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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4826 - AN ACT
AUTHORIZING THE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A FISH
SANCTUARY WITHIN LAGUNA DE BAY IN RIZAL AND LAGUNA PROVINCES,
DELINEATING ITS BOUNDARIES, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Section 1. Authority and Definition of Area. — The Philippine
Fisheries Commission is hereby authorized to established and maintain a
fish sanctuary in a suitable site of about five thousand hectares in
Laguna de Bay (five per cent of lake area) bounded by the following
demarcation lines: Sec. 2. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations. — The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall promulgate such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this Act. Sec. 3. Appropriation. — The sum of three hundred seventy thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of the said fish sanctuary during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixty-seven. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the same purposes shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. Sec. 4. Penal Provision. — Any person or entity who shall conduct fishing operation or catch fish in any manner within the area described in Section one of this Act or destroy or in any way damage any of the materials, equipment and/or improvements installed therein for purposes of the fish sanctuary shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred pesos or imprisonment for a term of not more than one month, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 5. Repeal and separability clause. — All
laws, parts of laws, orders, ordinances or regulations in conflict with
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Sec. 6. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect
upon its approval. Approved: June 18, 1966 |
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