AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5864 ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF PI-TOGO IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL."

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1228
• Sections: 5

Preamble

WHEREAS, the people of the Municipality of Pitogo, Province

of Bohol, clamored for the change of their town's name to President Carlos P.

Garcia to perpetuate the memory of Bohol's illustrious son who rose from humble

beginnings to become the fourth President of the Republic of the Philippines,

and first President of the 1971 Constitutional Convention;

WHEREAS, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Bohol passed

Resolution No. 48 dated April 28, 1977, requesting the President to issue a

decree changing the name of Pitogo, Bohol to President Carlos P. Garcia;

WHEREAS, the proposed change of name of the Municipality is

in line with the present national trend of honoring its heroes and men of

remarkable achievements;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby

order and decree;

Section 1

SECTION 1. Republic Act No. 5864 entitled "An Act Creating

The Municipality of Pitogo in the Province of Bohol" is hereby amended by

changing the name of the Municipality of Pitogo to "Municipality of President

Carlos P. Garcia."

Section 2

SEC. 2. Henceforth, Municipality of Pitogo, Province of

Bohol shall, as a political subdivision, be known as "Municipality of President

Carlos P. Garcia" and all transactions, documents, laws, decrees, court orders,

or decisions, ordinances, resolutions, and all other papers bearing the name of

Pitogo, Bohol, shall be understood to mean "Municipality of Carlos P.

Garcia."

Section 3

SEC. 3. All laws, decrees, proclamations, executive orders

and ordinances inconsistent with this Decree are hereby modified, amended or

repealed accordingly.

Section 4

SEC. 4. This Decree shall take effect one month after its

publication in the Official Gazette.

Done in the City of Manila, Philippines this 27th day of October, in the year

of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive

Assistant