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[REPUBLIC ACT N o. 10809]

AN ACT CONVERTING INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE DUPAX DEL NORTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL THE DUPAX DEL NORTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - ANNEX IN POBLACION OF MALASIN, MUNICIPALITY OF DUPAX DEL NORTE, PROVINCE OF AND SEPARATING IT FROM ITS MOTHER SCHOOL, THE DUPAX DEL NORTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY LAMO, MUNICIPALITY OF DUPAX DEL NORTE, PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, HEREINAFTER RENAMED THE LAMO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9779 AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the in Congress assembled: Section l. The Dupax del Norte National High School— Pobladon Annex in Barangay Poblacion of Malasin, Municipality of Dupax del Norte, Province of Nueva Vizcaya is hereby converted into an independent national high school to be now known as the Dupax del Norte National High School, and separated from its mother school, the Dupax del Norte National High School situated in Barangay Lamo, Municipality of Dupax del Norte, Province of Nueva Vizcaya.

The mother school situated in Barangay Lamo, Municipality of Dupax del Norte, Province of Nueva Vizcaya shall henceforth be known as the Lamo National High School.

Sec. 2. AU personnel, assets, habilities and records of the Dupax del Norte National High School - Poblacion Annex in Barangay Poblacion of Malasin, Municipality of Dupax del Norte, Province of Nueva Vizcaya are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the newly converted national high school, now known as the Dupax del Norte National High School.

Sec. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of the newly converted national high school now known as the Dupax del Norte National High School. The current year's appropriation of the mother school situated in Barangay Lamo, Municipality of Dupax del Norte, Province of Nueva Vizcaya shall be absorbed by and remain with the now renamed Lamo National High School. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of both the Dupax del Norte National High School and the Lamo National High School shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Sec. 4. Republic Act No. 9779, entitled "An Act Changing the Name of Lamo National High School in Barangay Lamo, Municipalityof Dupax del Norte, Province of Nueva Vizcaya to Dupax del Norte National High School", is hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

KNKLW'M.T)1HL©N FELICIANO BELMONTE JR. 'resident of the Senate Speaker of the House ofRepresentatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on February 23, 2015 and February 2' 2016, respectively.

OSOXR'&TY tMJE.S Marilyn or BARu^yvAP Secretary of the Senate Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved:

BENIGNO S. AQUINO HI President of the Philippines

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