BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 701

: The main purpose of Batas Pambansa Blg. 701 is to amend Section 36 of Presidential Decree No. 705, the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines, by adding incentives for private landowners engaging in tree farming on areas of fifty hectares or below.
: Section 36 of Presidential Decree No. 705 is amended.
: Private landowners engaging in tree farming on areas fifty hectares or below who plant Ipil-ipil and other fast-growing trees shall be exempt from the inventory requirement and other requirements before harvest as provided in the Revised Forestry Code for lessees of forest lands of the public domain.
: Ipil-ipil and other fast-growing trees are mentioned.
: The land area must be fifty hectares or below.
: They are exempted from the inventory requirement and other requirements before harvest as provided for lessees of forest lands, but the transport of cut trees must be accompanied by a certificate of origin.
: A certificate of origin duly issued by the authorized forest officer must accompany the transport of cut trees.
: It took effect upon its approval on April 5, 1984.
: The amendments apply to private landowners engaging in tree farming on their private lands.