Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Unlawful Use of Implements and Devices by Forest Officers
Republic Act No. 102, enacted on June 2, 1947, amends Section 2750 of the Revised Administrative Code to enhance the enforcement of regulations concerning the unlawful use of government marking implements related to forestry. The law prohibits unauthorized cutting, manufacturing, possession, or use of government marking devices by individuals, as well as the alteration or removal of official marks on timber and forest products. Violators face penalties of up to 500 pesos in fines, imprisonment for a maximum of one year, or both. This amendment aims to strengthen the protection of forest resources and ensure compliance with forestry laws.
Quick Answers
- What is Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Unlawful Use of Implements and Devices by Forest Officers about?
- Republic Act No. 102, enacted on June 2, 1947, amends Section 2750 of the Revised Administrative Code to enhance the enforcement of regulations concerning the unlawful use of government marking implements related to forestry. The law prohibits unauthorized cutting, manufacturing, possession, or use of government marking devices by individuals, as well as the alteration or removal of official marks on timber and forest products. Violators face penalties of up to 500 pesos in fines, imprisonment for a maximum of one year, or both. This amendment aims to strengthen the protection of forest resources and ensure compliance with forestry laws.
- What type of law is Republic Act No. 102?
- Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Unlawful Use of Implements and Devices by Forest Officers (Republic Act No. 102) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Unlawful Use of Implements and Devices by Forest Officers enacted?
- Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Unlawful Use of Implements and Devices by Forest Officers (Republic Act No. 102) was enacted on Jun 2, 1947.
- What is the citation for Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Unlawful Use of Implements and Devices by Forest Officers?
- Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Unlawful Use of Implements and Devices by Forest Officers, Republic Act No. 102, Jun 2, 1947 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 102
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 2, 1947
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 102
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF SAID SECTION MORE EFFECTIVE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Section twenty-seven hundred and fifty of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Revised Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2750. Unlawful use of implements and devices used by forest officers. — Whoever, without authority of law, shall cut, make, manufacture, or have in his possession any Government marking hatchet or other marking implements, or any mark, poster, or other device officially used by officers of the Bureau of Forestry for the making or identification of timber or other forest products, or any duplicate, counterfeit, or imitation thereof, or who shall make or apply a Government mark to timber or any other forest product by means of any authentic or counterfeit Government marking hatchet, implement, mark, poster, or other device, or who shall alter, deface, or remove Government marks or signs from trees, logs, stumps, firewood, or other forest products, or who shall destroy, deface, remove, or disfigure any such mark, sign, poster or warning notices set by the Bureau of Forestry to designate the boundaries of cutting areas, communal forest, communal pasture, classified timber land, forest reserve, national park, or who shall make any false mark or imitation of any mark or sign herein indicated for the purpose of evading the forest law and regulations shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred pesos or by imprisonment not exceeding one year or both." cdt
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 2, 1947.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 43, No. 6, p. 1996 in June 1947
Cite This Law
Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Unlawful Use of Implements and Devices by Forest Officers, Republic Act No. 102, Jun 2, 1947 (Philippines)
Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Unlawful Use of Implements and Devices by Forest Officers, Republic Act No. 102 (Phil. 1947)
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