Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, EASTERN SAMAR, AND WESTERN SAMAR."
House Bill No.
H. No. 17188
Date of Approval
June 21, 1969

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Bill Note

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 65 no. 50 page 13811 (12/8/1969)

Full Text of Issuance

H. No. 17188 / 65 OG No. 50, 13811 (December 15, 1969)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5651, June 21, 1969 ]

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE PROVINCES OF NORTHERN SAMAR, EASTERN SAMAR, AND WESTERN SAMAR."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives  of the Philippines in Congress assembled,:SECTION 1. Republic Act Numbered Forty-two hundred and twenty-one is hereby amended by inserting between Section nine and Section ten thereof, a new section which shall read as follows:

"SEC. 9-A. Officers and employees, whether occupying positions in the classified or unclassified service in the Province of Samar who are separated from the service due to its division into three provinces and who are re-appointed after the division of said province takes effect shall be deemed to have rendered continuous service and shall retain the status of their previous and/or later appointments, whichever is more advantageous to the said officers and employees."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved, June 21, 1969.

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