QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 3420)
RA 3420 creates the Municipality of Surallah in the Province of Cotabato by separating specified barrios (and their sitios) from an existing municipality and constituting them into a new, distinct and independent municipality.
The Act enumerates the barrios: Centrallah, Sinolon, New Dumangas, Veterans, Lake Sebu, Lambongtong, Soluton, Lamian, Lamla-at, and Lahit (including listed sitios).
Yes. Section 1 includes specific sitios under the barrios listed, such as Ladiana (West Base Camp), Colongolo, Tubi-Ala, Bayabas, Head Sapali, Tabodtod, and others.
The seat of government is at the present site of the Barrio of Centrallah.
It provides a boundary description using landmark references and directional/route instructions (e.g., highways, roads, cemeteries, farm roads, rivers) and ends by reference to a plan of the province.
Rivers are used as boundary references, such as Sapali River and Allah River (with directions based on following the course of the river).
The boundary ultimately follows to and is tied to the boundary of Isulan Municipality, as indicated in the plan of the province.
It takes effect upon the election of the new municipal officials in the general elections for local officials in November 1963.
Although the law was enacted in 1961, it does not immediately create a fully functioning municipal government; its effect is tied to the scheduled election of officials in November 1963.
It indicates the bill became law without the President’s approval, likely due to the constitutional legislative process (e.g., lapse of time without action, or overriding/other mechanism depending on the circumstances).
It legally transfers those specified political units out of the former municipality and places them under a new municipal government as a separate local government unit.
It declares the new Municipality of Surallah as a “distinct and independent municipality.”
Typical elements include the name of the municipality, the territorial composition (barrios/sitios), the seat of government, and boundary description, plus effectivity provisions. RA 3420 provides all these: name (Surallah), territorial separation (barrios/sitios), seat (Centrallah), boundaries (route and river references), and effectivity (elections in Nov 1963).
They serve as reference points for identifying the limits of the municipality on the ground, allowing the boundary to be traced through specified locations.
It means the textual description is supplemented by (or clarified through) an official provincial plan; for disputes, the plan and the described landmarks/rules must be consulted together to determine the intended boundaries.