Amendment Note
CA 326, sec. 13 par. 1

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 45 no. 6 page 2411 (6/00/1949)

Full Text of Issuance

H. No. 2254 / 45 OG No. 6, 2411 (June, 1949)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 354, June 04, 1949 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION THIRTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX, AS AMENDED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section thirteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred and twenty-six, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows :

"SEC.   13. Constitution and organization of the City Council.—The City Council shall be the legislative body of the city and shall be composed of the city mayor, the vice-mayor, the city engineer, the city treasurer and seven councilors elected by popular vote. The mayor shall act as president of the council. Until the induction of their elective successors in the next general election for city officials, the present appointive councilors shall continue to hold office and any vacancy shall be filled in accordance with existing law.

SEC. 2. Effectivity.—This Act shall take effect on the next regular election for city officials.Approved, June 4, 1949.

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