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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1173
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1173 -
ABROGATING ALL LEASES AND CANCELLING LAND TITLES AND PATENTS COVERING
PORTIONS OF HUNDRED ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK
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WHEREAS, P.
D. No. 564 placed the Hundred Islands National Park under the control
and administration of the Philippine Tourism Authority.
WHEREAS, the defunct Hundred Islands Conservation and Development
Authority created under R. A. No. 3655 leased portions of the Hundred
Islands National Park to the Province of Pagsanjan for a nominal cost
of P1.00 a year for an indefinite period;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, a few private persons have been able to title portions of the
park after the segregation thereof from the public domain under
Proclamation No. 667 dated January 18, 1940; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Hundred Islands National Park be
conserved and developed as a tourist attraction; and facilities and
amenities constructed to make tourists' visits to the Hundred Islands
National Park more enjoyable and convenient; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order the abrogation of the lease in favor of the Provincial Government
of Pangasinan, including all sub-leases which it may have executed in
favor of third parties. All titles and land patents issued after the
promulgation of Proclamation No. 667 on January 18, 1940, are hereby
cancelled and the lands covered thereby reverted to the Hundred Islands
National Park.
The PTA shall reimburse the value of the land and improvements
introduced by the respective owners of the lands on the basis of their
valuation under Sec. 92 of P.D. No. 464.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 19th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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