Title
Creation of San Carlos Ecozone II
Law
Proclamation No. 767
Decision Date
May 9, 2014
Proclamation No. 767 designates parcels of land in Barangay Palampas, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental as a Special Economic Zone to attract investments, promote economic growth, and generate employment opportunities. The designated zone, known as the San Carlos Ecozone II, consists of three parcels of land with a total area of 393,573 square meters.

Questions (PROCLAMATION NO. 767)

Republic Act (RA) No. 7916, the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995, as amended by RA No. 8748.

The Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).

San Carlos Ecozone II.

Barangay Palampas, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

Three Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Three (393,573) square meters, more or less.

Lot No. 775-A (Psd-06-012754); Lot No. 775-B-2-A (Psd-06-067124); Lot No. 775-B-2-B (Psd-06-067124); Lot No. 775-B-2-F (Psd-06-067124).

They precisely identify the specific parcels of land being designated as the SEZ, ensuring proper boundaries for legal and land administration purposes.

It specifies the surveyors and approval dates, stating bearings true and that corners are marked on the ground by specified monuments, surveyed on given dates and approved on given dates.

A legal easement (20.00 m. wide) for public use along lines 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 is reserved.

Even though parcels are designated as an SEZ, the proclamation expressly reserves a 20-meter public-use legal easement along specified lines.

It references RA 7916 as amended and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, and specifically cites PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 10-106 (s. 2010) as amended by Resolution Nos. 10-387 (s. 2010) and 11-494 (s. 2011).

Benigno S. Aquino III signed as President; Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr. signed as Executive Secretary.

It is marked [May 09, 2014] and the “DONE” clause states May 9, 2014 in the City of Manila.

It provides the controlling boundaries/identity of the designated parcels, which courts and agencies use to resolve issues of coverage, ownership encroachment, and regulatory jurisdiction.

That the specific land parcel matches the cadastral/technical descriptions and falls within the boundaries described by the proclamation’s coordinates/bearings/distances and referenced plans.


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