REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6596 - AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE CONVERTING THE ILOILO NORMAL SCHOOL TO WEST VISAYAS STATE COLLEGE.

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

SECTION 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Forty-one hundred eighty-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The present Iloilo Normal School located in Iloilo City, Philippines, is hereby converted into the West Visayas State College, offering general education and teacher education courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.E.), Master of Arts (M.A.) in Education and other courses of university level."

SEC. 2. Section two of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. The main purposes of said college are to give general cultural education and to provide professional and technical instruction in the field of education and in other fields."

SEC. 3. Subsection b of Section five of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"b. To confer the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science in Education, Master of Arts in Education, and other degrees to successful candidates for graduation."

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

Approved,

GIL J. PUYAT CORNELIO T. VILLAREAL

President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives

Finally passed by the Senate on August 16, 1972 . This Act, which originated in the House of Representatives, was finally passed by the same on August 17, 1972 .

ELISEO M. TENZA INOCENCIO B. PAREJA

Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the House Representatives

Approved: September 30, 1972

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines