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Act No. 1397 Section 68

Section 68

SEC. 68. When a provincial board is of the opinion that it is practicable and expedient to effect the political fusion of a non-Christian settlement with an adjacent municipality organized under ; the provisions of Act Numbered Eighty-two, be Municipal Code, ' the provincial board may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior first had, declare the offices, if any, created for such settlement abolished and the settlement fused with the adjacent municipality and its territory added to the territory of such municipality. The inhabitants of such non-Christian "settlement shall;; thereupon be vested with the same political rights as are the residents of such municipality, and the provision of Act Numbered Eighty-two, the Municipal Code, and the Acts amendatory thereof shall apply to them.

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CitationAct No. 1397 Section 68 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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