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The City of Baliwag. The Municipality of Baliwag shall be converted into a component city to be known as the City of Baliwag, hereinafter referred to as the City, which shall comprise the present jurisdiction of the Municipality of Baliwag, Province of Bulacan.
The territorial jurisdiction of the City shall be within the present metes and bounds of the Municipality of Baliwag.
The foregoing provision 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 the City of Baliwag and the adjoining local government units (LGUs): Provided, That the territorial jurisdiction of the disputed area or areas shall remain with the LGU which has existing administrative supervision over said area or areas until the final resolution of the case.
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