Title
Creation of Municipality of Magsaysay, Palawan
Law
Republic Act No. 3426
Decision Date
Jun 18, 1961
Republic Act No. 3426 establishes the new municipality of Magsaysay in Palawan, separating several barrios from the Municipality of Cuyo and designating Danawan as the seat of government.

Creation of the new municipality

  • Section 1 separates the barrios of Los Angeles, Rizal, Lucbuan, Igabas, Imilod, Balaguen, Danawan, Cocoro, Patonga, Tagawayan Island, Siparay Island, and Canipo from the Municipality of Cuyo, Province of Palawan.
  • Section 1 constitutes those separated barrios into a distinct and independent municipality known as the Municipality of Magsaysay.
  • Section 1 establishes the seat of government of the new municipality in the present site of the barrio of Danawan.

Election of new municipal officials

  • Section 2 makes the election of new municipal officials the legal trigger for effectivity.
  • Section 2 ties the effectivity to the general elections for local officials scheduled in November of nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

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