Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 402)
The main purpose of Executive Order No. 402 is to create the Municipality of Mutia in the Province of Zamboanga del Norte by segregating certain barrios and sitios from the Municipality of New PiAan and organizing them into an independent municipality.
The barrios and sitios segregated are Salvacion, Tinglan Buenasuerte, Dilac, New Foundland, Pamocloran, Totongan, Tubac, New Casul, and New Siquijor.
The Municipality of Mutia was created pursuant to the provisions of Section Sixty-Eight of the Revised Administrative Code and upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Zamboanga del Norte.
The seat of government of the Municipality of Mutia is the barrio of Salvacion.
The boundaries start from municipal boundary monument No. 3 of Dapitan and New PiAan municipalities, then proceed in a straight line through various points including municipal boundary monument No. 4, Km. No. 324.000 of the New PiAan-Salvacion-Sibulan Road, intersection of longitude 123° 2' and Sisoy River, upstream along Sisoy River until the provincial boundary of Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Norte, due north following the provincial boundary until latitude 8° 25', then due west back to municipal boundary monument No. 3.
The Municipality of Mutia begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, majority of the councilors, and upon certification by the Secretary of Finance that the municipality is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law, meeting statutory obligations, and providing essential services.
The Secretary of Finance must certify that the Municipality of Mutia is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law, providing for all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services, and that the mother municipality of New PiAan can still maintain its government and contractual obligations after segregation.
The Municipality of New PiAan shall have its present territory minus the portions that are included in the territory of the Municipality of Mutia as delimited by the Executive Order.
Executive Order No. 402 was signed by President Carlos P. Garcia and certified by Executive Secretary Natalio P. Castillo.
The Provincial Board of Zamboanga del Norte recommended the creation through Resolution No. 70 dated March 11, 1960, and the sketch plan or map was prepared by the Office of the Highway District Engineer of Zamboanga del Norte.