QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 7694)
Republic Act No. 7694 is an act changing the name of Sison National High School in the Municipality of Sison, Province of Surigao del Norte, to Toledo S. Pantilo, Sr. Memorial National High School.
The school is the Sison National High School in the Municipality of Sison, Province of Surigao del Norte.
The school is renamed as Toledo S. Pantilo, Sr. Memorial National High School.
It shall be known for all intents and purposes as Toledo S. Pantilo, Sr. Memorial National High School.
Yes. Section 4 states the act shall take effect upon its approval.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports and all its instrumentalities shall be duly notified of the new name.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (now largely referred to under the current DepEd framework) and all its instrumentalities.
Because it was not signed by the President on April 9, 1994, and thus lapsed into law pursuant to the constitutional rule under Article VI, Section 27(1).
Article VI, Section 27(1) of the 1987 Constitution.
It lapsed into law on April 9, 1994.
The law changes the name of the public secondary school in the specified municipality; Section 2 indicates it applies for all intents and purposes to the school.
A legislative act (RA) provides a binding statutory mandate for the name change, and it directs compliance by government instrumentalities, such as DepEd.
DepEd offices and units are expected to update official records, signage, documents, and references to the school’s new name in accordance with the statute.
Section 4.
It covers the public secondary school located in the Municipality of Sison, Province of Surigao del Norte, namely Sison National High School.