Question & AnswerQ&A (BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 141)
The main purpose of Batas Pambansa Blg. 141 is to create the Municipality of Banisilan in the Province of North Cotabato by separating certain barangays from the Municipality of Carmen.
The barangays separated from the Municipality of Carmen to form the Municipality of Banisilan are Kalawaeg, Gastao, Paradise, Malinao, Camalig, Pinamulaan, Pantar, Busaon, Tinimbacan, Nalagap, Salama, and Banisilan.
The Municipality of Banisilan will be officially created subject to the approval of the majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite held in the affected areas.
The President of the Philippines shall appoint the Mayor and members of the Sangguniang Bayan of the new Municipality of Banisilan.
They shall hold office at the pleasure of the President or until their successors shall have been elected in the next general elections for local officials and have qualified.
The Commission on Elections is tasked to conduct and supervise the plebiscite mentioned in the law to approve the creation of the Municipality of Banisilan.
The plebiscite must be held within one hundred twenty (120) days from the approval of the Act creating the Municipality of Banisilan.
The expenses for holding the plebiscite shall be charged to local funds.
The seat of government will be in the present site of Barangay Banisilan.
The boundary is defined by geographic markers including rivers such as Malitubog River and Maridagao River, provincial boundaries (Cotabato-Lanao del Sur and Bukidnon), and points like the peak of Kitubod Range, with a detailed description starting from the intersection of Malitubog River and Cotabato-Lanao del Sur provincial boundary.