• Summary

This legal document contains the Presidential Decree No. 1596 of the Philippines on 11 June 1978 Declaring Certain Area Part of the Philippine Territory and Providing for their Government and Administration. This decree was signed by President of the Philippines Ferdinand E. Marcos on 11 June 1978 and took effect immediately as provided in Section 3.

This Decree No. 1596 was established to specify the coordinates of and to name the cluster of island and islet as “Kalayaan Island Group” (KIG). This Decree clarifies that the KIG is part of the continental margin of the Philippines, vital to the security of the security and economy of the Philippines, and not legally claimed to be a part of any states or nations. Therefore, the KIG and its sea-bed, sub-soil, continental margin, and space shall be subject to the sovereignty of the Philippines, and be constituted as a separate municipality of the Province of Palawan.

• Document: Presidential Decree No. 1596 of the Philippines on 11 June 1978 Declaring Certain Area Part of the Philippines Territory and Providing for their Government and Administration