PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
MGA BATAS PAMBANSA
BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 197 - AN ACT
CHANGING THE NAME OF SULU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY INTO
TAWI-TAWI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
Section 1.
Section one of Republic Act Numbered Sixty hundred and sixty is hereby
amended to read as follows: "Section 1.
There is hereby establish in Tawi-Tawi a college to be known as the
Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography which shall extend to
the Muslims and other cultural minority groups the opportunities of
college education and develop such other programs as will promote
Muslim welfare and hasten the economic development of the southernmost
region of the Philippines."
Sec. 2. Section three of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 3. The
said college shall operate as an integral unit of the Mindanao State
University and its administration shall be vested in the Board of
Regents of the said University in accordance with Republic Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended, otherwise known as the
Charter of the Mindanao State University. In addition, three members of
the Board preferably from the Province of Tawi-Tawi, shall be appointed
by the President of the Philippines. Of the three to be initially
appointed, the President shall designate one to serve for one year, one
for two years and one for three years. Thereafter, persons appointed to
succeed such members shall hold office for a term of three years or
until their successors are appointed. The additional three members
shall attend meetings along with the other members of the Board of
Regents and participate in its deliberations on matters affecting the
college and in other items of the agenda that may affect, directly or
indirectly the academic, administrative and financial operations of the
college."
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: March 16, 1982. (P.B. No. 201) |
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