An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Fifty-Four Entitled "An Act Reducing the Forty-Nine Municipalities of the Province of Leyte to Thirty-Three"
Act No. 1477, enacted on April 17, 1906, amends a previous law that reduced the municipalities of Leyte from forty-nine to thirty-three. It specifically renames the municipality of Sogod Sur to simply "Sogod" and expands its territory to include the area of Sogod Norte, with the municipal government seat located in Consolacion. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good, allowing for expedited legislative procedures. It takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- Reference Number
- Act No. 1477
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
April 17, 1906
ACT NO. 1477
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR ENTITLED "AN ACT REDUCING THE FORTY-NINE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE TO THIRTY-THREE"
SECTION 1. Subsection two of section one of Act Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-four is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(2) The municipality of Sogod Sur hereafter shall be known as Sogod, and shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Sogod Norte, with the seat of municipal government at the barrio of Consolacion lying between Sogod Sur and Sogod Norte."
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, April 17, 1906.
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An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Fifty-Four Entitled "An Act Reducing the Forty-Nine Municipalities of the Province of Leyte to Thirty-Three", Act No. 1477, Apr 17, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Fifty-Four Entitled "An Act Reducing the Forty-Nine Municipalities of the Province of Leyte to Thirty-Three", Act No. 1477 (Phil. 1906)
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