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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1845
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1845 -
DECLARING THE AREA WITHIN A RADIUS OF THREE KILOMETERS SURROUNDING THE
SATELLITE EARTH STATION IN BARAS, RIZAL, A SECURITY ZONE
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WHEREAS,
the only earth station in the Philippines for world satellite
telecommunications is located in a remote and sparsely populated place
in sitio San Miguel, Barrio Pinugay, Municipality of Baras, Province of
Rizal; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the said earth station is vital to the existence and
maintenance of satellite telecommunications between the Philippines and
most countries of the world, and plays an invaluable role in the
sustenance and development of our political, economic, commercial, and
social life;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in view of its location, it would be easy for saboteurs or
criminal elements to destroy or cause damage to the said earth station
thereby paralyzing the system and curtailing momentous public service;
and
WHEREAS, to protect and insure the safety and uninterrupted operation
of this modern media of international communications, it is necessary
to establish a security zone all around the said earth station.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Declaration of Security Zone. — The entire
area surrounding the satellite earth station in Sitio San Miguel,
Barrio Pinugay, Municipality of Baras, Province of Rizal, within a
radius of three kilometers from said earth station is hereby declared a
security zone;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Occupation by Third Parties Illegal. — All
occupants of land within the security zone who do not own the land they
are occupying, as well as occupants who are not bona fide tenants of
the registered owners shall vacate the areas they are occupying within
sixty (60) days from the date of this Decree;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Occupation by Owner. — Owners of land
within the security zone and/or their agents can occupy or continue to
occupy their respective areas therein only with the prior written
permission of the Minister of National Defense. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. Penal Provisions. — Any violation of the
provisions of this Decree shall be punished by prision correccional in
its minimum period and a fine of two thousand pesos, with subsidiary
imprisonment in case of insolvency.
Section 5. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
rules and regulations or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 6. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-two.
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