REPUBLIC ACT No. 1264
An Act Constituting the Sub-Province of Siquijor into a Separate, Independent and Regular Highway Engineering District, Amending for the Purpose Act Numbered Thirty-One Hundred Forty-Three
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred forty-three is amended by adding after section five thereof a new section, to be known as section 5-A, which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 5-A. Within thirty days after the approval of this amendatory Act, the Sub-province of Siquijor shall be constituted and organized into a separate, independent and regular highway engineering district similar to existing engineering districts, for which a district engineer shall be assigned in accordance with laws rules and regulations applicable thereto."
Section 2. The title of the said Act is amended to read as follows:
"An Act granting to the Sub-province of Siquijor the right to elect a member to represent the interests of the sub-province in the provincial board of Oriental Negros, and constituting said sub-province into a separate, independent and regular highway engineering district.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 10, 1955.
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