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Eleventh Congress

Republic Act No. 8744             December 18, 1998

AN ACT REPEALING SECTION 3 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO 7901 AND TO RETURN THE PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT TO REGION XII AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 3 of Republic Act No 7901 which states:

"Section 3. As a result of the transfer of Surigao del Sur to Region XIII, the Province of Sultan Kudarat shall now form part of Region XI " is hereby repealed.

Section 2. The Province of Sultan Kudarat shall now form part of Region XII of the Mindanao Administrative Region in accordance with Executive Order No. 429.

Section 3. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: December 18, 1998

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