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Act No. 1397 Section 35

Section 35

SEC. 35. (a) Until a time to be hereafter determined by the Insular Government, when the township councils of the province1 shall have gained sufficient knowledge and experience properly to exercise, without intervention, the powers herein conferred, all resolutions, ordinances, appointments, and other acts of the council shall be subject to the approval of the provincial board, and without such approval shall be invalid. (b) Every ordinance, resolution, or other act of the council shall, he transmitted by the township secretary to the provincial board ; immediately after its passage. The provincial board shall either, approve or' disapprove such resolution, ordinance, or other act of the council, or amend the same in such manner and to such extent as the board may deem to be for the best interests of the township, and return the same to the township secretary. In case such act, ordinance, or resolution is approved or amended by the provincial board and such' amendment is accepted by the township council, such act. ordinance, or resolution shall be immediately posted at the door of the township building for the information of the public, and shall take effect ten days after its receipt from tin; provincial board ; by the township secretary: Provided, That failure to post .the same shall not render it invalid. In case it is impracticable, by reason of the remoteness or inaccessibility of the township, for such act, ordinance, or resolution to be transmitted to the provincial board. and returned by the board as herein provided within a reasonable time, and it is" deemed by the board desirable for the provincial governor to pass upon the same at the time of his periodical visit : to the township, the board may. with the approval of the Secretary . of the Interior first had. delegate to the provincial governor, with respect to such township, the powers conferred upon the board by paragraph (I) of section seventeen of Act Numbered Thirteen . hundred and ninety-six.

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CitationAct No. 1397 Section 35 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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