WHEREAS,
the Katipunan Ng Mga Sangguniang Bayan petitions that the Metropolitan
Manila area shall be considered as a separate region for purposes of
administrative field organization of the various departments and
agencies of the national government;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, at present the Metropolitan Manila area is embraced in Region
No. 4 under the Integrated Reorganization Plan;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, Region No. 4 is hereby divided into two regions to be
known as Region No. 4 and Region No. 4-A.
Region No. 4 shall comprise the Metropolitan Manila area as
contemplated in Presidential Decree No. 824, with the regional center
either in Manila or Quezon City.
Region No. 4-A shall comprise the towns of Rizal not included in
Metropolitan Manila and the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas,
Quezon, Aurora (sub-province), Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental
Mindoro, Romblon and Palawan, and the cities of Batangas, Cavite, Lipa,
Lucena, San Pablo, Tagaytay, Trece Martires and Puerto Princesa. Until
otherwise decreed, the regional center for Region No. 4-A shall be in
Metropolitan Manila. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. All laws, decrees, order or regulations
inconsistent herewith are hereby amended or repealed accordingly.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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