AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 1 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9727. REAPPORTIONING THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE INTO EIGHT (8) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS

• Number: Republic Act No. 11069
• Sections: 5

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9727 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. Legislative Districts. - The Province of Cavite, which shall have eight (8) legislative districts to commence on the next national and local elections after the effectivity of this Act, is hereby reapportioned as follows:

FIRST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Cavite City

(2) Kawit

(3) Noveleta

(4) Rosario

SECOND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Bacoor City

THIRD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Imus City

FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Dasmariñas City

FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Carmona

(2) General Mariano Alvarez (GMA)

SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) General Trias City

SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Trece Martires City

(2) Indang

(3) Tanza

(4) Amadeo

EIGHT LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(1) Tagaytay City

(2) Alfonso

(3) General Aguinaldo

(4) Magallanes

(5) Maragondon

(6) Mendez

(7) Naic

(8) Ternate."

Section 2 Incumbent Representatives.

SEC. 2. Incumbent Representatives. - The incumbent Representatives of the Sixth and Seventh Legislative Districts of the Province of Cavite shall continue to represent their respective legislative districts until the new Representative shall have been elected and qualified.

Section 3 Rules and Regulations.

SEC. 3. Rules and Regulations. - The Commission on Elections shall issue the necessary rules and regulations within thirty (30) days upon approval of this Act.

Section 4 Repealing Clause.

SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. - Republic Act No. 9727 and all other laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 5 Effectivity.

SEC. 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III

President of the Senate

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

Speaker of the House

of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on May 15, 2017, amended by the Senate of the Philippines on March 5, 2018, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on July 31, 2018.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA

Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING

Acting Secretary General

House of Representatives

Approved: SEP 14 2018

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

President of the Philippines