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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1663
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1663 -
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF NEW PANAMAO, IN THE PROVINCE OF SULU
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WHEREAS, it
is the fundamentalm of the State to provide every possible opportunity
and facility to accelerate the pace of progress throughout the land
with emphasis not only in area where economic development lagged but
likewise in place where political consideration, among others,
constitute a serious impediment to the early realization of thems and
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WHEREAS, creation of municipalities, through division of existing
municipalities, would not only enhance the development of the areas
involved for projects intended for development would be given closer
attention and supervision by local officials but would also ensure
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WHEREAS, the necessity is imperative to create by division, the
Municipality of New Panamao, out of the existing Municipality of
Panamao (Old) so as to maximize the efficacy of law and order thereat
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WHEREAS, the creation of the Municipality of New Panamao will benefit
economically, socially and politically the residents of the area or
areas affected.
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 and make as part of the law of
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Section 1. Panamao in the Province of Sulu shall
remain a municipality, exercising powers and discharging functions over
the areas specified in the law of its creation, except the barangays of
Gagguil, Kamih Pungud, Libug-Kabaw, Punay, Gata-gata, Tiptipon,
Pandakan and Lubok-lubok, all of the aforesaid municipality, which are
hereby segregated therefrom to constitute a separate and independent
municipality to be known as the Municipality of New Panamao, also in
the Province of Sulu.
Section 2. The seat of government of the Municipality
of New Panamao shall be in Barangay Punay.
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 New
Panamao.
Section 4. The present elective municipal officials
of the Municipality of Panamao shall continue to perform their duties
as such officials in the newly created Municipality of New Panamao
until the municipal officials of said municipality shall have been
appointed by the President or elected in the regular elections for
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 New
Panamao shall be appointed as provided for under existing laws.
Section 5. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of the New Municipality of New Panamao in the
obligations, funds, assets and other property of the Municipality of
Panamao shall be transferred by the President to the newly created
municipality upon the recommendation of the Commission on Audit.
Section 6. All laws or part of laws as well as all
executive orders or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Eighty.
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