PD 1639 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section 40(b) of Presidential Decree No. 1618 is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 40. x x x." "(b) The Office of the Regional Commissioner in each of the Autonomous Regions is hereby abolished and its appropriations, properties, and assets and liabilities and such personnel as may be necessary, shall be transferred immediately to the Sangguniang Pampook which shall in turn transfer the same to the Lupong Tagapagpaganap Ng Pook immediately upon the organization of the latter."

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