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NATURAL RESOURCES AND

ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

Of the Philippines

Statutes,

Implementing Rules and

Regulations

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CA No 141 | Public Land Act

5

TITLE I Title and Application of the Act, Lands to

Which It Refers, and Classification, Delimitation and

Survey Thereof for Concession

5

CHAPTER I Short Title of the Act, Lands to Which

It

Applies

and

Officers

Charged

With

Its

Execution

5

CHAPTER

II

Classification,

Delimitation,

and

Survey of Lands of the Public Domain, for the

Concession Thereof

5

TITLE II Agricultural Public Lands

5

CHAPTER III Forms of Concession of Agricultural

Lands

5

CHAPTER IV Homesteads

6

CHAPTER V Sale

6

CHAPTER VI Lease

8

CHAPTER VII Free Patents

9

CHAPTER VIII Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect

or Incomplete Titles

10

TITLE

III

Lands

for

Residential,

Commercial

or

Industrial Purposes and Other Similar Purposes

11

CHAPTER IX Classification and Concession of

Public Lands Suitable for Residence, Commerce

and Industry

11

TITLE IV Lands for Educational, Charitable, and Other

Similar Purposes

12

CHAPTER X Concession of Lands for Educational,

Charitable and Other Similar Purposes

12

TITLE V Reservations

13

CHAPTER XI Town Site Reservations

13

CHAPTER

XII

Reservations

for

Public

and

Semi-Public Purposes

13

CHAPTER

XIII

Provisions

Common

to

Reservations

14

TITLE VI General Provisions

14

CHAPTER

XIV

Applications:

Procedure,

Concession of Lands, and Legal Restrictions and

Encumbrances

14

CHAPTER XV Transitory Provisions

18

CHAPTER XVI Penal Provisions

18

TITLE VII Final Provisions

19

CHAPTER XVII Effectiveness of this Act

19

RA No 10023 | An Act Authorizing the Issuance of Free

Patents to Residential Lands

19

See IRR here

19

PD No 705 | Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines 20

CHAPTER I Organization and Jurisdiction of the

Bureau

21

CHAPTER II Classification and Survey

23

CHAPTER III Utilization and Management

24

A. TIMBER

24

B. WOOD-PROCESSING

25

C. REFORESTATION

26

D. FOREST PROTECTION

27

E. SPECIAL USES

29

F. QUALIFICATIONS

29

G. REGULATORY FEES

30

H. UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

30

CHAPTER IV Criminal Offenses and Penalties

32

See IRR of Sec 77-B (68-B) here

32

SPECIAL CLAUSES

34

PD No 953 | Requiring the Planting of Trees in Certain

Places

and

Penalizing

Unauthorized

Cutting

or

Destruction Thereof

34

See IRR here

34

RA No 6969 | Toxic Substances and Hazardous and

Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990

35

See IRR here

35

RA No 7942 | Philippine Mining Act of 1995

39

See IRR here

39

CHAPTER I Introductory Provision

39

CHAPTER II Government Management

41

CHAPTER III Scope of Application

42

CHAPTER IV Exploration Permit

42

CHAPTER V Mineral Agreements

43

CHAPTER

VI

Financial

or

Technical

Assistance

Agreement

44

CHAPTER VII Small-scale Mining

45

CHAPTER VIII Quarry Resources

45

CHAPTER

IX

Transport,

Sale

and

Processing

of

Minerals

46

CHAPTER X Development of Mining Communities,

Science and Mining Technology

47

CHAPTER XI Safety and Environmental Protection 47

CHAPTER XII Auxiliary Mining Rights

48

CHAPTER XIII Settlement of Conflicts

49

CHAPTER XIV Government Share

49

CHAPTER XV Taxes and Fees

50

CHAPTER XVI Incentives

50

CHAPTER XVII Ground for Cancellation, Revocation

and Termination

51

CHAPTER

XVIII

Organizational

and

Institutional

Arrangements

52

CHAPTER XIX Penal Provisions

52

CHAPTER XX Transitory and Miscellaneous Provisions

53

RA No 7076 | People's Small-scale Mining Act of 1991 53

See IRR here

53

PD No 972 | The Coal Development Act of 1976

56

See IRR here

56

RA No 387 | Petroleum Act of 1949

62

CHAPTER I General Provisions

62

CHAPTER II Concessions

63

CHAPTER III Non-Exclusive Exploration Permit

66

CHAPTER IV Exploration Concession

67

CHAPTER V Exploitation Concession

69

CHAPTER VI Refining Concession

72

CHAPTER VII Pipeline Concession

73

CHAPTER VIII Penalties and Extinction of Rights

74

© Compiled by Rehne Gibb Larena | JD-2 | University of San Carlos