QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 1931)
Republic Act No. 1931 is an act converting the New Washington High School in the Municipality of New Washington, Province of Aklan, into a national school of fisheries to be known as the Aklan National School of Fisheries, and appropriating funds for its operation and maintenance.
The school to be converted is the New Washington High School located in the Municipality of New Washington, Province of Aklan.
RA 1931 converts the high school into a national school of fisheries.
The converted school is to be known as the Aklan National School of Fisheries.
The Secretary of Education is empowered to reorganize the school accordingly.
Section 1 authorizes the conversion of the New Washington High School into a national school of fisheries and empowers the Secretary of Education to reorganize the school.
The law appropriates the sum of three hundred thousand pesos (₱300,000) for the operation and maintenance of the Aklan National School of Fisheries for the fiscal year nineteen hundred fifty-eight.
It directs the appropriation to be taken out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
It provides that such sums as may be necessary for operation and maintenance in subsequent years shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Act.
Section 2 appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance of the Aklan National School of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1958 and sets the mechanism for future funding through the annual General Appropriation Act.
RA 1931 takes effect upon its approval.
No. RA 1931 empowers the Secretary of Education to reorganize the school accordingly, but it does not enumerate the specific organizational changes.
By legislative fiat, it changes the school’s status from a high school to a national school of fisheries under the name Aklan National School of Fisheries.
It limits or identifies the intended governmental spending purpose covered by the appropriation—i.e., to fund the school’s operation and upkeep rather than unrelated expenses.
First, conversion of the school into a national school of fisheries (Sec. 1). Second, appropriation for 1958 operations and maintenance and a future budgeting rule (Sec. 2). Third, effectivity upon approval (Sec. 3).
Section 1 appears to contain a possible spelling inconsistency (“Aldan” vs. “Aklan”). In legal study, the controlling intent is generally read with the title and context, which consistently refer to “Aklan”; students should note it as a possible typographical error but analyze using the whole act.