WHEREAS, it
has been observed that the Municipality of Luuk, province of Sulu,
covers a vast land area wherein the present local officials can hardly
cope with the maintenance of peace and order and the economic
development of the municipality;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accelerate the economic development of said
municipality and to make it responsive to the present drive on peace
and order under the New Society; and
WHEREAS, to attain these goals, it is necessary to divide the present
Municipality of Luuk into two (2) distinct municipalities;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. The Barangays of Kulihon, Tongol, Pangdan,
Pang, Kan Lagay, Niog Niog, Mangal Mangal, Kambing, Karungdong, Pitogo,
Gimbaon, Sucuban, Tigbas, Liyansitan, Kambusi and Niyangkaan, all in
the Municipality of Luuk, Province of Sulu, are hereby separated from
said municipality to form and constitute into a distinct and
independent Municipality of Kalingalan Caluang without affecting in any
manner the legal existence of the mother Municipality of Luuk.
Section 2. The seat of Government of the newly
created municipality shall be in Barangay Karungdong.
Section 3. In case of conflict as to the boundary of
these two municipalities, the dividing line running from west to east
shall be the national road from Barangay Tayuman to Barangay Kan-muni.
All sitios and barangays north of the national road shall belong to the
Municipality of Luuk and all sitios and barangays south of the said
national road to the Municipality of Kalingalan Caluang: Provided,
however, that the entire land area of Barangay Tigbas shall be included
in the newly created municipality.
Section 4. Except as herein provided, all provisions
of law, now or hereafter applicable to regular municipalities, shall be
applicable to the Municipality of Kalingalan Caluang.
Section 5. The present officials of the Municipality
of Luuk shall, upon the effectivity of this Decree, exercise
jurisdiction over the sitios and Barangays not included in the newly
created municipality of Kalingalan Caluang.
Section 6. All officials of the newly created
municipality shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines who
shall hold office until their successors shall have been elected in the
general elections for local officials 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 Kalingalan Caluang shall be appointed as provided
for under existing laws.
Section 7. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of the new Municipality of Kalingalan Caluang in
the obligations, funds, assets and other property of the Municipality
of Luuc shall be transferred by the President to the newly created
municipality upon the recommendation of the Commission on Audit.
Section 8. All laws or parts of laws, as well as
executive orders, that are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
Section 9. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 6th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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