Article 35p. 35

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS STATUTES and IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Every person who owns land adjoining a river or creek,

shall plant trees extending at least five meters on his

land adjoining the edge of the bank of the river or creek,

except

when

such

land,

due

to

its

permanent

improvement, cannot be planted with trees;

2. Every owner of an existing subdivision shall plant trees

in the open spaces required to be reserved for the

common use and enjoyment of the owners of the lots

therein as well as along all roads and service streets. The

subdivision owner shall consult the Bureau of Forest

Development as to the appropriate species of trees to be

planted and the manner of planting them; and

3. Every holder of a license agreement, lease, license or

permit from the Government, involving occupation and

utilization of forest or grazing land with a river or creek

therein, shall plant trees extending at least twenty (20)

meters from each edge of the bank of the river or creek.

The persons hereinabove required to plant trees shall

take good care of them, and, from time to time, remove

any tree planted by them in their respective areas which

has grown very old, is diseased, or is defective, and

replant

with

trees

their

respective

areas

whenever

necessary.

Section

2.

Every

owner

of

land

subdivided

into

residential/commercial/industrial lots after the effectivity

of this Decree shall reserve, develop and maintain not

less than thirty percent (30%) of the total area of the

subdivision, exclusive of roads, service streets and alleys,

as open space for parks and recreational areas.

No plan for a subdivision shall be approved by the Land

Registration Commission or any office or agency of the

government unless at least thirty percent (30%) of the

total area of the subdivision, exclusive of roads, service

streets and alleys, is reserved as open space for parks

and recreational areas and the owner thereof undertakes

to develop such open space, within three (3) years from

the approval of the subdivision plan, in accordance with

the development plan approved by the Bureau of Forest

Development

and

to

maintain

such

parks

and

recreational areas.

Section 3. Any person who cuts, destroys, damages or

injures, naturally growing or planted trees of any kind,

flowering or ornamental plants and shrubs, or plants of

scenic, aesthetic and ecological values, along public

roads, in plazas, parks other than national parks, school

premises or in any other public ground or place, or on

banks

of

rivers

or

creeks,

or

along

roads

in

land

subdivisions or areas therein for the common use of the

owners of lots therein, or any species of vegetation or

forest

cover

found

therein

shall, be punished with

imprisonment for not less than six months and not more

than two years, or a fine of not less than five hundred

pesos and not more than five thousand pesos, or with

both such imprisonment and fine at the discretion of the

court, except when the cutting, destroying, damaging or

injuring is necessary for public safety or the pruning

thereof is necessary to enhance beauty, and only upon

the approval of the duly authorized representative of the

head

of

agency

or

political

subdivision

having

jurisdiction

therein,

or

of

the

Director

of

Forest

Development in the case of trees on banks of rivers and

creeks, or of the owner of the land subdivision in the

case of trees along roads and in other areas therein for

the common use of owners of lots therein. If the offender

is a corporation, partnership or association, the penalty

shall be imposed upon the officer or officers thereof

responsible for the offense, and if such officer or officers

are aliens, in addition to the penalty herein prescribed,

he

or

they

shall

be

deported

without

further

proceedings before the Commission on Immigration and

Deportation. Nothing in this Decree shall prevent the

cancellation of a license agreement, lease, license or

permit from the Government, if such cancellation is

prescribed therein or in Government regulations for such

offense.

Section 4. Any person who shall violate any provision of

Section

one

hereof,

or any regulation promulgated

thereunder, shall be punished with imprisonment for not

less than six months but not more than two years, or

with a fine of not less than five hundred pesos but not

more than five thousand pesos, or with both such

imprisonment than fine at the discretion of the court. If

the offender is a public officer or employee, he shall, in

addition, be dismissed from the public service and

disqualified perpetually to hold public office.

Section 5. Any person who shall violate the provision of

Section

2

hereof,

or

any

regulation

promulgated

thereunder, shall be punished with imprisonment for not

less than two (2) years but not more than five (5) years, or

with a fine equivalent to the value, at current valuation,

of the area representing thirty percent (30%) of the total

area

of

the

subdivision,

or

both

such

fine

and

imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.

Section 6. The Director of Forest Development shall issue

such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry

out the purposes of this Decree.

Section 7. All laws, rules and regulations, or parts thereof,

inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Section

8.

This

Decree

shall

take

effect

upon

its

promulgation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of July in the year

of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

RA No 6969 | Toxic Substances and

Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control

Act of 1990

October 26, 1990

AN

ACT

TO

CONTROL

TOXIC

SUBSTANCES

AND

HAZARDOUS

AND

NUCLEAR

WASTES,

PROVIDING

PENALTIES

FOR

VIOLATIONS

THEREOF,

AND

FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

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See IRR here

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the

"Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes

Control Act of 1990."

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the

State to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation,

manufacture,

processing,

sale,

distribution,

use and

disposal

of

chemical

substances and mixtures that

present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or the

environment; to prohibit the entry, even in transit, of

hazardous and nuclear wastes and their disposal into the

Philippine territorial limits for whatever purpose; and to

provide advancement and facilitate research and studies

on toxic chemicals.

SECTION 3. Scope. — This Act shall cover the importation,

manufacture,

processing,

handling,

storage,

transportation, sale, distribution, use and disposal of all

unregulated chemical substances and mixtures in the

Philippines, including the entry, even in transit, as well as

the keeping or storage and disposal of hazardous and

nuclear wastes into the country for whatever purpose.

SECTION 4. Objectives. — The objectives of this Act are:

a) To keep an inventory of chemicals that are presently

being

imported,

manufactured,

or

used,

indicating,

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