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Existing Rights. All prior and property and private rights within the protected area and its buffer zones and the ancestral domains already existing and/or vested upon the effectivity of this Act shall be protected and respected in accordance with existing laws.
CHAPTER IV
PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALTIES
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