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NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS STATUTES and IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

If

the

offender

is

a

corporation,

partnership

or

association, the officers and directors thereof shall be

liable.

Section 88 (79). Sale of wood products. No person shall

sell or offer for sale any log, lumber, plywood or other

manufactured wood products in the international or

domestic market unless he complies with grading rules

and established or to be established by the Government.

Failure to adhere to the established grading rules and

standards, or any act of falsification of the volume of

logs, lumber, or other forest products shall be a sufficient

cause for the suspension of the export, sawmill, or other

license or permit authorizing the manufacture or sale of

such products for a period of not less than two (2) years.

A duly accredited representative of the Bureau shall

certify to the compliance by the licensees with grading

rules.

Every dealer in lumber and other building material

covered by this Code shall issue an invoice for each sale

of such material and such invoice shall state that the

kind,

standard

and

size

of

material

sold

to

each

purchaser in exactly the same as described in the

invoice. Any violation of this Section shall be sufficient

ground for the suspension of the dealer's license for a

period of not less than two (2) years and, in addition

thereto, the dealer shall be punished for each such

offense by a fine of not less than two hundred pesos

(P200.00) or the total value of the invoice, whichever is

greater.

Section 89 (80).Arrest: institution of criminal actions. — A

forest

officer

or

employee

of

the

Bureau

or

any

personnel

of

the

Philippine

Constabulary/Integrated

National Police shall arrest even without warrant any

person who has committed or is committing in his

presence any of the offenses defined in this Chapter. He

shall

also

seize

and

confiscate,

in

favor

of

the

Government,

the

tools

and

equipment

used

in

committing the offense, and the forest products cut,

gathered or taken by the offender in the process of

committing the offense. The arresting forest officer or

employee shall thereafter deliver within six (6) hours

from the time of arrest and seizure, the offender and the

confiscated forest products, tools and equipment and

file the proper complaint with, the appropriate official

designated by law to conduct preliminary investigation

and file information in Court.

If the arrest and seizure are made in the forest, far from

the authorities designated by law to conduct preliminary

investigations, the delivery to, and filing of the complaint

with, the latter shall be done within a reasonable time

sufficient to the place of delivery. The seized products,

materials and equipment shall be immediately disposed

of in accordance with forestry administrative orders

promulgated by the Department Head.

The

Department

Head

may

deputized any agency,

barangay or barrio official, or any qualified person to

protect the forest and exercise the power or authority

provided for in the preceding paragraph.

Reports and complaints regarding the commission of

any

of

the

offenses

defined

in

this

Chapter,

not

committed in the presence of any forest officer or

employee,

or

any

personnel

of

the

Philippine

Constabulary/Integrated National Police or any of the

deputized

officers

or officials, shall immediately be

investigated by the forest officer assigned in the area or

any personnel of the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated

National

Police

where

the

offense

was

allegedly

committed, who shall thereupon receive the evidence

supporting the report or complaint.

If

there

is

a

prima

facie

evidence to support the

complaint

or

report, the investigating forest officer

and/or

members

of

the

Philippine

Constabulary/Integrated National Police shall file the

necessary

complaint

with

the

appropriate

official

authorized by law to conduct a preliminary investigation

of

criminal

case

and

file

an

information in Court.

(Amending Section 80 of P.D. No. 705 As Amended

(Revised Forestry Code of the Philippine), Presidential

Decree No. 1775, [January 14, 1981])

Section 89-A (80-A). The Armed Forces of the Philippines

shall organize a special force in every region to help

enforce the provisions of this act under such rules and

regulations as may be agreed upon by the Secretaries of

National Defense and Natural Resources. (Amending P.D.

No.

705 (Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines),

Presidential Decree No. 1559, [June 11, 1978])

Section 89-B (80-B). Administrative authority of the

Director to impose fines. — In all cases of violations of

this Code and other forest laws, rules and regulations

where fine is the principal penalty, the Director is hereby

authorized

to

impose

administratively

the

penalty

consisting of the fine. (Amending P.D. No. 705 (Revised

Forestry Code of the Philippines), Presidential Decree

No. 1559, [June 11, 1978])

SPECIAL CLAUSES

Section 90 (81). Separability Clause. Should any provision

herein be subsequently declared unconstitutional, the

same shall not affect the validity or the legality of the

other provisions.

Section 91 (82). Repealing Clause. Presidential Decree

Nos. 330, and 389, C.A. No. 452, R.A. No. 4715 and all laws,

orders, rules and regulations or any part thereof which

are

inconsistent

herewith

are

hereby

repealed

or

amended accordingly.

Section 92 (83). Date of Effectivity. This Code shall take

effect immediately upon promulgation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of May, in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

PD No 953 | Requiring the Planting of

Trees in Certain Places and Penalizing

Unauthorized Cutting or Destruction

Thereof

REQUIRING

THE

PLANTING

OF

TREES

IN

CERTAIN

PLACES AND PENALIZING UNAUTHORIZED CUTTING,

DESTRUCTION, DAMAGING AND INJURING OF CERTAIN

TREES, PLANTS AND VEGETATION

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See IRR here

WHEREAS, the planting of trees on lands adjoining the

edge

of

rivers

and

creeks

in

both

a

measure

of

beautification and reforestation; and

WHEREAS, the planting of trees along roads and areas

intended for the common use of owners of lots in

subdivisions

will

provide

shade

and

healthful

environment therein;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President

of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me

by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:

Section 1. The following shall plant trees:

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