Title
Creation of Salvador Benedicto Municipality
Law
Batas Pambansa Blg. 336
Decision Date
Feb 9, 1983
The creation of the Municipality of Salvador Benedicto in the Province of Negros Occidental is established through Batas Pambansa Blg. 336, with defined boundaries and the seat of government designated in Barangay Igmaya-an, pending ratification through a plebiscite.

Q&A (BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 336)

An Act Creating the Municipality of Salvador Benedicto in the Province of Negros Occidental.

Barangay Pandanon and Barangay Igmaya-an in the Municipality of Murcia; portions of Barangay Lalong and Barangay Marcelo in the Municipality of Calatrava; and Barangay Bunga, Barangay Kumaliskis, and a portion of Barangay Prosperidad in the City of San Carlos.

The Province of Negros Occidental.

Barangay Igmaya-an.

The boundary starts from the junction of Bago River and Pandanon River, follows Pandanon River upstream, passes Mt. Mandalagan, traverses mountain ridges and points on logging roads, follows the Bago River downstream, and returns to the starting point. It contains an area of approximately 17,056 hectares.

The President of the Philippines.

After ratification by the majority of votes cast in a plebiscite conducted within 120 days from the approval of the Act.

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC).

Local funds.

Upon its approval on February 9, 1983.


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