Title
Creation of San Pascual Municipality, Batangas
Law
Republic Act No. 6116
Decision Date
Aug 4, 1969
Republic Act No. 6116 created the Municipality of San Pascual in Batangas, separating twenty-five barrios from the Municipality of Bauan, with the new municipality acquiring corporate existence upon the qualification of its first mayor, vice mayor, and councilors.

Creation and governing territory

  • Section 1 creates the Municipality of San Pascual in the Province of Batangas.
  • Section 1 separates and constitutes the following barrios from the Municipality of Bauan:
    • San Pascual, Danglayan, San Antonio, Laurel, Bayanan, San Mateo, Banaba, Natunuan South, Natunuan North, Kaing-in, Santo Nino, Sambat, Palsahingin, Alalum, Sta. Elena, Del Pilar, Malaking Pook, Pil, San Mariano, Pook ni Banal, Pook ng Kapitan, Mataas-na-Lupa, Ilat, Gelerang Cawayan, and Resplandor.
  • Section 1 establishes the seat of government at the present site of the barrio of San Pascual.
  • Section 4 retains specific areas under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Bauan.

Corporate existence and elections

  • Section 2 provides that the new municipality acquires corporate existence upon the qualification of the first local officials.
  • Section 2 specifies that the first officials are the mayor, vice mayor, and councilors.
  • Section 2 directs that these officials are elected in the next general elections for local officials in November, nineteen hundred seventy-one.

Apportionment of municipal debts

  • Section 3 requires proportionate apportionment of municipal indebtedness between the Municipality of San Pascual and the Municipality of Bauan.
  • Section 3 covers:
    • the present indebtedness of the Municipality of Bauan in whatever lending institution, and
    • the indebtedness to be incurred as a consequence of the creation of the Municipality of San Pascual.
  • Section 3 mandates that apportionment is proportionately based on their areas.
  • Section 3 makes each municipality liable only for its proportionate share of the indebtedness.

Areas retained under Bauan

  • Section 4 retains the Roman Catholic Cemetery as a territory under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Bauan.
  • Section 4 retains the municipal cemetery as a territory under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Bauan.
  • Section 4 keeps one-half hectare containing the pumping station of the water system of Bauan under Bauan’s jurisdiction.
  • Section 4 keeps one-half hectare where the reservoir of the water system is located under Bauan’s jurisdiction.

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