An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty-Nine, Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Nueva Ecija, and Act Numbered Three Hundred and Ninety-Eight Amendatory thereof
Act No. 657, enacted on March 4, 1903, amends Section 5 of Act No. 139 regarding the Provincial Government Act for Nueva Ecija. The amendment removes the deadline of January 1, 1903, for changing the province's capital from San Isidro, allowing the provincial presidents to vote on relocating the capital at their semi-annual meeting. If a majority agrees to the change, a new capital will be designated by the provincial board. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- Act No. 657
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 4, 1903
ACT NO. 657
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT TO THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, AND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT AMENDATORY THEREOF
SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-nine, entitled "An Act extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Nueva Ecija," as amended by Act Numbered Three hundred and ninety-eight, is hereby amended by striking out the following words: "Which date shall not be later than the first of January, nineteen hundred and three," so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 5. The capital of the province shall be, as formerly, at the town of San Isidro: Provided, however, That if at the semi-annual meeting of the presidents to be held on the third Monday of May, nineteen hundred and two, under the preceding section, a majority of all the presidents of the province shall vote to change the capital from San Isidro to some other town in the province, such town, after a certain date to be decided upon by the provincial board, shall then become the capital."
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, March 4, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty-Nine, Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Nueva Ecija, and Act Numbered Three Hundred and Ninety-Eight Amendatory thereof, Act No. 657, Mar 4, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty-Nine, Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Nueva Ecija, and Act Numbered Three Hundred and Ninety-Eight Amendatory thereof, Act No. 657 (Phil. 1903)
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