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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7193 - AN ACT
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CULION IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN Section 1. The Islands of Culion Leper Colony, Marily, Sand, Tampel, Lamud, Galoc, Lanka, Tambon, Dunaun, Alava, Chindonan and a small island without a name situated directly south of Chindonan Island in latitude 11º55'N, longitude 12º02'E, comprising the national reservation for lepers in the Province of Palawan as described under Executive Order No. 35, Series of 1912, are hereby constituted into a distinct and independent municipality to be known as the Municipality of Culion. The seat of government of the new municipality shall be in Barangay Balala. Sec. 2. The Municipality of Culion shall be
bounded and described as follows: Sec. 3. The Municipality of Culion shall begin to
exist upon the ratification by the majority of the votes cast in a
plebiscite to be conducted in the areas affected within One hundred
eighty (180) days after approval of this Act. Sec. 4. After the approval of the creation of such municipality in the plebiscite, the mayor, vice-mayor and members of the sangguniang bayan of the new Municipality of Culion shall be elected in the next regular election of local officials. The new municipality shall be considered duly organized upon the assumption of office of the first set of elected local officials. Sec. 5. All laws, decrees, executive orders or regulations contrary to or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. Approved: February 19,
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