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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 840
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 840 -
REORGANIZING THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE PROVINCE OF BASILAN,
CONVERTING BASILAN CITY INTO THE MUNICIPALITY OF ISABELA, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS,
the Province of Basilan is at present subdivided into political units
of a size and number not complementary to the size of the area;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to render the territorial partition of the Province
of Basilan, under Presidential Decrees No. 356 and No. 593, more
responsive to the pacification, rehabilitation and total development
program for the area; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to effect a more viable political status for the
Province of Basilan, a new subdivision of the province is consequently
in order; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution do hereby
order and decree as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. The City of Basilan is abolished and the
province of Basilan is the territory embracing the whole island of
Basilan and the adjacent islands, with the capital seat in the
municipality of Isabela.
The province shall be comprised of seven (7) municipalities hereby
organized as follows:cralaw:red
1. The municipality of Isabela shall comprise the
areas covered by the former City of Basilan, and the former
municipalities of Isabela and Malamawi;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. The municipality of Lantawan shall comprise the
areas covered by the municipality of Lantawan and the former
municipality of Pilas;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3. The municipality of Sumisip shall comprise the
areas covered by the municipality of Sumisip and the former
municipality of Tapiantana;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4. The municipality of Maluso;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
5. The municipality of Tipo-Tipo;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
6. The municipality of Lamitan;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
7. The municipality of Tuburan. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all
provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to regular provinces
shall be applicable to the province of Basilan.
Section 3. The Regional Commissioner of Region IX is
hereby authorized to reappoint, redesignate or reassign employees of
the provincial and municipal governments and to recommend to the
President of the Philippines the reappointment, redesignation or
reassignment of incumbent elective officials such that the governmental
framework in the province remains unimpaired and effective. Such
employees and officials reappointed, redesignated or reassigned shall
hold office until their successors shall have been appointed or elected
in accordance with the law, unless sooner removed for cause by the
Regional Commissioner in the case of employees of the provincial and
municipal governments, or by the President of the Philippines upon the
recommendation of the Regional Commissioner in the case of elective
officials. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. Employees of the National Government
assigned in the Province of Basilan shall be reappointed, redesignated
or reassigned in accordance with the provisions of appropriate law.
Section 5. The amount of one million seven hundred
twenty thousand pesos (P1,720,000.00) is hereby authorized to be
appropriated from funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
Section 6. The Regional Commissioner is hereby
authorized to reallocate or reassign the use of existing properties,
buildings, equipment and other effects of the provincial and municipal
governments to the different municipalities until such time as the
formal turnover of these properties to the pertinent political
subdivisions is finalized in accordance with applicable administrative
rules or regulations therefor.
Section 7. This Decree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-five.
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