WHEREAS, it has been popular clamor among the inhabitants of Cavite to transfer the capital and seat of government of their province to a more accessible place to accelerate its development;

WHEREAS, despite all national and local government efforts, Trece Martires City still remains, as it was before, very inaccessible to public and it has failed to become a center of activities in the province as originally envisioned; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to give the province of Cavite all the opportunities for social, economical and political development under the New Society;

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

SECTION 1. The Capital and seat of government of the Province of Cavite is hereby transferred to the Municipality of Imus.

SEC. 2. Lot No. 4711 of the Imus Estate, is hereby designated as the government center site for the Province of Cavite.

SEC. 3. The expenses which shall be incurred in said transfer shall be taken from the local government share in the national internal revenue allotment and from the allocation by the national government to the Province of Cavite.

SEC. 4. Section 39 of Republic Act No. 981 which transferred the capital and seat of the Province of Cavite to Trece Martires City is hereby repealed.

All other laws, decrees, rules or regulations inconsistent with this Decree are hereby modified, amended or repealed accordingly.

SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

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