Conversion to national road
- Section 1 converts the Silay a Lantawan Road in the City of Silay, Province of Negros Occidental into a national road.
- The legal effect of Section 1 is the change in road classification from the road’s prior status to a national road.
Implementation by the Department of Public Works and Highways
- Section 2 directs the Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways to issue the necessary rules, orders and circulars to implement Republic Act No. 9802.
- Section 2 makes the Secretary’s issuance of implementing instruments the mechanism for carrying out the Act.
Publication requirement and commencement
- Section 3 provides that Republic Act No. 9802 takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
- Section 3 establishes the Act’s commencement period as a fixed post-publication waiting period of 15 days.