Question & AnswerQ&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 24)
The proclamation is titled "Establishing and Designating a Parcel of the Public Domain Situated in Certain Municipalities as 'Bataan National Park'."
The park was established pursuant to Section 1 of Act Numbered 3915, which provides for the establishment of national parks, declaring such parks as game refuges, and for other purposes.
The Bataan National Park is under the administration of the Bureau of Forestry.
The Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce has general executive control and supervision over the park.
The park is established for park purposes for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the Philippines.
The proclamation withdraws from sale, settlement, or other disposition the described parcel of the public domain located in the municipalities of Hermosa, Orani, Samal, Abucay, Balanga, Pilar, Bagac, and Moron in Bataan, and Subic in Zambales, subject to private rights if any exist.
The park contains an approximate area of 31,400 hectares.
The park is bounded on the north by the southern boundary of Roosevelt National Park and certified Alienable and Disposable land; on the east by certified Alienable and Disposable land; on the south by the U.S. Military Reservation and Bagac River; and on the west by the seacoast from Bagac River to Alilao River, thence the certified alienable and disposable land and the U.S. Military and Naval Reservations.
No, the proclamation states that the park is subject to future delimitation and survey.