WHEREAS,
the creation of the Municipality of New Panamao for the purpose of
accelerating the economic development of the municipalities affected
and making it responsive to the present campaign for peace and order in
the New Society was made possible by Presidential Decree No. 1663;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the implementation of said Decree, a consensus has been
reached among the constituents concerned that the name of New Panamao
be changed to Panglima Estino and that further reconstitution of
barangays be made to preserve their integrity as political and social
units;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, said reconstitution will benefit economically, socially and
politically the residents thereat and serve to enhance even further the
attainment of the goals for which Presidential Decree No. 1663 was
intended;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Constitution
do hereby amend Presidential Decree No. 1663 as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Barangays Marsada, Paiksa and Likba, all
in the municipality of old Panamao and Barangay Jinggan in the
municipality of Talipao are hereby detached and separated therefrom,
and included among the barangays transferred to the Municipality of New
Panamao, province of Sulu under Presidential Decree No. 1663.
Section 2. Henceforth, the Municipality of New
Panamao, Province of Sulu shall, as political subdivision, be known as
"Municipality of Panglimao Estino and all transactions, documents,
laws, decrees, court orders, or decisions, ordinances, resolutions, and
all other papers bearing the name of New Panamao, Sulu, shall be
understood to mean "Municipality of Panglima Estino".
Section 3. The present elective officials of the
barangays covered in Section 1 hereof shall continue to perform their
duties as such officials until their successors shall have been elected
in the regular elections for Barangay officials following the issuance
of this Decree and shall have qualified.
Section 4. All laws, decrees, executive orders,
ordinances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 2nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-one.
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