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PD 531 Section 1

PD 531 Section 1

Integration of city/municipal police and fire departments and jails in other provinces.

Section 1

SECTION 1. Integration of city/municipal police and fire departments and jails in other provinces. — All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the city/municipal police and fire departments and jails in the following provinces, as they are presently constituted and organized, are hereby integrated into law enforcement units to be known as indicated: All municipalities of the Province of Benguet, including the City of Baguio, to be known as the Benguet Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of La Union, to be known as the La Union Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of Bataan, to be known as the Bataan Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of Rizal, except the municipalities of Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Marikina, Pasig, Pateros, Taguig, Navotas and Malabon, to be known as the Rizal Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of Cavite, including the Cities of Cavite, Trece Martires and Tagaytay, to be known as the Cavite Integrated Police Force; All the municipalities of the Province of Batangas, including the Cities of Batangas and Lipa, to be known as the Batangas Integrated Police Force; All the municipalities of the Province of Quezon, including the City of Lucena, to be known as the Quezon Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of Iloilo, including the City of Iloilo and the Subprovince of Guimaras to be known as the Iloilo Integrated Police Force; All the municipalities of the Province of Negros Occidental, including the Cities of Bacolod, Bago, Cadiz, La Carlota, San Carlos and Silay, to be known as the Negros Occidental Integrated Police Force; All the municipalities of the Province of Negros Oriental including the Cities of Bais, Canlaon and Dumaguete, to be known as the Negros Oriental Integrated Police Force; All the municipalities of the province of Leyte, including the Cities of Ormoc and Tacloban, to be known as the Leyte Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of Southern Leyte to be known as the Southern Leyte Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of Davao del Norte, to be known as the Davao del Norte Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of Davao Oriental, to be known as the Davao Oriental Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of Davao del Sur, including the City of Davao, to be known as the Davao del Sur Integrated Police Force; All municipalities of the Province of Lanao del Norte, including the City of Iligan, to be known as the Lanao del Norte Integrated Police Force; and All municipalities of the Province of Lanao del Sur, including the City of Marawi to be known as the Lanao del Sur Integrated Police Force;

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CitationPD 531 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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