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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 277 - AMENDING
Sec. 68 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE (P.D.) NO. 705, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE REVISED FORESTRY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PENALIZING POSSESSION OF TIMBER OR OTHER FOREST PRODUCTS WITHOUT THE
LEGAL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY EXISTING FOREST LAWS, AUTHORIZING THE
CONFISCATION OF ILLEGALLY CUT, GATHERED. REMOVED AND POSSESSED FOREST
PRODUCTS, AND GRANTING REWARDS TO INFORMERS OF VIOLATIONS OF FORESTRY
LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS
WHEREAS,
there is an urgency to conserve the remaining forest resources of the
country for the benefit and welfare of the present and future
generations of Filipinos;
WHEREAS, our forest resources may be effectively conserved and
protected through the vigilant enforcement and implementation of our
forestry laws, rules and regulations;
WHEREAS, the implementation of our forest laws suffers from technical
difficulties, due to certain inadequacies in the penal provisions of
the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines; and
WHEREAS, to overcome these difficulties, there is a need to penalize
certain acts to make our forestry laws more responsive to present
situations and realities;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:
Section 1.
“SEC.
68.
“The court shall further order
the confiscation in favor of the government of the timber or any forest
products cut, gathered, collected, removed, or possessed as well as the
machinery, equipment, implements and tools illegally used in the area
where the timber or forest products are found.”
Sec. 2.
“SEC.
68-A.
“SEC. 68-B.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
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