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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1239
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1239 -
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF IMELDA IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
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WHEREAS, it
is the desiredm of the State to afford every opportunity to speed-up
the pace of progress throughout the land, particularly the areas where
both political and economic consideration among others, constitute a
serious impediment to the early realization of the goals of the New
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WHEREAS, there is that imperative necessity to create self-reliant
communities for the purpose of maximizing the efficacy of law and order
as will facilitate full development thereof, as it has been the
perennial clamor of the residents therein for they stand to benefit
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WHEREAS, the creation of the proposed municipality will redound and
contribute greatly to the pacification drive to restore normalcy in the
area.
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:cralaw:red
Section 1. Barangays Little Baguio, Lumbog, Canaan,
Sta. Barbara, Sta. Fe, Upper Baloran and Lower Baloran, all in the
Municipality of Malangas and Barangays San Jose, Ganiangan, Lumpanac,
La Victoria, Guintolan, Balungisan, Pulauan, Mali-Little Baguio and
Balian Israel, all in the Municipality of Siay and Barangays Daluyan,
Dumpoc and Balogo, all in the Municipality of Alicia, are hereby
detached and separated from their respective municipalities and
constituted into a distinct and independent municipality to be known as
the Municipality of Imelda in the province of Zamboanga del Sur. The
seat of government in the newly created municipality shall be in
Barangay Sta. Fe.
Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law, now or hereafter applicable to regular
municipalities, shall be applicable to the Municipality of Imelda.
Section 3. The present elective municipal officials
of the Municipality of Malangas shall continue to perform their duties
as such officials in the newly created Municipality of Imelda 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 of Imelda
shall be appointed as provided for under existing laws.
Section 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of Imelda in their obligations, funds, assets, and
other property of the Municipalities of Malangas, Siay and Alicia shall
be transferred by the President to the newly created municipality upon
the recommendation of Commission on Audit.
Section 5. All laws or parts of laws as well as all
executive orders or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed and modified accordingly. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. This decree shall take effect immediately.
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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