Section 14Sec./Art. 14

Prohibited Acts. - The following acts are prohibited within the PA:

1. Cutting, gathering or collecting timber or other forest products without license. Any person who shall cut, gather, collect, remove timber or other forest products from any forest land within the PA without any authority under a license or permit, or possess timber or other forest products without the legal documents as required under existing forestry laws and regulations, shall be guilty of qualified theft as defined and punishable under Articles 309 and 310 of the Revised Penal Code.

2. Squatting. - Any person who with the use of force, intimidation or threat, or taking advantage of the absence or tolerance of the landowner/claimant, succeeds in occupying or possessing the property/claim of the latter, against his will for residential, commercial or any other purposes, shall be punished by imprisonment ranging from six (6) months to one (1) year or a fine of not less than One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) nor more than Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) at the discretion of the court, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency.

If the offender is a corporation or association, the maximum penalty of five (5) years imprisonment and a fine of Five thousand pesos (P5, 000.00) shall be imposed upon the president, director, manager or managing partners thereof.

3. Unlawful occupation or destruction of forest lands within the PA. - Any person who enters and occupies or possesses or makes kaingin for his own private use or for others any land within the PA without any authority or permit from the PAMB or in any manner destroys such land or part thereof or causes any damage to the timber stand and other forest products and forest growths found therein shall be punishable by the penalties provided for in Section 15 hereof.

4. Except as may be allowed by the nature of their categories and pursuant to the rules and regulations governing the same, the following additional acts are prohibited within the PA and shall subject those found guilty by the penalties provided for in Section 15 hereof.

a. Hunting, destroying, disturbing, or more possession of any plant or animal or products derived therefrom without a permit from concerned authorities;

b. Dumping of any waste products detrimental to the PA, or to the plants and animals or inhabitants therein;

c. Using any motorized equipment without a permit from the PAMB;

d. Mutilating, defacing or destroying objects of natural beauty, or objects of interest to cultural communities;

e. Damaging and leaving roads and trails in a damaged condition;

f. Mineral exploration and survey of energy resources;

g. Constructing or maintaining any kind of structure, fence or enclosures, and conducting any business enterprise without a permit;

h. Leaving in exposed or unsanitary conditions refuse or debris, or depositing such in the grounds or in bodies of water;

i. Altering, removing, destroying or defacing boundary markers, monuments or interpretative signs; and

j. Entry without a permit of the following:

1. Mountain climbers;

2. Campers;

3. Spelunkers;

4. Study/research groups/individuals; and

5. Visitors.

k. Mining, sand and gravel quarrying/extraction; and

l. Buying, selling or transferring of rights over any land within the PA.