QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11294)
The text discusses Republic Act No. 11294, entitled an act creating a barangay to be known as Barangay Masao in the Municipality of Tungawan, Province of Zamboanga Sibugay.
Barangay Masao is created in the Municipality of Tungawan, Province of Zamboanga Sibugay.
It specifies that Barangay Masao is bounded on the North by Barangay Baluran; on the East by Sibuguey Bay; and on the South and Southwest by Barangay Libertad, and by Barangay Timbabauan, all within Tungawan Municipality.
The law references the Tungawan Cadastre, PB-09-000019 (as stated in Section 2).
They provide the technical description of Barangay Masao’s perimeter boundaries by identifying starting and successive points with bearings and distances.
The area is stated as 4,318,410 square meters, more or less.
The plebiscite was conducted and supervised by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) pursuant to Provincial Ordinance No. 12, series of 1991, dated October 8, 1991 of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Zamboanga del Sur.
It was proclaimed as ratified by the Plebiscite Board of Canvassers on December 2, 1994.
The incumbent barangay officials shall continue to hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
All existing public infrastructure and facilities for public use therein at the time of approval are transferred without cost or compensation to, and administered by, the new barangay.
Section 285 of RA 7160, as amended.
Barangay Masao shall be entitled to IRA shares pursuant to Section 285 of the Local Government Code.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Section 3 declares that the already conducted and supervised plebiscite serves as substantial compliance with the plebiscite requirement under Section 10 of the Local Government Code. This helps validate the barangay’s creation despite challenges that might arise from procedural timing or formalities.
First, it provides continuity for incumbent barangay officials until successors are elected and qualified (Section 4). Second, it provides for transfer and administration of existing public facilities to the new barangay (Section 5), and for fiscal support through IRA (Section 6).