QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 3426)
RA 3426 creates the Municipality of Magsaysay in the Province of Palawan by separating specific barrios from the Municipality of Cuyo.
Los Angeles, Rizal, Lucbuan, Igabas, Imilod, Balaguen, Danawan, Cocoro, Patonga, Tagawayan Island, Siparay Island, and Canipo.
All barrios listed in Section 1 of RA 3426, namely: Los Angeles, Rizal, Lucbuan, Igabas, Imilod, Balaguen, Danawan, Cocoro, Patonga, Tagawayan Island, Siparay Island, and Canipo.
It states that the barrios are separated from the Municipality of Cuyo and constituted into a distinct and independent municipality.
The new municipality is known as the Municipality of Magsaysay.
It is in the present site of the barrio of Danawan.
They are separated from the Municipality of Cuyo, Province of Palawan.
It was enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.
It takes effect upon the election of the new municipal officials in the general elections for local officials in November of 1963.
No. Section 2 provides that the act takes effect upon the election of new municipal officials in the November 1963 local elections, meaning the new municipality becomes operative at that election point.
It indicates the law became effective as enacted despite not receiving Executive approval, following the constitutional mechanism for enactment without approval.
RA 3426 is dated June 18, 1961, and it was enacted without Executive approval on that date.
Section 1.
Section 2.
Based on the wording, effectivity is tied to the election of new municipal officials; thus, the operative effect would likely correspond to the occurrence of those elections.