QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 6684)
Republic Act No. 6684 is titled: “AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF MUNICIPALITY OF DON MARIANO MARCOS, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, TO MUNICIPALITY OF SOMINOT.”
RA 6684 changed the name of the Municipality of Don Mariano Marcos, Province of Zamboanga del Sur, to the Municipality of Sominot.
Section 1 provides that the name of the Municipality of Don Mariano Marcos in Zamboanga del Sur is changed to Municipality of Sominot.
The law renames the municipality; it does not expressly create a new municipal corporation. The existing municipality’s name is changed to Sominot.
Section 2 states that the Act shall take effect upon its approval.
RA 6684 was approved on December 12, 1988.
It originated in the House of Representatives; it was finally passed by the House on June 9, 1988, and by the Senate on September 12, 1988.
It originated in the House of Representatives.
Section 2 provides the effectivity rule: the Act takes effect upon its approval.
The text shows signatures including JOVITO R. SALONGA (President of the Senate), RAMON V. MITRA (Speaker of the House of Representatives), EDWIN P. ACOBA (Secretary of the Senate), QUIRINO D. ABAD SANTOS, JR. (Secretary of the House of Representatives), and CORAZON C. AQUINO (President of the Philippines).
Because the municipality’s name is a matter affecting official governmental identity and public administration, Congress enacts laws to effectuate formal changes to local political subdivisions’ names.
The municipality is in the Province of Zamboanga del Sur.
After effectivity, official references should use the new name “Municipality of Sominot,” consistent with the renaming under the law.
Old name: Municipality of Don Mariano Marcos. New name: Municipality of Sominot.
It is a short, specific law with only two sections: one for the renaming and one for effectivity.