Article XIX
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. This Organic Act shall be officially promulgated in Filipino and English and translated into the languages or dialects widely spoken in the Autonomous Region. In case of conflict, the English text shall prevail.
Sec. 2. For purposes of qualification for any elective or appointive public office in the Cordillera Autonomous Region, the person to be elected or appointed must have resided in the region for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the election or appointment.
Sec. 3. The Congress, may, upon recommendation of the Cordillera Assembly, adopt a new name for the Cordillera Autonomous Region.
Sec. 4. The Cordillera Assembly may provide for just compensation for barangay or ili officials.
Sec. 5. The Cordillera Assembly shall devise a system providing that salary rates of employees shall not be lower than the poverty line as determined by competent authority.
Sec. 6. The Regional Government shall have a regional emblem and hymn.
Sec. 7. The Cordillera Assembly may establish a Veterans, Retirees and Senior Citizens Affairs Office, and provide for the composition, compensation, qualifications, term of office, functions, and manner of appointment of the members.
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