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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 302
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 302
- CREATING THE PROVINCE OF TAWI-TAWI
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WHEREAS, a
fundamentalm of the government is the economic development of the
entire country;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the islands comprising the Tawi-Tawi group are so distant from
the seat of the provincial government of Sulu and communication
facilities so inadequate that it is extremely difficult to administer
the government affairs in the area;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the effective implementation of the programs of government on
rehabilitation, reconstruction and development depends primarily on
administrative efficiency on the local government level; and
WHEREAS, it is the avowed policy of the government to uplift the
socio-economic well-being of the inhabitants in the area that is
generally known as the Tawi-Tawi group;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated 21 September 1972, and General
Order No. 1, dated 22 September 1972, as amended, do hereby order and
decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. The following municipalities in the
Tawi-Tawi group:cralaw:red
a) South Ubian e)
Balimbing
b) Tandubas f)
Bungao
c) Simunul g)
Cagayan de Sulu
d) Sitangkai h)
Turtle Island
are hereby removed from the territorial jurisdiction of the Province of
Sulu and constituted into a separate province to be known as the
Province of Tawi-Tawi.
Section 2. The Provincial Capital of the Province of
Tawi-Tawi shall be Bato-Bato, Balimbing. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to regular provinces
shall be applicable to the Province of Tawi-Tawi.
Section 4. The present elective provincial officials
of the province of Sulu shall continue to perform their duties as such
officials in the province herein created until the provincial officials
of the said province shall have been appointed by the President. Such
officials thus appointed 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 organized or
to complete the government personnel of the province herein created
shall be appointed as provided by law.
Section 5. The province herein created shall remain
part of the present representative district of Sulu until a law shall
have been passed re-apportioning the representative districts pursuant
to Article VIII. Section 2 of the Constitution.
Section 6. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of Tawi-Tawi in the obligations, funds, assets and
other properties of the Province of Sulu shall be transferred by the
President to the province herein created upon the recommendation of the
Auditor General. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 27th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and Seventy-Three.
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