AN ACT REPEALING SECTION 3 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7901 AND TO RETURN THE PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT TO REGION XII AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila

Eleventh Congress

Republic Act No. 8744 December 18, 1998

AN ACT REPEALING SECTION 3 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO 7901 AND TO RETURN THE PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT TO REGION XII AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled::

Section 1. Section 3 of Republic Act No 7901 which states:

"Section 3. As a result of the transfer of Surigao del Sur to Region XIII, the Province of Sultan Kudarat shall now form part of Region XI " is hereby repealed.

Section 2. The Province of Sultan Kudarat shall now form part of Region XII of the Mindanao Administrative Region in accordance with Executive Order No. 429.

Section 3. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: December 18, 1998

Summary of Republic Act No. 8744

Repeal of Section 3 of Republic Act No. 7901
- Section 1 repeals Section 3 of Republic Act No. 7901, which had transferred the Province of Sultan Kudarat from Region XII to Region XI.

Transfer of Sultan Kudarat Province to Region XII
- Section 2 states that the Province of Sultan Kudarat shall now form part of Region XII of the Mindanao Administrative Region, in accordance with Executive Order No. 429.