An Act Creating the Municipality of Dumaran in the Province of Palawan
Year:
1961
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 18, 1961
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This Act establishes the Municipality of Dumaran in the Province of Palawan by separating certain barrios from neighboring municipalities. It also specifies that the new municipality will have its seat of government at the site of the barrio of Dumaran.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 3418
An Act Creating the Municipality of Dumaran in the Province of Palawan
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. The barrios of Dumaran, San Juan, Bacao, Calasag and Bohol in the Municipality of Araceli; the barrios of Ilian, Capayas, and Leguit in the Municipality of Roxas; and the barrios of Danleg and Pangolasian in the Municipality of Taytay, all in the province of Palawan, are separated from the said municipalities, and are constituted into a distinct and independent municipality, to be known as the Municipality of Dumaran, with the seat of government at the site of the barrio of Dumaran.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon the election of the new officials in the general elections for local officials in November of nineteen hundred and sixty-three.
Approved: June 18, 1961.
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