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Section 4Sec./Art. 4
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Territorial Jurisdiction. - The provinces of Palawan del Norte, Palawan Oriental, and Palawan del Sur shall be comprised of all the islands of the present Province of Palawan.
The terrestrial jurisdictions of the newly created provinces shall be within the present metes and bounds of all the municipalities that comprise the respective provinces.
The foregoing provisions shall be without prejudice to the resolution by the appropriate agency or forum of existing boundary disputes or cases involving questions of territorial jurisdiction between each province and adjoining local government units: Provided, That the territorial boundaries of the disputed area or areas shall remain with the local government unit, which has existing administrative supervision over said area or areas until final resolution of the case.
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