Presidential Decree No. 1331 (PD 1331) — Creating Barangay Manuyo Dos in the Municipality of Las Piñas, Metro-Manila
WHEREAS, the fundamental aim of the State is to hasten up
the pace of socio-economic development throughout the country;
WHEREAS, the effective implementation of the declared
programs of the government on development hinges primarily on the administrative
efficiency of each and every local government units;
WHEREAS, it has been the clamor of the residents of the
proposed barangay with the conformity of the elective officials of the locality
to create the new barangay so as to achieve a closer supervision of the
execution of the developmental programs of the locality;
WHEREAS, the creation of the proposed barangay will redound
and contribute greatly to the upliftment of the socio-economic well-being of the
residents therein;
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 part of the law of the land, the following:
SECTION 1. The following subdivisions known as Canaynay,
Olivarez-Guevarra and Gatchalian in Barangay Manuyo, in the Municipality of Las
Piñas, Metro Manila, is hereby detached and separated therefrom to form and
constitute into a distinct and independent barangay which is created to be known
as Barangay Manuyo Dos without affecting in any manner the legal existence of
the mother barangay.
SEC. 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all provisions of
law, now or hereafter applicable to regular barangays, shall be applicable to
Barangay Manuyo Dos.
SEC. 3. The present elective barangay officials of Barangay
Manuyo shall continue to perform their duties as such officials in the newly
created Barangay Manuyo Dos until the barangay officials of said barangay shall
have been appointed by the President. Such officials so appointed shall hold
office until their successors shall have been elected in the regular elections
for barangay 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 maybe necessary to organize or to complete
the government personnel of Barangay Manuyo Dos shall be appointed as provided
for under existing laws.
SEC. 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the
proportionate share of Barangay Manuyo Dos in the obligations, funds, assets and
other property of Barangay Manuyo shall be transferred by the President to the
newly created barangay upon the recommendation of the Commission on Audit.
SEC. 5. All laws or parts of laws as well as all executive
orders or regulations, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant
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