Section 1
SECTION 1. The Subprovince of Siquijor is hereby declared separated from the Province of Oriental Negros and constituted into a separate and independent province, to be known as the Province of Siquijor, with the Municipality of Larena as the temporary capital of the new province: Provided, That the new province shall acquire corporate existence following a plebiscite to coincide with the national or local elections immediately following the approval of this Act wherein a majority of the votes cast in the Subprovince of Siquijor favor its separation from the Province of Oriental Negros to be constituted into a regular province: Provided, further, That in the said plebiscite the matter of a permanent capital of the new province shall be decided by the registered electors therein. In said plebiscite, the registered electors of said province shall be asked: "Which of the six municipalities of the Province of Siquijor do you choose as the capital of the Province of Siquijor", and each registered elector shall write the name of the municipality which he chooses to be the capital of said province. The municipality chosen by the highest number of votes, as certified by the Commission on Elections, shall be proclaimed by the President of the Philippines as the capital of said province within thirty days after receipt of said certification.