Pursuant to the provisions of section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, there is hereby created in the province of Zamboanga del Sur a municipality to be known as Libertad, to consist of the following barrios and sitios of the municipalities of Dimataling, Margosatubig, and Dinas, said province:

From Dimataling:
1. Tinitayan	10. Sungbato	19. Garap
2. Upper Dumanquilas	11. Mahayag	20. Maligangan
3. Binuay	12. Racak	21. Tipangi
4. Maliba	13. Tiniguangan	22. Puting Balas
5. Lalab	14. Buntod Biga	23. Tinglawe
6. Baluno	15. Magahis	24. Sandacan
7. Salawagan	16. Buntod Boga	25. Longhigue Island
8. Guilisan	17. Baha	26. Lulotan
9. Banganga	18. Dada-an	27. Libertad
From Margosatubig:
1. Sagucan	2. Sagua	3. Cansamon
From Dinas:
1. Sambulawan	4. Cogon	6. Buntiti-an
2. Ludiong	5. Balao	7. Lucoban
3. San Isidro

The seat of government of the municipality of Libertad shall be at barrio of Libertad.

The municipality of Libertad as herein organized shall have the following boundaries:

œBeginning at Point 1 the mouth of Cansamon Creek, following a straight line with a northerly direction until it intersect Point 2, the intersection of the municipal boundaries of Lapuyan, Margosatubig, and San Miguel; thence to Point 3 the highest peak of Buga Mountain; thence following a straight line with a southeasterly direction to Point 4 on the mouth of Maridu Creek; thence following the shoreline of marine waters to Point 5 the mouth of Racak Creek; thence following a straight line with a southwesterly direction to Point 6 the mouth of Goling Creek; which intersect the bank of Sugbay River; thence following Sugbay River downstream until it reach the marine water of Malibay Bay up to Point 1 the point of beginning.  (From the technical description prepared and submitted by the Office of the Highway District Engineer of Zamboanga del Sur).

The municipalities of Dimataling, Margosatubig and Dinas shall have their present territories minus the portions thereof which are included in the territory of the municipality of Libertad, as delimited above.

The creation of this new municipality as proposed in House Bill No. 7982 was approved by the House of Representatives.

The municipality of Libertad shall begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and a majority of the councilors thereof and upon the certification by the Secretary of Finance that said municipality is financially capable of providing for all the statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality and that the mother municipalities of Dimataling, Margosatubig, and Dinas, after the segregation therefrom of the territory comprised in the municipality of Libertad can still maintain creditably their municipal governments, meet all their statutory and contractual obligations, and provide for the essential municipal services.

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary