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NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS STATUTES and IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

protected area, of seventy-five percent (75%) of all the

revenue

raised

therefrom.

These

incomes

shall

be

derived from:

(a) Taxes from the permitted sale and export of flora and

fauna and other resources from protected areas;

(b) Proceeds from lease of multiple-use areas;

(c) Contributions from industries and facilities directly

benefiting from the protected area; and

(d) Such other fees and incomes derived from the

operation of the protected area.

The Fund, including all donations, grants, endowments

from various sources and other contributions shall be

deposited in any government bank within the locality

where each protected area is located: Provided, That if

there is no government bank available in the locality, an

account shall be opened in a government bank nearest

to the locality.

Disbursements from the Fund shall be made solely for

the

protection,

maintenance,

administration,

and

management of the System, and duly approved projects

endorsed by the PAMBs, in the amounts authorized by

the

DENR

in

accordance

with

existing

accounting,

budgeting and auditing rules and regulations: Provided,

further, That the Fund shall not be used to cover

personal services expenditures. (Amendment to R.A. No.

7586 (National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of

1992), Republic Act No. 10629, [September 26, 2013])

SECTION 17.Annual Report to Congress. – At the opening

of each session of Congress, the DENR shall report to the

President, for transmission to Congress, on the status of

the System, regulation in force and other pertinent

information, together with recommendations.

SECTION

18.Field

Officers.

–

All

officials,

technical

personnel and forest guards employed in the integrated

protected area service or all persons deputized by the

DENR,

upon

recommendation

of

the

Management

Board shall be considered as field officers and shall have

the authority to investigate and search premises and

buildings and make arrests in accordance with the rules

on criminal procedure for the violation of laws and

regulations relating to the protected areas. Persons

arrested shall be brought to the nearest police precinct

for investigation.

Nothing

herein

mentioned

shall

be

construed

as

preventing regular law enforcers and police officers from

arresting any person in the act of violating said laws and

regulations.

SECTION 19.Special Prosecutors. – The Department of

Justice shall designate special prosecutors to prosecute

violations of laws, rules and regulations in protected

areas.

SECTION 20.Prohibited Acts. – Except as may be allowed

by the nature of their categories and pursuant to rules

and regulations governing the same, the following acts

are prohibited within protected areas:

a. Hunting, destroying, disturbing, or mere possession of

any plants or animals or products derived therefrom

without a permit from the Management Board;

b. Dumping of any waste products detrimental to the

protected

area,

or

to

the

plants

and

animals

or

inhabitants therein;

c. Use of any motorized equipment without a permit

from the Management Board;

d. Mutilating, defacing or destroying objects of natural

beauty, or objects of interest to cultural communities (of

scenic value);

e. Damaging and leaving roads and trails in a damaged

condition;

f.Squatting, mineral locating, or otherwise occupying

any land;

g. Constructing or maintaining any kind of structure,

fence or enclosures, conducting any business enterprise

without a permit;

h. Leaving in exposed or unsanitary conditions refuse or

debris, or depositing in ground or in bodies of water; and

i.Altering, removing destroying or defacing boundary

marks or signs.

SECTION 21.Penalties. – Whoever violates this Act or any

rules

and

regulations

issued

by

the

Department

pursuant to this Act or whoever is found guilty by a

competent court of justice of any of the offenses in the

preceding section shall be fined in the amount of not

less than Five thousand pesos (P5,000) nor more than

Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000), exclusive of

the value of the thing damaged or imprisonment for not

less than one (1) year but not more than six (6) years, or

both, as determined by the court: Provided, that, if the

area requires rehabilitation or restoration as determined

by the court, the offender shall be required to restore or

compensate

for

the

restoration

to

the

damages:

Provided, further, that court shall order the eviction of

the offender from the land and the forfeiture in favor of

the Government of all minerals, timber or any species

collected or removed including all equipment, devices

and firearms used in connection therewith, and any

construction or improvement made thereon by the

offender.If the offender is an association or corporation,

the president or manager shall be directly responsible

for the act of his employees and laborers: Provided,

finally, that the DENR may impose administrative fines

and penalties consistent with this Act.

SECTION 22.Separability Clause. – If any part or section of

this Act is declared unconstitutional, such declaration

shall not affect the other parts or sections of this Act.

SECTION 23.Repealing Clause. – All laws, presidential

decrees,

executive

orders,

rules

and

regulations

inconsistent with any provisions of this Act shall be

deemed repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 24.Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect

fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in two (2)

newspapers of general circulation.

RA No 9003 | Ecological Solid Waste

Management Act of 2000

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, CREATING THE NECESSARY

INSTITUTIONAL

MECHANISMS

AND

INCENTIVES,

DECLARING

CERTAIN

ACTS

PROHIBITED

AND

PROVIDING

PENALTIES,

APPROPRIATING

FUNDS

THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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CHAPTER I Basic Policies

ARTICLE 1 General Provisions

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