QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 2871)
Republic Act No. 2871 is an act creating certain barrios in the Municipality of Anilao, Province of Iloilo.
The law applies to the Municipality of Anilao, Province of Iloilo.
It states that specified sitios are constituted and declared as barrios, each becoming a distinct and independent barrio.
It indicates that the grouped sitios are to be recognized administratively as a separate barrio with its own identity, distinct from other barrios.
Janicaman Ilaya, Dinum-at Bugas, Cantoy, Bobog, H. Lourdes and Buena Lastima.
Binun-an Sulod and Janicaman Ilawod.
Pangpang Norte, Pangpang Sur, Ilawod Sur, Moros, Baluarte and BalaAga-an.
Dangula-an.
San Carlos.
There are 20 barrio names listed in Section 1.
Section 2 provides that the Act shall take effect upon its approval.
It implies the Act was enacted without the Executive’s approval (i.e., it bypassed the usual requirement of Executive approval), while Section 2 still states it takes effect upon approval—creating a practical question of how approval was satisfied procedurally under the constitutional process used at the time.
It was enacted on June 19, 1960, as stated in the Act.
Creating barrios determines the administrative subdivision of municipalities for governance, public administration, and local organization under the local government framework.
Sto. Rosario.