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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1017
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1017 -
PROHIBITING PERSONS FROM ENTERING INTO UNEXPLORED TRIBAL GROUNDS AND
PROVIDING PENALTY THEREFOR
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WHEREAS, it
is the policy of the government to extend to national minorities
equality in status, dignity and opportunity with all other citizens;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State to protect the cultural
minorities, particularly those undiscovered groups in unexplored areas,
from disturbance in order that their customs, traditions, beliefs,
practices and lifeways can be recorded for posterity in an orderly and
organized manner;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there exist certain unexplored tribal grounds and other areas
which still need to be thoroughly explored and investigated by
authorized government experts in the field to provide certain
sociological information on the customs, traditions, beliefs, and
interests as basis for national policy-making;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the unauthorized entry, especially by social scientists and
like groups, into these unexplored tribal grounds upset cultural
values, create ecological imbalance and distort the lives of these
national minorities; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to prevent these unauthorized
incursions.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person
without prior authority from the Office of the President upon
recommendation of the Presidential Assistant on National Minorities:
(a) to enter unexplored tribal grounds or other such areas which have
not been thoroughly explored and investigated by duly authorized
experts of the government; and (b) to establish contacts with the
National Minorities for the purpose of conducting studies into their
customs, traditions, practices and beliefs: Provided, that if the
offender is a corporation, firm, partnership or association, the
penalty shall be imposed upon the guilty officer or officers (as the
case may be, of the corporation, firm, partnership or association) and
if such guilty officer or officers are aliens, in addition to the
penalties hereinafter prescribed, he or they shall be deported without
further proceedings by the Commission on Immigration and Deportation.
Section 2. For the purposes of this Decree, the
following are considered unexplored tribal grounds:cralaw:red
a. The habitat of isolated tribes in the interior of
T'boli municipality, South Cotabato from the forested area of Mount
Malibato, through Mt. Parker and the entire mountain range from Mt.
Parker through Mt. Busa to the Manubo Blit — Tasaday Reservation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. The habitat of isolated tribes in the Daguma
mountain range and the forested area of Kulaman Valley;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. The forested area between Ransang and Candawaga,
Quezon, Palawan and the municipality of Bataraza, Palawan, inhabited by
isolated tribesmen under Ambilan Antal; and
d. Such other areas inhabited by isolated tribes as
the President may declare to be covered by this Decree upon
recommendation of the Presidential Assistant on National
Minorities. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The penalty for such unauthorized entry
into such territory or contact with such tribes shall be prision
correccional and a fine ranging from P10,000 to P100,000; books,
written materials, pictures, photographic films, video tapes,
artifacts, drawings, painting and any other material which may have
been derived from such illegal trespass or contact shall be confiscated.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 22nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-six.
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