Fourteenth Congress
Second Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand eight.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 9591
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 57 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8754, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MALOLOS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled::
Section 1. Legislative District. - Section 57 of Republic Act No. 8754, otherwise known as the Charter of the City of Malolos is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 57. Legislative District. - The City of Malolos shall have its own legislative district to commence in the next national election after the effectivity of this Act."
Section 2. The incumbent representative of the First District of the Province of Bulacan shall continue to represent the City of Malolos until the new representative of the lone legislative district of the City of Malolos shall have been elected and qualified.
Section 3. Rules and Regulations. - The Commission on Elections shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act.
Section 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.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 at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE
President of the Senate |
(Sgd.) PROSPERO C. NOGRALES
Speaker of the House of Representatives |
This Act which is originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on April 29, 2008 and February 16,2009.
(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES
Secretary of Senate |
(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary General
House of Represenatives |
Approved:
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
Lapsed into law on May 1, 2009
Without the signature of the President,
In accordance with Article VI,
Section 27 (1) of the Constitution
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