QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 59)
The text is Republic Act No. 59, approved on October 17, 1946.
It declares the offices of provincial governor and member of the provincial board in the covered provinces as elective.
Bukidnon, Cotabato, Lanao, Sulu, and the Mountain Province.
The Act provides that the covered provinces shall receive the same financial aid from the National Government as previously granted by existing laws.
It provides that the provincial governor and other provincial officials in the covered provinces shall receive the same compensation fixed by law for similar officials in regular or special provinces of the same class.
Section 2 repeals specific provisions of Act No. 3798 and Act No. 3207 insofar as they exclude the covered provinces from the general classification for fixing compensation of certain provincial officials.
It repeals (i) Section 3 of Act No. 3798 and (ii) Section 1 of Act No. 3207, but only insofar as those sections specifically refer to the covered provinces as not embraced in the general classification for compensation purposes.
It takes effect in each enumerated province when the President has ascertained and declared by proclamation that the people of the province are ready to elect their provincial governor and provincial board members.
The President must ascertain that the people of the province are ready to elect their provincial governor and members of the provincial board.
They must be held at the same time as the regular election for provincial offices throughout the Philippines.
The elections are to be held in accordance with the provisions of the Election Code.
It makes the governor and board elective, while requiring continued national financial aid and equal compensation treatment based on the same class as regular or special provinces.
No. Effectivity is conditioned on a Presidential proclamation after ascertainment that the people are ready to elect.
It indicates that, prior to the Act’s effectivity (and proclamation), the offices were not elective in those provinces, but would become elective thereafter.
It ensures synchronization of election schedules nationwide for provincial offices, instead of separate or unscheduled elections for the covered provinces.