An Act Providing for the Reapportionment of the Province of Southern Leyte into Two (2) Legislative Districts

February 1, 2019

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11198

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN LEYTE INTO TWO (2) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS

SECTION 1. Legislative Districts. — On the next national and local elections after the effectivity of this Act, the Province of Southern Leyte is hereby reapportioned into two (2) legislative districts, as follows:

(a) First Legislative District. — The First Legislative District shall be composed of the City of Maasin and the municipalities of Macrohon, Padre Burgos, Limasawa, Malitbog, Tomas Oppus and Bontoc; and

(b) Second Legislative District. — The Second Legislative District shall be composed of the municipalities of Sogod, Libagon, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, Saint Bernard, Anahawan, San Juan, Hinundayan, Hinunangan and Silago.

SECTION 2. Holdover. — The incumbent Representative of the Lone Legislative District of the Province of Southern Leyte shall continue to represent the legislative district until the new representatives of the First and Second Legislative Districts shall have been duly elected and qualified.

SECTION 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Commission on Elections shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act within thirty (30) days after its effectivity.

SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. — All laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. AIDSTE

Approved: February 1, 2019.

 

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 115, No. 7, p. 1532 on February 18, 2019.