Creation of Municipality of Mabinay, Negros Oriental

Section 2 establishes the initial seat of government in the Mabinay proposed townsite in sitio Tadlong, or in any other sitio therein that the municipal council may propose.
Section 2 requires a two-thirds vote of the municipal council to propose a different seat of government location.
Section 2 provides that if the municipal council fails or omits to propose a different site within one year after the organization of the municipal government, the permanent site becomes the Mabinay proposed townsite.
Section 2 provides that if the council proposes a different site within the stated period, the site proposed by the council becomes the seat of the municipal government.

Section 3 provides that the first mayor, vice-mayor, and councilors of the new municipality shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines.
Section 3 requires the consent of the Commission on Appointments for these appointments.
Section 3 fixes the earliest appointment date as not earlier than the first of January, nineteen hundred and sixty.
Section 3 provides that the appointed officials shall hold office until their successors are elected in the next general elections for provincial and municipal officials, and are duly qualified.

Section 4 makes Republic Act No. 2496 effective on January first, nineteen hundred and sixty.
Republic Act No. 2496 takes effect in accordance with Section 4, and it is enacted without executive approval on June 21, 1959.