QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 3357)
Republic Act No. 3357 is titled “AN ACT CREATING CERTAIN BARRIOS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NULING, PROVINCE OF COTABATO.” It converts certain sitios in Nuling, Cotabato into barrios.
Certain sitios in the Municipality of Nuling, Province of Cotabato are converted into barrios of the same municipality.
1) Sitio Tambo → Barrio Tambo; 2) Sitio Olas → Barrio Olas; 3) Sitio Bungabong → Barrio Bungabong; 4) Sitio Tuka → Barrio Tuka; 5) Sitio Panambacan → Barrio Panambacan; 6) Sitio Tiduran → Barrio Tiduran; 7) Sitio Nara → Barrio Nara; 8) Sitio Tula-Tula → Barrio Tula-Tula; 9) Sitio Baiiatin → Barrio Banatin; 10) Sitio Kurmatan → Barrio Kurmatan.
The Municipality of Nuling, Province of Cotabato.
It legally converts enumerated sitios into barrios within the municipality, thereby changing their administrative/local government classification.
The affected communities are placed under the barangay-barrio administrative category recognized by law for local governance, with barrio status established by legislative action.
Ten (10) sitios are converted into barrios.
Section 1.
This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
The law was enacted without Executive approval, but per the notice it was enacted June 18, 1961. Students should connect this with the Act’s stated effectivity upon approval and interpret the enactment note as indicating it became operative by legislative enactment rather than Executive signature.
June 18, 1961.
Sitio Baiiatin is converted into Barrio Banatin (spelling differs as written).
It shows the law applies only to the specifically enumerated sitios and provides clear identification of which areas gain barrio status.
Because it establishes governmental boundaries/units through legal authority, enabling proper recognition for governance structures, record-keeping, and local administration.
It appears in “58 OG No. 23, 4270 (June 4, 1962)” as shown in the document’s header.