Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 11248
An Act Granting Philippine Citizenship to Margarita Melian Ortigas
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Ms. Margarita Melian Ortigas is hereby granted Philippine citizenship with all the rights, privileges and prerogatives, as well as the duties and obligations appurtenant thereto under the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of the Philippines.
Section 2. Ms. Margarita Melian Ortigas shall take the Oath of Allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines before an officer duly authorized to administer the same.1âwphi1 The Oath of Allegiance shall be registered with the Bureau of Immigration.
Section 3. Upon registration of the Oath of Allegiance, the Bureau of Immigration shall issue a Certificate of Naturalization to Ms. Margarita Melian Ortigas who shall thereupon enter into the full enjoyment of Philippine citizenship.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
Speaker of the House of Representatives
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on November 26, 2018 and January 21, 2019, respectively.
MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate
DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives
Approved: March 22, 2019
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
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