A
collection of Philippine laws, statutes and codes
not
included or cited in the main
indices
of
the
Chan Robles Virtual Law Library
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 377
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 377 -
AMENDING Section 12 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 137, AS AMENDED IN AS FAR
AS IT AFFECTS EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 63 DATED JUNE 25, 1914, AND
SUPPLEMENTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 295
|
chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 295 dated September 18, 1973 amended Section 12
of Commonwealth Act 137, as amended, otherwise known as the Mining Act
in as far as its application to Proclamation No. 391 dated March 13,
1939 as amended by Proclamation No. 721 dated July 9, 1970 is
concerned, by declaring the commercial timber within some portions of
the Surigao Mineral Reservation, as open and available for disposition
and utilization; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, said Presidential Decree failed to include the portion of the
reservation declared by Executive Order No. 63 dated June 25, 1914 of
Governor General Francis Burton Harrison, the metes and bounds of which
are defined in said Executive Order;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the remaining unreverted area of the Surigao Mineral
Reservation covered by Executive Order No. 63 dated June 25, 1914 also
contains valuable commercial timber; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the purpose and intention of Presidential Decree No. 295 dated
Sept. 18, 1973 were to make available the timber in such reserved areas
for disposition and utilization in order to hasten the social and
economic development of Mindanao;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in accordance with said purpose and intention, there is also a
need to release the area covered by Executive Order No. 63 dated June
25, 1914;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Section 12 of Commonwealth Act No. 137, as amended, limits the
disposition for mining purposes only of a land proclaimed as mineral
reserve under section 11 thereof; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Commander-in-Chief of all the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081
dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated September 22,
1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree that Commonwealth Act No.
137, as amended, otherwise known as the Mining Act, shall be, as hereby
it is amended, in as far as its application to Executive Order No. 63
dated June 24, 1914 is concerned, by declaring all commercial timber
within the unreverted area covered all said Executive Order, as open
and available for disposition and utilization, subject to existing
rights, if any there be, and to existing policies, laws, rules and
regulations pertinent thereto.
This Decree supplements Presidential Decree No. 295 dated September 18,
1973.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of January, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
|
Back
to Home
- Back
to Main
chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
Since 19.07.98
|