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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1087
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1087 -
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAPA-SAPA IN THE PROVINCE OF TAWI-TAWI
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WHEREAS, it
has been the clamor of the residents of the proposed municipality with
the conformity of the local officials thereat, to create the proposed
municipality, so as to accelerate the development and rehabilitation
programs of the locality;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the effective implementation of the declared programs of the
government on development hinges primarily on the administrative
efficiency of each and every local government units;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the proposed municipality will become a self-reliant community
once intensified government projects are made in line with the declared
policy of the government to enhance the pace of economic development
throughout the country;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby order and decree, as part of the law of the
land, the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Barangays Sapa-Sapa, Baldatal Islam,
Banaran Tong-gusong, Banaran Lookan, Lakit-Lakit, Dalo-Dalo, Mantabuan
Tabunan, Tapian Boheh, Labuan, Gadjaminah Palate, Likud Sicubong, Laum
Sicubong, Buton, Kohec and Malanta, all in the municipality of
Tandubas, in the province of Tawi-Tawi, are hereby detached and
separated therefrom to form and constitute into a distinct and
independent municipality which is hereby created to be known as the
municipality of Sapa-Sapa without affecting in any manner the legal
existence of the Municipality of Tandubas.
Section 2. The seat of government of the newly
created municipality shall be in Barangay Sapa-Sapa.
Section 3. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law, now or hereafter applicable to regular
municipalities shall be applicable to the new municipality of Sapa-Sapa.
Section 4. The present elective officials of the
Municipality of Tandubas shall perform their duties as such in the
newly created municipality until the officials of the latter shall have
been duly appointed by the President and they shall hold office until
their successors shall have been elected in the election for provincial
and municipal officials following the issuance of this decree, and
shall have qualified, 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 Sapa-Sapa shall be appointed as provided for under existing laws.
Section 5. Upon effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of the new municipality of Sapa-Sapa in the
obligations, funds, assets and other property of the municipality of
Tandubas shall be transferred by the President to the newly created
municipality upon recommendation of the Commission on Audit.
Section 6. All laws or parts of laws as well as
executive orders or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 4th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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