Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Las Pi帽as North Municipal High School in Barangay Pulanglupa II, Las Pi帽as, Metro Manila, shall be converted into an independent high school to be known as the Las Pi帽as North National High School.

SEC. 2. All the assets, movable and immovable, records and personnel of the Las Pi帽as North Municipal High School, as well its liabilities or obligations, are hereby transferred to the Las Pi帽as North National High School: Provided, however, That the positions, rights and security of tenure of personnel therein employed under existing laws are not impaired.

SEC. 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, Lapsed into law on March 3, 1997, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.