AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1663 RECONSTITUTING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PANAMAO (OLD) AND NEW PANAMAO AS WELL AS TALIPAO IN THE PROVINCE OF SULU AND CHANGING THE NAME OF NEW …

WHEREAS, the creation of the Municipality of the new Panamao
for the purpose of accelerating the economic development of the municipalities
affected and making it responsive to the present campaign for peace and order in
the New Society was made possible by Presidential Decree No. 1663;

WHEREAS, in the implementation of said Decree, a consensus
has been reached among the constituents concerned that the name of New Panamao
be changed to Panglima Estino and that further reconstitution of barangays be
made to preserver their integrity as political and social units;

WHEREAS, said reconstitution will benefit economically,
socially and politically the residents thereat and serve to enhance even further
the attainment of the goals for which Presidential Decree No. 1663 was
intended;

NOW, THEREFORE, I FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
amend Presidential Decree No. 1663 as follows:

SECTION 1. Barangay Marsada, paiksa and Likba, all in the
municipality of old Panamao and Barangay Jinggan in the municipality of Talipao
are hereby detached and separated therefrom, and included among the barangays
transferred to the municipality of New Panamao, province of Sulu under
Presidential Decree No. 1663.

SECTION 2. Henceforth, the Municipality of New Panamao,
Province of Sulu shall, as a political subdivision, known as “Municipality of
Panglima Estino” and all transactions, document, laws, decrees, court orders, or
decisions, ordinances, resolutions, and all other papers bearing the name of New
Panamao, Sulu, shall be understood to mean “Municipality of Panglima
Estino.”

SECTION 3. The present elective officials of the barangays
covered in Section 1 hereof shall continue to perform their duties as such
officials until their successor shall have been elected in the regular elections
for Barangay officials following the issuance of this Decree and shall
qualified.

SECTION 4. All laws, decree, executive orders, ordinances,
rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
		Presidential Executive Assistant