An Act Amending the Administrative Code so as to Transfer to the Secretary of the Interior the Authority to Approve Changes in the Names Provided by Municipal Councils for Streets, Avenues, and Other Public Places
Commonwealth Act No. 249, enacted on December 17, 1937, amends the Administrative Code by transferring the authority to approve name changes for streets, avenues, and public places from municipal councils to the Secretary of the Interior. It modifies subsection (d) of section 2243, allowing municipal councils to name and number houses or lots, but stipulating that any changes in names must be approved by the Secretary. This act aims to centralize the approval process for naming public spaces in the Philippines. The law took effect immediately upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Commonwealth Act No. 249
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Commonwealth Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 17, 1937
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 249
AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO TRANSFER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE CHANGES IN THE NAMES PROVIDED BY MUNICIPAL COUNCILS FOR STREETS, AVENUES, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
SECTION 1. Subsection (d) of section twenty-two hundred and forty-three of the Administrative Code, as amended by Act Numbered Three thousand and nineteen, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 2243. Certain legislative powers of discretionary character. — The municipal council shall have authority to exercise the following discretionary powers:
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"(d) To provide for the numbering of houses or lots: the naming of streets, avenues, and other public places and, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the changing of the names thereof; and for the lighting of streets, and the sprinkling of the same."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, December 17, 1937.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending the Administrative Code so as to Transfer to the Secretary of the Interior the Authority to Approve Changes in the Names Provided by Municipal Councils for Streets, Avenues, and Other Public Places, Commonwealth Act No. 249, Dec 17, 1937 (Philippines)
An Act Amending the Administrative Code so as to Transfer to the Secretary of the Interior the Authority to Approve Changes in the Names Provided by Municipal Councils for Streets, Avenues, and Other Public Places, Commonwealth Act No. 249 (Phil. 1937)
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