PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 224, June 22, 1973

AMENDING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN.

Presidential Decrees June 22, 1973



I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of
all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081,
dated September 21, 1972 and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as
amended, do hereby decree and order the amendment of paragraphs l.a. and l.c.,
Article I, Chapter III of Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan:

“l.a. Region No. 1 is called the Ilocos Region, and comprises the provinces
of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La Union, Benguet, Mountain Province, and
Pangasinan, and the cities of Baguio, Laoag, Dagupan, and San Carlos, with
regional center at San Fernando, La Union.”

“l.c. Region No. 3 is called the Central Luzon Region, and comprises the
provinces of Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Zambales, Bulacan, and Bataan, and
the cities of Angeles, Cabanatuan, Olongapo, Palayan, and San Jose (Nueva
Ecija), with regional center at San Fernando, Pampanga.”

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

 

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President

Republic of the Philippines

   

 

By the President:  
 
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES  
  Assistant Executive Secretary