Section 11Sec./Art. 11

Prohibited Acts. The following shall be the prohibitions and penalties applicable to the protected area:

A. The penalties in Articles 309 and 310 of the Revised Penal Code and/or Section 21 of Republic Act No. 7586 depending on the value of the resources taken, damaged or destroyed shall be imposed upon any person who do:

(i) Hunting, destroying, trapping, disturbing or possessing of any wild plants or animals or products derived therefrom anywhere within Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park without a permit from the PAMB:Provided, That such permits shall only be given for scientific purposes necessary for protected area management;

(ii) Cutting, gathering, collection or removing timber or forest products without permit:Provided, That such permits shall only be given for scientific purposes necessary for the protected area management;

(iii) Entry to the protected area or possessing outside the protected area any wild plants or animals or products derived therefrom which came from the protected area without a permit issued by PAMB;

(iv) Mineral exploration or extraction, drilling or prospecting for minerals within the Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park;

(v) Constructing or maintaining any kind of road, structure, fence or enclosure without a permit from the PAMB:Provided, That structures within ancestral domains used by indigenous cultural communities need not be under a permit from the PAMB.

Valuation of the damage shall take into account biodiversity and conservation consideration as well as aesthetic and scenic value. Commission of these acts likewise carry the penalty of eviction from the Protected Area and the forfeiture of all transportation, structures and building materials, equipment, devices and weapons used for the commission of the offense as well as the protected area resources caught in the possession of the accused.

The local government unit responsible for the imposition of the penalties herein and the arrest and confiscation of the materials shall have a fifty percent (50%) share in the disposition thereof while the rest shall accrue to the PAMB.