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MANNER OF Created, named, and its boundaries, altered or Created, divided, merged,
CREATION modified only by an Act of the Batasang abolished, or its boundary
substantially altered, only by an Act
Pambansa of Congress,
Subject to the approval by a majority of votes and subject to approval by a
cast in a plebiscite to be held in the unit/units majority of the votes cast in a
affected plebiscite to be conducted by the
COMELEC in the local government
Except as otherwise provided in the said Act, unit or units directly affected.
the plebiscite shall be conducted by COMELEC Except as may otherwise be
Within 120 days from date of effectivity of said provided in such Act. the plebiscite
act (Sec 134) shall be held within 12 days from
the date of its effectivity.
MARTIN: CREATION
ALEEZAH GERTRUDE REGADO
Territorial o contiguous territory of at least (50) square o contiguous territory of at least (100)
kilometers as certified by the Lands square kilometers, as certified by
Jurisdiction
Management Bureau: the Lands Management Bureau; or
o Provided, That the creation thereof shall not
reduce the land area, population or income of
the original municipality or municipalities at the
time of said creation to less than the minimum
requirements prescribed herein.
Population population of at least (25,000) inhabitants as certified by o population of not less than (150,000)
the National Statistics Office; and a contiguous territory inhabitants, as certified by the
of at least fifty (50) square kilometers as certified by the National Statistics Office:
Lands Management Burea o Provided, That, the creation thereof
shall not reduce the land area,
population, and income of the
original unit or units at the time of
said creation to less than the
minimum requirements prescribed
herein.
MARTIN: CREATION
ALEEZAH GERTRUDE REGADO