Expeditious Implementation of the Government Agro-Forest Development Pilot Project
Letter of Instructions No. 525, issued on March 30, 1977, authorizes the Secretary of Natural Resources to utilize departmental funds for compensating ranchers and small settlers involved in the government's agro-forest development pilot project under Proclamation No. 1632. It provides for the resettlement of these individuals, granting special patents for new sites and exempting them from various fees associated with land registration. Additionally, qualified ranchers are allowed to exchange pasture areas without incurring rent for the first year. The directive revokes any conflicting previous regulations and takes immediate effect.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 525
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 30, 1977
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 525
| TO | : | The Secretary of Natural Resources |
| The Secretary of Finance | ||
| The Director of Forest Development | ||
| The Director of Lands | ||
| The Land Registration Commissioner |
In order to expedite the implementation of the government agro-forest development pilot project under Proclamation No. 1632, the Secretary of Natural Resources is hereby authorized to use funds appropriated for his Department and such funds as may hereafter be provided to compensate the value of improvements of the various ranchers and small settlers within the project and to resettle them, after proper screening, in areas found to be suitable for the purpose. Small settlers who elect resettlement shall be issued special patents in the resettlements sites, and ranchers found qualified to acquire and exchange pasture area shall be provided such area. acd
The displaced settlers and ranchers shall be exempt from the payment of application fees, registration fees, documentary stamps, and all other initial fees required for the registration of their land patents or pasture applications. The ranchers shall, in addition, be exempt from paying rent for their new pasture areas for the first year. cd
All Letters of Instructions, Executive Orders, Department Orders or Circulars, Rules and Regulations or parts thereof that are inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.
This Letters of Instructions shall take effect immediately. cd
DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Seven.
Cite This Law
Expeditious Implementation of the Government Agro-Forest Development Pilot Project, Letter of Instructions No. 525, Mar 30, 1977 (Philippines)
Expeditious Implementation of the Government Agro-Forest Development Pilot Project, Letter of Instructions No. 525 (Phil. 1977)
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