An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Seventy-Four, Establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as Amended, by Authorizing the Director of Education, with the Approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to Change, Increase, or Decrease the Existing School Divisions of the Philippine Islands
Act No. 1539, enacted on October 5, 1906, amends Section Five of Act No. 74, which established the Department of Public Instruction in the Philippines. The amendment empowers the Director of Education, with the Secretary of Public Instruction's approval, to modify the existing school divisions based on public interest. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage. This legislative change aims to enhance the flexibility and responsiveness of the educational system in the Philippines.
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- Act No. 1539
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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October 5, 1906
ACT NO. 1539
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED, BY AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TO CHANGE, INCREASE, OR DECREASE THE EXISTING SCHOOL DIVISIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and thirty-seven, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:
"PROVIDED, That the Director of Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, may change, increase, or decrease the school divisions herein established whenever in his judgment the public interests so require."
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, October 5, 1906.
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An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Seventy-Four, Establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as Amended, by Authorizing the Director of Education, with the Approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to Change, Increase, or Decrease the Existing School Divisions of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 1539, Oct 5, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Seventy-Four, Establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as Amended, by Authorizing the Director of Education, with the Approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to Change, Increase, or Decrease the Existing School Divisions of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 1539 (Phil. 1906)
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