The assembly consisted of 108 members from 46
provinces and 8
chartered cities. The numbers and territorial coverages of these areas differed from the pre-war status in several ways: • The provinces of
Batanes,
Marinduque and
Romblon had been abolished and their municipalities annexed to
Cagayan,
Tayabas and
Capiz respectively by virtue of Executive Order No. 84 issued by
Philippine Executive Commission Chairman
Jorge Vargas on August 31, 1942. • Jurisdiction over several areas in
Tayabas were transferred to
Nueva Ecija (the municipalities of
Baler and
Casiguran; corresponding to the entire present-day territory of
Aurora) and
Laguna (
Infanta, including the present-day municipalities of
General Nakar and
Real) by virtue of Executive Order No. 84 issued by Executive Commission Chairman
Jorge Vargas on August 31, 1942. • Jurisdiction over the
Polillo Islands in
Tayabas was transferred to
Laguna by virtue of Executive Order No. 103 issued by Executive Commission Chairman
Jorge Vargas on November 1, 1942. • The chartered cities of
Dansalan (now Marawi),
Tagaytay and
Zamboanga were also not represented separately in the assembly; their territories were administered by the governments of their mother provinces
Lanao,
Cavite and
Zamboanga, respectively. • The representation of
Manila also included the chartered city of
Quezon City, along with the
Rizal municipalities of
Caloocan,
Makati,
Mandaluyong,
Parañaque,
Pasay and
San Juan, which were constituted as the
City of Greater Manila by
Manuel Quezon's Executive Act No. 400 on January 1, 1942, as an emergency wartime measure. :
Note: List is according to the
National Assembly Yearbook 1943 and the
Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel. ==See also==