Question & AnswerQ&A (POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 14)
The main purpose of Commonwealth Act No. 249 is to amend the Administrative Code to transfer the authority to approve changes in the names of streets, avenues, and other public places from the municipal councils to the Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary of the Interior has the authority to approve changes in the names of streets, avenues, and other public places according to Commonwealth Act No. 249.
Commonwealth Act No. 249 amends subsection (d) of section 2243 of the Administrative Code.
Municipal councils have the authority to provide for the numbering of houses or lots; the naming of streets, avenues, and other public places; subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the changing of the names thereof; and for the lighting and sprinkling of streets.
Before Commonwealth Act No. 249, the municipal councils themselves had the authority to approve changes in the names of streets and public places.
No, municipal councils retain the authority to provide names for streets, avenues, and other public places, but any changes to those names require approval from the Secretary of the Interior.
Commonwealth Act No. 249 took effect upon its approval on December 17, 1937.
The National Assembly of the Philippines enacted Commonwealth Act No. 249.
Municipal councils are authorized to provide for the lighting of streets and the sprinkling of the same.
No, Commonwealth Act No. 249 does not mention any penalties relating to non-compliance with the provisions regarding the approval of changes in street names.