Amendment to Section 90 of C.A. No. 141 (Public Land Act)
Republic Act No. 1273, enacted on June 14, 1955, amends Section 90 of the Public Land Act (Commonwealth Act No. 141) by establishing a requirement for applicants of public land. It mandates that a 40-meter-wide strip along each side of any river or stream on the land must be designated as permanent timberland, which must be preserved for planting trees of economic value. The act prohibits any clearing or farming activities in this area, even after a patent or lease is granted. Additionally, any conflicting laws or regulations are repealed, and the act takes effect upon approval.
June 14, 1955
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1273
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETY OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PUBLIC LAND ACT"
Section ninety of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-one, otherwise known as the "Public Land Act", is hereby amended by adding the following subsection at the end thereof: cdt
"(i) That the applicant agrees that a strip forty meters wide starting from the bank on each side of any river or stream that may be found on the land applied for, shall be demarcated and preserved as permanent timberland to be planted exclusively to trees of known economic value, and that he shall not make any clearing thereon or utilize the same for ordinary farming purposes even after patent shall have been issued to him or a contract of lease shall have been executed in his favor."
SECTION 2. All laws, executive orders and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed. cdt
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 14, 1955
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 51, No. 7, p. 3348 in July 1955