DIVIDING REGION NO. 4 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FIELD ORGANIZATION OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT INTO REGION NO. 4 AND 4-A.

WHEREAS, the Katipunan Ng Mga Sangguniang Bayan petitions
that the Metropolitan Manila area shall be considered as a separate
region for purposes of administrative field organization of the various
departments and agencies of the national government;

WHEREAS, at present the Metropolitan Manila area is embraced
in Region No. 4 under the Integrated Reorganization Plan:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby decree and order:

SECTION 1. Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, Region No. 4 is hereby divided into two regions to be
known as Region No. 4 and Region No. 4-A.

Region No. 4 shall comprise the Metropolitan Manila area as
contemplated in Presidential Decree No. 824, with the regional center
either in Manila or Quezon City.

Region No. 4-A shall comprise
the towns of Rizal not included in Metropolitan Manila and the provinces
of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Aurora (sub-province), Marinduque,
Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Rom-blom and Palawan, and the
cities of Batangas, Cavite, Lipa, Lucena, San Pablo, Tagaytay, Trece
Martires and Puerto Princesa. Until otherwise decreed, the regional
center for Region No. 4-A shall be in Metropolitan Manila.

SEC.
2. All laws, decrees, orders or regulations inconsistent herewith
are hereby amended or repealed accordingly.

SEC. 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of January, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.