Creation of Kumalarang Municipality

The President issues Executive Order No. 356 pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
The creation is carried out upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Zamboanga del Sur.

Executive Order No. 356 segregates specified barrios and sitios from the municipalities of Lapuyan and Malangas.
The segregated barrios and sitios are organized into an independent municipality to be known as the municipality of Kumalarang.
The seat of government of the new municipality is at barrio Kumalarang.

From Lapuyan, the following barrios and sitios are segregated into Kumalarang: Kumalarang, Gitaan Dagat, Dumagoc, Balao, Magusan, Baiisong, and Gatub.
From Malangas, the following barrios and sitios are segregated into Kumalarang: Gusom, Manago, Lower Buyugan, Cabasi, Diplo, and Cabog Island.
The municipality of Lapuyan and the municipality of Malangas retain their existing territories minus the portions included in Kumalarang, as delimited by the new municipal boundaries.

The boundaries of Kumalarang begin at point 1, the intersection of the Malangas–Lapuyan municipal boundary and the shore line, at barrio Manago.
The boundary runs northeasterly in a straight imaginary line touching the eastern tip of Cabog Island to a point midway between that point and the opposite shore.
The boundary runs northwesterly in an imaginary line touching the northern shore of the unnamed peninsula immediately northeast of the poblacion of Kumalarang to point 2 at barrio Bualan.
The boundary proceeds at a 30 degrees northwesterly direction to intersect the bank of Kumalarang River at point 3, then follows the river course upstream to point 4 for a distance of 12,200 meters.
The boundary then runs due south in a straight line passing through Lake Wood until it intersects the Malangas–Lapuyan municipal boundary at point 5, with a distance of 15,450 meters.
The boundary then returns to point 1 as the point of beginning.
The delimitation description is based upon the map of the proposed municipality of Kumalarang furnished by the Highway District Engineer of Zamboanga del Sur.

Kumalarang begins to exist after November 10, 1959.
Existence requires appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
Existence further requires certification by the Secretary of Finance that Kumalarang is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law.
The certification must also show that Kumalarang can provide all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
The certification must further show that after segregation, Lapuyan and Malangas can still maintain creditably their respective municipal governments, meet all statutory and contractual obligations, and provide essential municipal services.