QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 6398)
Republic Act No. 6398, enacted on September 17, 1971, separates the Subprovince of Siquijor from the Province of Oriental Negros and establishes Siquijor as an independent province.
The subprovince of Siquijor is separated from the Province of Oriental Negros.
Municipality of Larena.
After a plebiscite is held and coincides with the national or local elections immediately following the approval of the Act, provided the majority of votes cast in Siquijor favor separation.
A majority of the votes cast in the Subprovince of Siquijor must favor separation from Oriental Negros in the plebiscite.
In the same plebiscite, registered electors are asked which of the six municipalities they choose as the capital; the municipality with the highest number of votes is certified by the Commission on Elections and then proclaimed by the President.
“Which of the six municipalities of the Province of Siquijor do you choose as the capital of the Province of Siquijor” and each elector writes the municipality name he chooses.
Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the certification.
They automatically become the provincial officials of the Province of Siquijor and hold office until their successors are elected and qualified.
The Province of Siquijor shall compose the present territory of the Subprovince of Siquijor.
The provisions of the Administrative Code and other laws, insofar as they are applicable to a regularly organized province, apply to its government, operation, and officials.
The Member of the House of Representatives for the Province of Siquijor shall be elected in the next presidential elections.
The present Representative for the Second District of Oriental Negros shall continue to represent the new Province of Siquijor during his term of office.
They become the property of and/or be assigned to the Province of Siquijor upon establishment.
The fiscal, sub-provincial assessor, division superintendent of schools, and district engineer.
Yes. All other appointive officials continue to hold their respective offices, though their office heads retain their positions with corresponding changes in official designations.
Upon the election of the officials of the new province in the general elections for local officials in 1971.
Siquijor is not entitled to any delegate as a separate province, but continues as part of the Second Congressional District of the Province of Negros Oriental.