An Act to Amend Section Eighteen Hundred and Forty of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Administrative Code, as Amended by Act Numbered Twenty-Nine Hundred and Two, Extending the Time during which Lower-Group Timber may be taken without License
Act No. 3225, approved on November 2, 1925, amends Section 1840 of the Administrative Code regarding the extraction of lower-group timber. It allows residents in areas without a designated communal forest to take second and lower group timber, minor forest products, and certain materials for personal use without a license until October 25, 1930. However, a free permit from the Bureau of Forestry is required for transportation of these materials. The Act emphasizes that extraction must occur in public forests and not in forest reserves.
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- Act No. 3225
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 2, 1925
ACT NO. 3225
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWO, EXTENDING THE TIME DURING WHICH LOWER-GROUP TIMBER MAY BE TAKEN WITHOUT LICENSE
SECTION 1. Section eighteen hundred and forty of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, as amended by Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and two, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 1840. Taking of lower-group timber without license. — Until the twenty-fifth day of October, nineteen hundred and thirty, residents of a place for which a communal forest shall not have been set aside may, without license and free of charge, take timber of the second and lower groups, minor forest products, and stone or earth which they need for personal purposes, and not for sale, provided such products are taken in a public forest, but not in a forest reserve: Provided, That a permit from the Bureau of Forestry to be issued free of charge shall be required for the transportation of said products from their place of origin to the municipality, municipal district, township, or settlement wherein the applicant resides."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, November 2, 1925.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Section Eighteen Hundred and Forty of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Administrative Code, as Amended by Act Numbered Twenty-Nine Hundred and Two, Extending the Time during which Lower-Group Timber may be taken without License, Act No. 3225, Nov 2, 1925 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section Eighteen Hundred and Forty of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Administrative Code, as Amended by Act Numbered Twenty-Nine Hundred and Two, Extending the Time during which Lower-Group Timber may be taken without License, Act No. 3225 (Phil. 1925)
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