Title
Amendment on House Member Apportionment
Law
Act No. 3336
Decision Date
Dec 7, 1926
Act No. 3336 amends the Administrative Code to redefine the membership of the House of Representatives, establishing a total of ninety-four members and detailing the representation for various provinces and districts, effective from the 1928 elections.

Legal basis; amended statute

  • Act No. 3336 amends Act No. 2711, known as the Administrative Code.
  • Section 1 amends Section 116 of Act No. 2711.
  • Section 2 amends Section 123 of Act No. 2711 by inserting an additional paragraph after the nineteenth paragraph.

Changes to House membership/apportionment

  • Section 116 establishes that the House of Representatives has ninety-four (94) members.
  • Membership consists of one Representative from each province or representative district specified.
  • The House membership is apportioned among listed provinces and territories, including Abra (one), Albay (three), Antique (one), and other provinces as enumerated.
  • The apportionment assigns Manila (two) and the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (five).

Detailed province-by-province seat counts

  • Section 116 allocates seats as follows: Batangas (three); Bohol (three); Bulacan (two); Cagayan (two); Camarines Norte (one); Camarines Sur (two); Capiz (three); Cavite (one); Cebu (seven).
  • Section 116 allocates seats as follows: Ilocos Norte (two); Ilocos Sur (two); Iloilo (five); Isabela (one); Laguna (two); La Union (two); Leyte (four); Marinduque (one); Masbate (one).
  • Section 116 allocates seats as follows: Manila (two); Mindoro (one); Misamis (two); the Mountain Province (three); Nueva Ecija (two); Nueva Vizcaya (one); Occidental Negros (three); Oriental Negros (two).
  • Section 116 allocates seats as follows: Palawan (one); Pampanga (two); Pangasinan (five); Rizal (two); Romblon (one); Samar (three); Sorsogon (two); Surigao (one); Tarlac (two); Tayabas (two); Zambales (one).

New Nueva Ecija district apportionment

  • Section 123 is amended by inserting a new paragraph after its nineteenth paragraph, establishing Nueva Ecija districts.
  • Nueva Ecija—First district is composed of the municipalities of Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Guimba, Munoz, Lupao, Talavera, Santo Domingo, Licab, Quezon, Aliaga, Zaragoza, Jaen and San Antonio.
  • Nueva Ecija—Second district is composed of the municipalities of Caranglan, Pantabangan, Rizal, Bongabon, Laur, Cabanatuan, Santa Rosa, San Leonardo, Gapan, Penaranda, Papaya, San Isidro, Cabiao and San Jose.

Repeal and separability clauses

  • Section 3 repeals all acts and provisions of law inconsistent with Act No. 3336.
  • The Act provides for an election-based start of effect through Section 4, taking effect beginning with the elections of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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