Creation of Municipality of Dumaran, Palawan
Republic Act No. 3418, enacted on June 18, 1961, establishes the Municipality of Dumaran in Palawan by separating specific barrios from the municipalities of Araceli, Roxas, and Taytay. The newly created municipality includes the barrios of Dumaran, San Juan, Bacao, Calasag, Bohol, Ilian, Capayas, Leguit, Danleg, and Pangolasian, with its seat of government located in Dumaran barrio. The law is set to take effect following the election of new local officials in November 1963. This act was enacted without executive approval and published in the Official Gazette on July 2, 1962.
June 18, 1961
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3418
AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUMARAN IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN
SECTION 1. The barrios of Dumaran, San Juan, Bacao, Calasag and Bohol in the Municipality of Araceli; the barrios of Ilian, Capayas, and Leguit in the Municipality of Roxas; and the barrios of Danleg and Pangolasian in the Municipality of Taytay, all in the province of Palawan, are separated from the said municipalities, and are constituted into a distinct and independent municipality, to be known as the Municipality of Dumaran, with the seat of government at the site of the barrio of Dumaran. casia
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon the election of the new officials in the general elections for local officials in November of Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-Three.
Enacted without Executive approval, June 18, 1961.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 58, No. 27, p. 4829 on July 2, 1962