Republic Act No. 8431, enacted on December 15, 1997, establishes the Cawayan National High School in Barangay Cawayan, Municipality of Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro. The Act mandates the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports to issue necessary regulations for its implementation. Funding for the school will be allocated in the General Appropriations Act of the year following the law's enactment. The Act took effect upon approval and lapsed into law without the President's signature as per constitutional provisions.
December 15, 1997 *
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8431
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY CAWAYAN, MUNICIPALITY OF BONGABONG, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAWAYAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. There shall be established a high school in Barangay Cawayan, Municipality of Bongabong, Province of Oriental Mindoro, to be known as the Cawayan National High School.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
SECTION 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter. aisadc
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
* Lapsed into law on December 15, 1997 without the signature of the President in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 94 No. 19 page 3350 on May 11, 1998.