Legal basis and authority
- Executive Order No. 270 is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
- Executive Order No. 270 is issued pursuant to section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
- The organization of the new municipality proceeds by administrative creation, supported by the cited statutory authority.
Policy and governmental purpose
- Executive Order No. 270 establishes Pikit as an independent municipality.
- Executive Order No. 270 separates defined former municipal districts from the municipality of Pagalungan to form the new municipal government.
What is created: the Municipality of Pikit
- Executive Order No. 270 organizes the former municipal districts of Silik, Balatican and Pikit into an independent municipality.
- Executive Order No. 270 names the new municipality Pikit.
- Executive Order No. 270 sets the seat of government of Pikit at Barrio Manding.
- Executive Order No. 270 uses the existing municipal districts that had been part of the municipality of Pagalungan.
Territorial coverage and boundary rule
- Executive Order No. 270 sets the boundary line between Pikit and Pagalungan at the Pulangui River.
- Executive Order No. 270 provides that Pagalungan retains its present territory minus the portion comprised in Pikit.
- Executive Order No. 270 establishes that Pagalungan’s seat of government is at the barrio of Pagalungan.
When Pikit legally begins to exist
- Executive Order No. 270 provides that the municipality of Pikit shall begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the:
- mayor;
- vice-mayor; and
- a majority of the councilors.
- Executive Order No. 270 ties the effective start of municipal existence to the completion of those personnel actions and qualifications.
Transitory arrangements for government seats
- Executive Order No. 270 fixes Pikit’s seat of government at Barrio Manding.
- Executive Order No. 270 fixes Pagalungan’s seat of government at the barrio of Pagalungan.
- Executive Order No. 270 defines the territorial adjustment by transferring the specified portion to Pikit, with the remainder retained by Pagalungan.