QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 3336)
Act No. 3336 amends Act No. 2711 (the Administrative Code), specifically Sections 116 and 123.
It sets the House membership at 94 members, with one Representative per province or representative district, and provides the specific number of Representatives allotted to each province/district and the Department of Mindanao and Sulu.
Ninety-four (94) members.
Seven (7) Representatives.
Three (3) Representatives.
Examples include Bulacan, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Laguna, La Union, Misamis, Nueva Ecija, La Union (as listed), Manila (actually two), and others explicitly marked with “two” in the text (e.g., Albay is three, not two).
Five (5) Representatives.
It inserts a new paragraph after the nineteenth paragraph of Section 123 of the Administrative Code, defining the districts of Nueva Ecija by listing the municipalities comprising its first and second districts.
Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Guimba, Munoz, Lupao, Talavera, Santo Domingo, Licab, Quezon, Aliaga, Zaragoza, Jaen, and San Antonio.
Caranglan, Pantabangan, Rizal, Bongabon, Laur, Cabanatuan, Santa Rosa, San Leonardo, Gapan, Penaranda, Papaya, San Isidro, Cabiao, and San Jose.
Because it defines which municipalities fall under each representative district, affecting voter eligibility and the proper apportionment of seats.
It repeals all acts and provisions of law inconsistent with Act No. 3336.
It takes effect beginning with the elections of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
It clarifies that the new apportionment/district rules will apply to elections held beginning in 1928, rather than immediately for earlier elections.
It states that the House has one Representative from each province or representative district specified, and it then assigns the number of representatives per province/district as listed.
It is determined by province/district apportionment as explicitly enumerated in the law (e.g., each province is assigned a fixed number of seats).