Piagapo declared municipality, 1965

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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 166: Piagapo declared municipality, 1965

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Title Supreme Court: Piagapo declared municipality, 1965

Law: Executive Order No. 166

Decision Date: Aug 27, 1965

Diosdado Macapagal declares the municipal district of Piagapo in Lanao del Sur a fifth-class municipality, effective July 1, 1965, due to its sustained annual income exceeding four thousand pesos.

administrative order

local government

Income and classification standard

The municipal district of Piagapo qualifies as a municipality because it “has realized an average annual income of more than PHP 4,000” during the four consecutive fiscal years ended June 30, 1965.
The classification rule results in a fifth class municipality status (equivalent to seventh class under Republic Act No. 2368).

Continuity of elective local officials

The present elective officials of the municipal district being declared as a municipality continue to hold their respective corresponding municipal offices.
Continuation lasts until their successors are elected in the next general elections for local officials and have qualified.

Date of issuance and signatories

Executive Order No. 166 is dated August 27, 1965.
The order is signed by Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines.
It is countersigned by Juan S. Cancio, Acting Assistant Executive Secretary.

Reclassifying legal basis

The declaration operates under Section two of Republic Act No. 1515.
The equivalence of municipal class uses Republic Act No. 2368, treating the declared fifth class status as equivalent to seventh class.

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