REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6861 - AN ACT POSTPONING THE HOLDING OF THE FIRST REGULAR ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR, DEPUTY GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION OF THE CORDILLERAS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 1, ARTICLE XXI OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Section 1, Article XXI of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-seven hundred and sixty-six, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The first regular election for the Cordillera Governor, the Cordillera Deputy Governor and the Members of the Cordillera Assembly shall be held on the first Monday of March 1991. Their terms of office shall begin at noon of the last day of the month next following the proclamation of their election and shall end at noon of the thirty-first day of May 1993. The expenses for the conduct of the election shall be charged against the Contingent Fund; any deficiency shall be taken from the savings of the National Government. The Commission on Elections shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the conduct of said election." SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its complete publication in at least two (2) national newspapers and at least one (1) local newspaper of general circulation in Cordillera provinces and Baguio City.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JOVITO R. SALONGA (Sgd.) RAMON V. MITRA

President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 7, 1990 and March 6, 1990, respectively.

(Sgd.) EDWIN P. ACOBA (Sgd.) QUIRINO D. ABAD SANTOS, JR.

Secretary of the Senate Secretary of the House of Representatives

Approved: March 8, 1990

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines