Amendments to Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)
Act No. 3388, enacted on December 3, 1927, amends specific sections of the Administrative Code regarding the establishment and administration of communal forests and pastures in the Philippines. The Director of Forestry, with departmental approval, can designate public lands as communal forests or pastures for local communities, preferably from within the province. Once designated, these areas cannot be sold or leased and can only be altered or disestablished by the Director if public interests necessitate such actions. The administration of these communal lands aims to ensure a sustainable supply of forest products and adequate pasture for local inhabitants, allowing for regulated exploitation when necessary for forest management.
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- What is Amendments to Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) about?
- Act No. 3388, enacted on December 3, 1927, amends specific sections of the Administrative Code regarding the establishment and administration of communal forests and pastures in the Philippines. The Director of Forestry, with departmental approval, can designate public lands as communal forests or pastures for local communities, preferably from within the province. Once designated, these areas cannot be sold or leased and can only be altered or disestablished by the Director if public interests necessitate such actions. The administration of these communal lands aims to ensure a sustainable supply of forest products and adequate pasture for local inhabitants, allowing for regulated exploitation when necessary for forest management.
- What type of law is Act No. 3388?
- Amendments to Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) (Act No. 3388) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Amendments to Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) enacted?
- Amendments to Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) (Act No. 3388) was enacted on Dec 3, 1927.
- What is the citation for Amendments to Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)?
- Amendments to Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3388, Dec 3, 1927 (Philippines)
Law Information
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- Act No. 3388
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 3, 1927
ACT NO. 3388
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE AND EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SETTING ASIDE COMMUNAL PASTURES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Section eighteen hundred and thirty-nine of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 1839. Establishment of communal forests and pastures. — The Director of Forestry, with the approval of the Department Head, may set aside, as communal forest or communal pasture, for the particular use of the inhabitants of any municipality or municipal district, one or more tracts of public land, more suitable for forest uses than for agriculture. Such assignment shall be preferably made from land in the province of the community to be served; but if there be no such land conveniently situated for the use of such community, a communal forest or a communal pasture may be assigned for its use in a neighboring province. If the public interests so require, the Director of Forestry may, with like approval, change the location or boundaries of a communal forest or a communal pasture, or dis-establish it altogether. A communal forest or a communal pasture, once established for such communal use, shall not be entered, sold or leased."
SECTION 2. Section eighteen hundred and forty-one of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 1841. Administration of communal forest and pasture. — Communal forests and communal pastures shall be administered by the Director of Forestry, subject to the approval of the Department Head, in such a way as to insure to the people having rights therein a continued supply of forest products necessary for their home use and sufficient pasture for their animals, and to this end the Director of Forestry may prescribe the species and sizes of trees that may be cut, the manner of removal of such trees or other forest products, stone, or earth, and the conditions under which pastures may be occupied. Subject to like approval, exploitation of a communal forest for revenue shall be allowed by the Director of Forestry, under a special license, only when the best interest of the forest requires cutting in excess of local needs."
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, December 3, 1927. SCaITA
Cite This Law
Amendments to Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3388, Dec 3, 1927 (Philippines)
Amendments to Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3388 (Phil. 1927)
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