QuestionsQuestions (BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 792)
The law separates the sitios of Muntindilaw, Bulao, San Berga, Mahayhay, Napindan, Dagatan, Valley Golf Club, and part of Victoria Valley from Barangay Mambugan and Dela Paz in the Municipality of Antipolo, Province of Rizal, and constitutes them into a new barangay to be known as Barangay Muntindilaw.
It is separated from Barangay Mambugan and Dela Paz.
The Municipality of Antipolo, Province of Rizal.
By boundaries: NaBulao Creek, Barangay Mambugan, Victoria Valley Avenue, and the municipalities of Taytay and Cainta, and the municipality of Cainta.
It requires using the specific natural and political boundary references listed in the section (e.g., creeks, roads/avenues, and adjacent barangays/municipalities).
No. While the Act is approved on April 27, 1984 and takes effect upon approval, the separation/creation is made subject to ratification in a plebiscite by the majority of votes cast in the affected area within 120 days.
A plebiscite must be conducted in the affected area, and it must be ratified by the majority of the votes cast.
Within one hundred twenty (120) days from the approval of the Act.
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC).
To the appropriations of the Commission on Elections provided in the current annual General Appropriations Act for plebiscites.
The President of the Philippines appoints the first officials, who hold office until their successors are elected and qualified in the next regular barangay election.
The appointed officials serve only until successors are elected and qualified in the next regular barangay election.
It means approval is based on achieving more than half of the votes actually cast in the plebiscite, not necessarily a majority of all registered voters.
The sitios are Muntindilaw, Bulao, San Berga, Mahayhay, Napindan, Dagatan, and Valley Golf Club; and the law also includes part of Victoria Valley.
It states that the Act shall take effect upon its approval.
It does not name the individuals; it provides that the President will appoint the first officials after ratification in the plebiscite.