Section 48Sec./Art. 48

Officials of the Province of Davao Occidental. The first set of elective officials of the Province of Davao Occidental shall be elected in the next national and local elections following the effectivity of this Charter.

All elective and nonelective provincial and local government officials and employees of the present Province of Davao del Sur shall continue to serve their term of office, perform their duties and functions in the province, until the commencement of the corporate existence of the new province, as provided for in the immediately preceding section of this Act.