Section 1
Open ↗SECTION 1. Upon the recommendation of the Philippine Committee on Geographical Names the name of the Province and Island of Paragua is hereby changed to that of Palawan.
Act No. 1363 — An Act Changing the Name of the Province and Island of Paragua to That of Palawan.
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SECTION 1. Upon the recommendation of the Philippine Committee on Geographical Names the name of the Province and Island of Paragua is hereby changed to that of Palawan.
SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, June 28, 1905.
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