Authority and legal basis
- The creation is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
- The creation is made pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
Purpose and effect of creation
- Executive Order No. 258 creates a local government unit to be known as the municipality of Sinacaban.
- The municipality is formed from the southern portion of the municipality of Jimenez, Misamis Occidental.
- Sinacaban begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of councilors.
Territory and geographic coverage
- Sinacaban consists of the specified area described by boundary points and reference lines.
- The municipality’s north boundary is traced by a line beginning at point 1, the center of the lighthouse on Tabo-o point S. 84A 30' W., extending 7,250 meters to point 2 on the bank of the Palilan River branch.
- The boundary continues by following the Palilan River branch 2,400 meters southwesterly to point 3, then by a straight line S. 87A 00' W. for 22,550 meters to point 4, where it intersects the Misamis Occidental–Zamboanga boundary.
- The west boundary is the present Misamis Occidental–Zamboanga boundary.
- The south boundary is the present Jimenez–Tudela boundary.
- The east boundary is the limits of the municipal waters which Sinacaban shall have pursuant to Section 2321 of the Revised Administrative Code.
- The barrios and portions included are:
- Sinacaban (as the seat of the municipal government),
- Sinonoc,
- Libertad,
- the southern portion of the barrio of Macabayao,
- and the sitios of Tipan, Katipunan, Estrella, Flores, Senior, Adorable, San Isidro, Cagayanon, Kamanse, Kulupan, and Libertad Alto.
- The municipality of Jimenez retains its present territory minus the portion included in Sinacaban.
Administrative organization and start date
- Sinacaban begins to exist when the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of councilors are appointed and have qualified.
- Upon that start, the municipality assumes governance for the territory described and enumerated.
Financial obligation for predecessor loan
- Sinacaban assumes payment of a proportionate share of the loan of the municipality of Jimenez with the Rehabilitation Finance Corporation.
- The proportionate share applies to the loan outstanding on the date of Sinacaban’s organization.
- The proportion is determined by the Department of Finance.
Reference to mapped description
- The territorial description relies on a mapped basis using an Enlarged Map of Poblacion of Jimenez, with a Scale 1:8:000.