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Proportionate Division. - Upon the commencement of corporate existence of the new province, the obligations, funds, assets and other properties of the present Province of Surigao del Norte shall be divided proportionately between the Province of Surigao del Norte and the Province of Dinagat Islands by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Commission on Audit.
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