Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7800)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 7800 is to establish a national high school in Barangay Manambulan, Tugbok District, Davao City, to be known as the Optaciano Hilay High School.
The Optaciano Hilay High School will operate under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
It is to be established in Barangay Manambulan, Tugbok District, Davao City.
Section 2 authorizes the amount necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act to be appropriated in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
RA 7800 took effect upon its approval and lapsed into law on September 1, 1994, without the President's signature, pursuant to Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution.
It means that the Act automatically became law without the President's signature because the President neither signed nor vetoed the bill within the constitutional period prescribed in Section 27(1), Article VI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
RA 7800 was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.
Section 1 legally establishes the national high school under the supervision of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports in a specific location, giving it an official name and mandate.
The funds are to be appropriated by the Philippine government through the General Appropriations Act.
No, RA 7800 does not include any penalties or sanctions; it solely focuses on the establishment and funding of the national high school.