WHEREAS,
the physical distance of Barangay Looy, as the seat of municipal
government, to the center of population of the Municipality of South
Upi, is a factor not conducive to the attainment of the desired
development of the municipality;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Sitio Timanan in Barangay Romoangaob, being centrally located
and more accessible from all points, is an ideal seat of municipal
government.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree the amendment of Section 1 of Presidential Decree No.
1011 dated September 22, 1976, as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 1011
is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 1. Barangays Looy, Bongo, Biarong, Lamud,
Kigan, Pandan, Romoangaob, Basak (Upi side), Pilar, San Jose and Itaw,
all in the Municipality of Upi, Province of Maguindanao, are hereby
detached and separated therefrom to form and constitute a distinct and
independent municipality which is created to be known as the
Municipality of South Upi without affecting in any manner the legal
existence of the mother municipality of Upi. The seat of government of
the newly created municipality shall be in Sitio Timanan in Barangay
Romoangaob."
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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