REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11257, April 05, 2019

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11257, April 05, 2019 ]

AN ACT SEPARATING THE CITY OF MANDAUE FROM THE SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF CEBU TO CONSTITUTE THE LONE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF MANDAUE

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

SECTION 1. The City of Mandaue is hereby separated from the Sixth Legislative District of the Province of Cebu to constitute the Lone Legislative District of the City of Mandaue, which shall commence in the next national and local elections after the effectivity of this Act.

SEC. 2. The incumbent Representative of the present Sixth Legislative District of the Province of Cebu shall continue to represent the said district until the new Representative of the Lone Legislative District of the City of Mandaue shall have been elected and qualified.

SEC. 3. The Commission on Elections shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act within thirty (30) days after its effectivity.

SEC. 4. All laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate

(SGD.) 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 of the Philippines on December 4, 2018 and February 4, 2019, respectively.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: APR 05 2019

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines