PROCLAMATION NO. 186

: To fix the date of effectivity of Republic Act No. 505, which created the provinces of Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro.
: Republic Act No. 505, titled 'An Act to create the Provinces of Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro.'
: President Elpidio Quirino signed Proclamation No. 186.
: November 15, 1950.
: The opening statement: 'By virtue of the power conferred upon me by section 8 of Republic Act No. 505.'
: It is the date when the law becomes operative and produces legal effects.
: No. The creation of the provinces is done by RA 505; Proclamation No. 186 only fixes RA 505’s effectivity date.
: Section 8 grants the President authority to determine or fix the effectivity date of the Act.
: Proclamation No. 186 is the implementing instrument that sets the effectivity date of RA 505 pursuant to its enabling provision.
: Executive Secretary Teodoro Evangelista countersigned it. In general, countersignature indicates administrative confirmation and participation in the issuance process.
: It reflects formal execution requirements—showing that the proclamation was duly signed by the President and executed with the Republic’s seal.
: On November 15, 1950, the effectivity date fixed by Proclamation No. 186.
: It states: 'the fifteenth day of November, nineteen hundred and fifty.'
: It contains an operative mandate ('do hereby fix') and identifies the specific law and the exact effectivity date.