An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-Two, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen," by Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of Said Province to Sixteen
Act No. 984, enacted on November 6, 1903, amends a previous law (Act No. 942) that aimed to reduce the municipalities of Rizal Province from 32 to 15, instead adjusting this to 16 municipalities. It specifies that the municipality of Taytay will now include Cainta, Morong will incorporate Baras and Cardona, and Binangonan will encompass Angono. The amendments are made in response to the public good and call for expedited passage under existing procedural laws. This Act takes effect immediately upon its passage.
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- Act No. 984
- Date Enacted
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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November 6, 1903
ACT NO. 984
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT REDUCING THE THIRTY-TWO MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL TO FIFTEEN," BY REDUCING THE THIRTY-TWO MUNICIPALITIES OF SAID PROVINCE TO SIXTEEN
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Nine hundred and forty-two, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty-two municipalities of the Province of Rizal to fifteen," is hereby amended as follows:
(a) By making paragraph eleven and thirteen of said section, respectively, read as follows:
"11. The municipality of Taytay shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Cainta, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Taytay."
"13. The municipality of Morong shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Baras and Cardona, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Morong."
(b) By adding at the close of said section a new paragraph, as follows:
"16. The municipality of Binangonan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Angono, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Binangonan."
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, November 6, 1903.
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An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-Two, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen," by Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of Said Province to Sixteen, Act No. 984, Nov 6, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-Two, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen," by Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of Said Province to Sixteen, Act No. 984 (Phil. 1903)
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