ARTICLE XVIII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Subsisting Regional Laws. – All subsisting laws enacted by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Regional Legislative Assembly by virtue of authorities provided under Republic Act No. 6734, as amended by Republic Act No. 9054, shall be deemed valid and in effect, unless inconsistent with this Organic Law or repealed by laws passed by the Parliament.

Section 2. Existing Local Government Units. – Nothwithstanding the provisions of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, the existing municipalities of Al-Barka, Hadji Mohammad Ajul, Akbar and Hadji Muhtamad in the Province of Basilan; and the municipalities of Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, Pandag, Mangudadatu, Northern Kabuntalan, Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Datu Hoffer, and Datu Salibo in the Province of Maguindanao are hereby converted into regular municipalities.

Section 3. Separability Clause. The provisions of this Organic Law are deemed separate. If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Organic Law is declared unconstitutional, other sections or provisions, which are not affected by such declaration, shall continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 4. Amendatory Clause. Upon the ratification of this Organic Law, the pertinent provisions of the following laws which are inconsistent with this Organic Law are hereby amended accordingly:

(a) Section 25, 129, 289, 290, 297, and 442 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the ” Local Government Code of 1991,” as amended;

(b) Section 4 of Republic Act No. 6758, otherwise known as the “Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989,” as amended;

(c) Section 30 of Republic Act No. 8371, otherwise known as “The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997”;

(d) Articles 140, 143, 152, 153, 154, 164, 165, 166, 167 and 168 of Presidential Decree No. 1083, otherwise known as the “Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines”;

(e) Section 9 of Republic Act No. 9996, otherwise known as the “Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Act of 2010”;

(f) Section 1 of Executive Order No. 115, Series of 1986, otherwise known as “Reorganizing the National Security Council and Defining Its Membership, Function, and Authority and Other Purposes”;

(g) Section 5, Chapter 2, Subtitle (c), Title II, Book V of Executive Order No. 292, Series of 1987, otherwise known as the ” Administrative Code of the Philippines”;

(h) Section 8 of Republic Act No. 9997, otherwise known as the “National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Act of 2009”;

(i) Section 7, 12-18, 19-23, 24-27, 37-45, and 46-48 of Republic Act No. 8651, otherwise known as the “Charter of the Adiong Memorial Polytechnic State College”;

(j) Section 4 of Republic Act No. 1387, otherwise known as the “Charter of the Mindanao State University”, as amended by Republic Act Nos. 1893, 3791 and 3868;

(k) Section 6 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 208, otherwise known as the “Charter of Sulu State College”;

(l) Section 5 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 384, otherwise known as the “Charter of Tawi-tawi Regional Agricultural College”;

(m) Section 6 of Presidential Decree No. 1943, otherwise known as the “Charter of Basilan State College”;

(n) Sections 15 and 30 of Republic Act No. 6975, otherwise known as the “Department of the of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990,” as amended by Republic Act No. 8551;

(o) Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9263, otherwise known as the “Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Professionalization Act of 2004”;

(p) Section 5 of Republic Act No. 9514, otherwise known as the “Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008”;

(q) Sections 6, 21, 23 and 119 of Republic Act No. 8424, otherwise known as the “Tax Reform Act of 1997,” as amended by Republic Act No. 9337;

(r) Sections 59, 50, 61 and 62 of Republic Act No. 9593, otherwise known as “The Tourism Act of 2009”; and

(s) Sections 2, 6, and 37 of Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as the “Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001.”

All other laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Organic Law, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 4. Repealing Clause. – Upon ratification of this Organic Law, Republic Act No. 6734, otherwise known as the “Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao,” as amended by Republic Act No. 9054 is hereby repealed.

Section 5. Effectivity. – This Organic Law shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its complete publication in the Official Gazette and in at least two (2) national newspaper of general circulation in the autonomous region.