Legal basis and predecessor framework
- Executive Order No. 243 is grounded on the authority of Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
- The reorganization is carried out by creating an independent municipality from named barrios that are part of the Municipality of Pili, Province of Camarines Sur.
Purpose: independent municipality formation
- Executive Order No. 243 creates an independent municipality under the name of Ocampo.
- The order assigns the seat of government of Ocampo to a specific barrio.
- The order defines territorial relationships between Pili and the newly created municipality of Ocampo.
Entities, coverage, and territorial scope
- The barrios organized into the municipality of Ocampo are Mabatobato, Ayugan, Hanawan, and Moriones.
- All named barrios come from the Municipality of Pili, Province of Camarines Sur.
- The seat of government of Ocampo is located at the barrio of Mabatobato.
- The boundaries of Ocampo are the same as those of the former municipality of Mabatobato before it was annexed to the municipality of Pili.
- The Municipality of Pili retains its “present territory” minus the portion included in the municipality of Ocampo.
Creation of Ocampo and operational start
- Ocampo is constituted as an independent municipality.
- Ocampo begins legal existence when the following officials are in place: the mayor, the vice-mayor, and a majority of the municipal councilors.
- The order establishes continuity of territory by linking Ocampo’s boundaries to the former municipality of Mabatobato.
Administrative consequences for Pili
- The municipality of Pili has its territory reduced by removing the portion absorbed into Ocampo.
- The creation of Ocampo reallocates the relevant geographic area from Pili to Ocampo based on the territorial boundary rule stated in the order.