Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Occidental Negros from Twenty-One to Twenty-Two
Act No. 1612, enacted on March 14, 1907, increases the number of municipalities in the Province of Occidental Negros from twenty-one to twenty-two. This is achieved by separating the former municipality of Cavancalan from Ilog and reconstituting it as the new municipality of Kabankalan. The territory of Kabankalan consists of the land that previously made up Cavancalan. The Act is set to take effect on August 10, 1907, with provisions for the distribution of funds from Ilog to account for the separation.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1612
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 14, 1907
ACT NO. 1612
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS FROM TWENTY-ONE TO TWENTY-TWO, BY SEPARATING FROM ILOG THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF CAVANCALAN AND RECONSTITUTING THE SAME UNDER THE NAME OF KABANKALAN
SECTION 1. The twenty-one municipalities of the Province of Occidental Negros, as provided by Act Numbered Seven hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty-four municipalities of the Province of Occidental Negros to twenty-one," are hereby increased to twenty-two, by separating from Ilog the former municipality of Cavancalan and reconstituting the same under the name Kabankalan. The new municipality of Kabankalan shall consist of the territory which was comprised by the former municipality of Cavancalan prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Seven hundred and sixteen. IDSEAH
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 August tenth, nineteen hundred and seven: PROVIDED, That the distribution of funds in the municipality of Ilog, resulting from the separation from Ilog of the former municipality of Cavancalan, shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act.
ENACTED, March 14, 1907.
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Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Occidental Negros from Twenty-One to Twenty-Two, Act No. 1612, Mar 14, 1907 (Philippines)
Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Occidental Negros from Twenty-One to Twenty-Two, Act No. 1612 (Phil. 1907)
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