Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 2227)
Republic Act No. 2227 creates the Province of Southern Leyte by segregating certain municipalities from the Third Representative District of Leyte and constituting them into a separate province.
The municipalities included are Maasin, Macrohon, Padre Burgos, Malitbog, Bontoc, Sogod, Libagon, Liloan, Pintuyan, San Francisco, Saint Bernard, Cabalian, Anahawan, Hinundayan, Hinunangan, and Silago.
After the creation of Southern Leyte, the remaining part of the present Province of Leyte shall continue to be known as Leyte.
The provincial capital of Southern Leyte shall be the town of Maasin.
They shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments and shall hold office until their successors are elected in the next regular election and have qualified.
Southern Leyte shall have one Representative in the House of Representatives.
The Fourth, Fifth, First, and Second Representative Districts of Leyte shall be known as the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Representative Districts of Leyte, respectively.
The President of the Philippines, upon the recommendation of the Auditor General, shall divide the obligations, funds, assets, and other properties proportionately between the two provinces.
All provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to regularly organized provinces shall apply to Southern Leyte except as otherwise provided in the Act.
This Act took effect on the first day of July, 1960.