Reserving for the Resettlement of Cultural Minorities and Muslim Returnees Certain Parcels of Land of Public Domain in Kapalong, Davao del Norte
Proclamation No. 2149, issued on December 28, 1981, by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, designates an 8,880-hectare parcel of public land in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, as a civil reservation for the resettlement of cultural minorities and Muslim returnees. The land is under the administration of PANAMIN and the Bureau of Forest Development, which will manage timber and forest product resources in accordance with relevant laws. A 15-meter strip along public trails is excluded from this proclamation for stream bank protection. If development does not commence within five years, the land will revert to its previous status.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Proclamation No. 2149
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Presidential Proclamations
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 28, 1981
PROCLAMATION NO. 2149
DECLARING AS A CIVIL RESERVATION FOR THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE CULTURAL MINORITIES AND MUSLIM RETURNEES, THE PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AS DESCRIBED ON BFD MAP CR-129, SITUATED IN KAPALONG, DAVAO DEL NORTE, ISLAND OF MINDANAO
Upon recommendation of the Director of Forest Development, concurred in by the Minister of Natural Resources, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby set aside and declare as a civil reservation for the resettlement of the cultural minorities and the muslim returnees, subject to existing rights, if any there be, the parcel of land of the public domain, containing an aggregate area of 8,880 hectares more or less, situated in the municipality of Kapalong, Province of Davao del Norte, as shown and described on the Bureau of Forest Development Map No. CR-129, under the administration and control of the PANAMIN. The disposition of the timber and other forest products found therein shall be under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forest Development in accordance with the Forestry and Internal Revenue Laws and Regulations.
There are excluded from the operation of this proclamation a strip of 15 meters in width on each side of any public trail therein used as outlet for timber and other forest products from the highest bank on each side of any stream for stream bank protection.
The area shall be reverted back to its previous status in the event that the development of the area covered thereby will not begin within five (5) years from the approval of the proclamation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-One.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 78 No. 2, 126-1 Supp., on January 11, 1982.
Cite This Law
Reserving for the Resettlement of Cultural Minorities and Muslim Returnees Certain Parcels of Land of Public Domain in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Proclamation No. 2149, Dec 28, 1981 (Philippines)
Reserving for the Resettlement of Cultural Minorities and Muslim Returnees Certain Parcels of Land of Public Domain in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Proclamation No. 2149 (Phil. 1981)
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