ARTICLE  I General Provisions The term "non-Christians" shall include Mohammedans and pagans. SECTION  2561 . Definitions . — Unless some other meaning is plainly apparent from the language or context, or unless such construction is inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislators, whenever the words "governor", "secretary", "treasurer", "atto rney", and "delegate" occur in this title they will be construed to refer to officers of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, provided for in section two thousand five hundred and sixty-eight hereof. IESDCH [2408-3.] SECTION  2562 . Corporate Powers . — The government of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued, to have and use a corporate seal, to hold and convey property, real and personal, to make contracts for labor a nd material needed in the construction of duly authorized public works, and to incur such other obligations as are authorized by law. [2408-4.] SECTION  2563 . Territory Included — Capital . — The Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall consist of the entire Island of Mindanao, excluding only the Provinces of Misamis and Surigao, together with the Sulu Archipelago, including the islands known as the Jo lo Group, the Tawi Tawi Group, and all other islands pertaining to the Philippine Archipelago under the sovereignty of the United States of America south of the eighth parallel of north latitude, excepting therefrom the Islands of Palawan and Balabac, and  the immediately adjacent islands, but including the Island of Cagayan Sulu. The capital of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall be at Zamboanga. [2408-2.] SECTION  2564 . Administrative Code . — The department governor shall cause to be prepared a compilation of the acts of the legislative council of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, executive orders, circulars, and regulations issued thereunder, revised and  modified to conform with the provisions of this title, including rules and regulations required hereby and instructions necessary to properly carry into effect the provisions hereof. Such executive orders, rules and 787 Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc.