Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AS OF THE DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PRESENT CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
House Bill No.
H. No. 324
Date of Approval
August 5, 1946

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Bill Note
Amendment Note
CA 689, secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, & 14

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 42 no. 8 page 1794 (8/00/1946)

Full Text of Issuance

H. No. 324 42 OG No. 8, 1794 (August, 1946)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6, August 05, 1946 ]

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AS OF THE DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PRESENT CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. As of the date of the proclamation of the Republic of the Philippines on the fourth day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-six, the present Congress of the Philippines shall be known as the First Congress of the Republic of the Philippines.SEC. 2. All laws enacted by the said Congress on or after said date shall be serially numbered beginning with number one and shall be known as Republic Acts.SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect as of July four, nineteen hundred and forty-six.Approved, August 5, 1946.

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