Title
Municipal Districts Declared as Municipalities
Law
Executive Order No. 61
Decision Date
Dec 31, 1963
Diosdado Macapagal's Executive Order No. 61 officially designates the municipal districts of Alilem, Angaki, San Emilio, and Suyo in Ilocos Sur, along with Matungao in Lanao del Norte, as fifth-class municipalities due to their financial viability, effective July 1, 1962.

Covered municipal districts declared municipalities

  • Executive Order No. 61 declares the municipal districts of Alilem, Angaki, San Emilio, and Suyo in Ilocos Sur as municipalities.
  • Executive Order No. 61 declares Matungao in Lanao del Norte as a municipality.
  • Each covered municipal district has realized an average annual revenue of more than four thousand pesos for the last four consecutive fiscal years ended June 30, 1962.
  • The revenue condition is satisfied by certification from the General Auditing Office.
  • The declared municipalities are classified as fifth class (equivalent to seventh class under Republic Act No. 2368).

Revenue standard and fiscal-year condition

  • The classification depends on meeting a revenue threshold of more than four thousand pesos.
  • The qualifying period is four consecutive fiscal years ended June 30, 1962.
  • The threshold is based on an average annual revenue over that four-year period.
  • Certification by the General Auditing Office establishes that each covered municipal district met the revenue requirement.

Classification status and effective date

  • Each declared municipality is considered a fifth class municipality.
  • Fifth class is expressly treated as equivalent to seventh class under Republic Act No. 2368.
  • The municipal classification takes effect beginning July 1, 1962.

Continuation of local officials

  • The present elective municipal district officials continue as officials of the newly declared municipalities.
  • The continuation lasts until the officials’ successors are elected in the last general elections on November 12, 1963.
  • The officials’ terms continue only until the duly elected successors have qualified.

Amendment, repeals, and transitory rules

  • Executive Order No. 61 amends Executive Order No. 42 dated June 25, 1963.
  • The continuation of officials and the effective municipal classification constitute the governing transitory arrangements for the transition from municipal district status to municipal status.

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