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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 617
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 617
- AMENDING Section SIX OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUPAX DEL
SUR FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUPAX IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA"
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WHEREAS,
Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred and Seventy-Two, enacted on
August 16, 1971, created the Municipality of Dupax del Sur from the
Municipality of Dupax in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 5 of said Act the new municipality
acquired its corporate existence when in a plebiscite held
simultaneously with the local elections in November 1971, all the
component barrios voted in favor of its creation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, despite its corporate existence, the new municipality cannot
discharge its public functions for want of the necessary officials to
conduct its municipal affairs;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Section 6 of the said Act provides that the first officials of
the new municipality shall be elected in the general elections next
following the plebiscite required in Section 5 thereof;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, upon the effectivity of the New Constitution and in deference
to the sentiments of the people expressed overwhelmingly in the
referendum held in July 1973, the national elections which should
otherwise be held in November 1973 were postponed indefinitely; and
WHEREAS, the residents of the new municipality through their barangays
have expressed their desire for the full implementation of the law
creating their municipality and strongly recommended the appointment of
their first municipal officials by the President of the Philippines.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
amend Section 6 of the Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred and
Seventy-Two to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 6. The first officials of the new municipality
shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines and shall hold
Office until the election and qualification of their successors."
This Decree shall take effect immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 19th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-four.
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