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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1236
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1236 -
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAKEWOOD IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL
SUR
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WHEREAS,
self-reliant communities are a must in line with the intensified
governmental development projects geared toward the hastening up of the
pace of economic development throughout the country; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the primordialm of development can be best achieved by the
creation of local government units which could, through faster
administrative response, greatly contribute to the social, cultural and
economic needs of our people;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the execution of said programs, close supervision by local
officials is a necessity not only to enhance the development of the
areas involved but simultaneously to insure peace and order therein;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree, as part of the law of the land, the following: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Barangays Gatub and Bagong Kahayag, both
in the Municipality of Kumalarang and Barangays Lakewood, Bolalawan,
Sebugay, Bisuangan, Lokoan, Backing, Dagum, Sapang Pinolis, Tubod,
Gasa, Tiwales and Matalang, all in the Municipality of Lapuyan, are
hereby detached and separated from their respective municipalities and
constituted into a distinct and independent municipality to be known as
the Municipality of Lakewood, in the province of Zamboanga del Sur. The
seat of government of the newly created municipality shall be in
Barangay Lakewood.
Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law, now of hereafter applicable to regular
municipalities, shall be applicable to the Municipality of
Lakewood. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The present elective municipal officials
of the Municipality of Lapuyan shall continue to perform their duties
as such officials in the newly created Municipality of Lakewood until
the municipal officials of said municipality shall have been appointed
by the President. Such officials so appointed shall hold office until
their successors shall have been elected in the regular elections for
municipal officials, following the issuance of this Decree and shall
have qualified, unless sooner removed at the pleasure of the President.
Such appointive officers and employees as may be necessary to organize
or to complete the government personnel of the Municipality for under
existing laws.
Section 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of Lakewood in the obligations, funds, assets and
other property of the Municipalities of Kumalarang and Lapuyan shall be
transferred by the President to the newly created municipality upon the
recommendation of the Commission on Audit.
Section 5. All laws or parts of laws as well as
executive orders or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 6. This Decree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-seven.
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