Creation of San Miguel Municipality in Zamboanga del Sur

Executive Order No. 400 is issued pursuant to Section sixty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code.
The issuance is made upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Zamboanga del Sur.
The executive action effectuates a formal segregation of specified territories from the municipality of Dinas.
The Order uses the authority of the President to organize local government units as independent municipalities within the province.

The Order implements a local government reorganization by separating defined barrios and sitios from Dinas.
The segregation is designed to form an independent municipality with a defined seat of government.
The Order conditions full effectiveness on the municipality’s ability to implement the Minimum Wage Law and provide required municipal services.

San Miguel is organized from the barrios and sitios of San Miguel, Alanguilan, Bulawan, Batman, Dao-an, Bumali-an, Fatima, Guipos, Laperian, Mati, Limonan, Tapian, Taliga, Calubi, Bagong Oroquieta, Tulabug, and Tiguha, all within the municipality of Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur.
The seat of government of the new municipality is at the barrio of San Miguel.
The municipality’s boundaries are defined by a technical description beginning at Point 1, Timulan Mountain and proceeding through specified bearings, distances, and points back to Point 1.
The boundaries include the following route elements: S51-OOE about 15,900 meters to Point 2; following latitude (123-20) southward about 3,500 meters to Point 3; due west about 2,000 meters to Point 4; due south about 2,500 meters to Point 5; due west about 2,000 meters to Point 6; due south about 2,900 meters to Point 7; N84-30W about 7,600 meters to Point 8; and N2-30W about 18,000 meters back to Point 1.
The Municipality of Dinas keeps its present territory minus the portions included in San Miguel as delimited by the boundary description.

The Municipality of San Miguel begins to exist only after the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
The Order requires a certification by the Secretary of Finance that San Miguel is financially capable of:
- implementing the Minimum Wage Law, and
- providing all statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
The Secretary of Finance must also certify that after segregation, Dinas can still:
- maintain its municipal government credibly,
- meet statutory and contractual obligations, and
- provide essential municipal services.

The Order is signed by the President of the Philippines, Carlos P. Garcia.
The Order is countersigned by the Executive Secretary, Natalio P. Castillo.
Implementation turns on actions of local officials to be appointed and qualified for San Miguel.
The Secretary of Finance performs the required financial capability certification as a condition for the municipality’s existence.

The creation is operationalized through local governance start-up steps: appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and majority of councilors.
The municipality’s start of legal existence is dependent both on local official readiness and the required Secretary of Finance certification.
The segregation takes effect in a way that preserves Dinas’s ability to continue municipal operations after the transfer of territory to San Miguel.