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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 922 |
The Director of Mines
In view of existence of rampant and continuous illegal mining activities committed all over the country and in order to curb these nefarious practices and prosecute the violators thereof, the Director of Mines is hereby directed;
1.
To cause the field investigation of the area subject
of the report of illegal mining activities pursuant to existing mining
laws and decrees;
2. To order
the legal officer/s to conduct a preliminary investigation immediately
upon receipt of positive findings by the investigating team sent to the
area in accordance with the pertinent provisions of P.D. No. 77, as
amended;
3. To cause
the preparation of and sign complaints/information for illegal mining
activities based on the preliminary investigation conducted by the
legal officer/s; and
4. To order
the legal officer/s of the Bureau of Mines, to file said cases in the
proper courts of justice, the prosecution of which shall be under their
complete control and jurisdiction any provision of the Rules of Court
to the contrary notwithstanding.
In the prosecution of cases for illegal mining activities in courts, the legal officer/s of the Bureau Mines assigned to said cases shall under the immediate administrative supervision of the Minister of Justice.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.
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