Upon the recommendation of the Provincial Board of Cagayan and pursuant to the provisions of Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code, there is hereby created in the province of Cagayan, a municipality to be known as P. Dupaya to consist of the barrios of Tagumay, Newagac, Taligan, Palagao Sur, Palagao Norte, Santa Ana, Calaoagan Dackol, Capidigan, Nabacayan, Barbarit, Naddungan, Langgan, Baraoidan, Ngagan, Bangatan, Cumao, Agutan, Baraccaoit, San Vicente, Capisayan, Pi a Este, Pi a Weste, Mabirbira, Mabono, Tanglagan and Agaman, all of the municipality of Gattaran, with the seat of government at the barrio of Nabacayan.

The boundary that shall separate the municipality of P. Dupaya from the municipality of Gattaran shall be as follows:

œFrom MBM No. 8, Cad. 272, following the Gattaran-Alcala municipal boundary with a bearing of S 81.00 W and a distance of 4,500 m. to point œA ; thence due north until it intersects the Tagumay Creek at point œB ; thence following Tagumay Creek in a northwesternly direction to point marked œC  (B. L. Mon. Cor. of the lots of Feliciana Lorenzo, Domingo Vargas and Pascual Sinco); thence N 17.00 E until it reaches the Gattaran-Lallo municipal boundary (Point œC . (From the technical description on the map prepared and submitted by the Office of the Highway District Engineer of Cagayan, Scale 1:50,000 on file in this Office.)

The municipality of Gattaran shall have its present territory minus the portions thereof which are included in the territory of the municipality of P. Dupaya.

The municipality of P. Dupaya shall begin to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the Mayor, Vice-Mayor and a majority of the councilors thereof.

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) SALVADOR L. MARI O
Acting Executive Secretary