CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF LUGUS IN THE PROVINCE OF SULU

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1734
• Sections: 7

Preamble

WHEREAS, to hasten the pace of socio-economic development of

the country, especially in Muslim Mindanao area, is a basic objective of the

State;

WHEREAS, the primordial aim of development can be best

achieved by the creation of local government units which could, through faster

administrative response, greatly contribute to the social, educational, cultural

and economic needs of the residents of the proposed municipality;

WHEREAS, the creation of the municipality of Lugus in Sulu

province will greatly redound to the benefits of the inhabitants therein and

greatly contribute to the pacification drive of the government towards

normalization in the area;

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

Philippines, by virtue of the Philippines, by virtue of the power in me vested

by the Constitutions, do hereby order and decree, as part of the law of the

land, the following:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Barangays Bas-Lugus, Witwit, Bas Numuk, Larap,

Mantam, Lugusan, Gapas, Pa-et, Alu Duyung, Laha, Alu, Kayawan, Bas Mangkallay,

Kayawan Subah, and Tingkangan, all in the Municipality of Tapul, Province of

Sulu, are hereby detached and separated from said Municipality and constituted

and created into a separate, distinct and independent municipality to be known

as the Municipality of Lugus, Province of Sulu, without effecting in any manner

the legal existence of the mother Minicipality shall be in Barangay Alu, and

that of the Municipality of Tapul shall be in Barangay Kalang.

Section 2

SEC. 2. Except as hereinafter provided, all

provisions of law, now or hereafter applicable to regular municipalities, shall

be applicable to the Municipality of Lugus.

Section 3

SEC. 3. The present elective municipal officials of the

Municipality of Tapul shall continue to perform their duties as such officials

in the newly created Municipality of Lugus until the municipal officials of the

latter municipality shall have been appointed by the President. Such officials

so appointed in the regular elections for municipal officials following the

issuance of this Decree and shall have qualified, unless sooner removed, at

pleasure, by the President. Such appointive officers and employees personnel of

the Municipality of Lugus shall be appointed as provided for under

existing laws.

Section 4

SEC. 4. Upon the effectivity of this Decree, the

proportionate share of Lugus in the obligations, funds, assets and other

property of the Municipality of Tapul shall be transferred by the President to

the newly created municipality upon the recommendation of the Commission of

Audit.

Section 5

SEC.5. All laws or parts of laws as well as all executive

orders or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified

accordingly.

Section 6

SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 23rd day of October, in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive

Assistant