Eleventh Congress

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8709, July 16, 1998 ]

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MABINI, MUNICIPALITY OF ESCALANTE, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, TO BE KNOWN AS MABINI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. A public national high school in Barangay Mabini, Municipality of Escalante, Province of Negros Occidental, shall be established under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.Ꮮαwρhi৷

Section 2. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

Section 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provision of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

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

Approved,

(Sgd.) ERNESTO M. MACEDA
President of the Senate
(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR.
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on May 22, 1997 and November 24, 1997, respectively.

(Sgd.) LORENZO E. LEYNES JR.
Secretary of the Senate
(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved:

FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

Lapsed into law on July 16, 1998, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.


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