QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 4190)
Republic Act No. 4190 is titled “AN ACT DECLARING CERTAIN PLACES IN THE PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL SUR AS NATIONAL PARKS.” Its purpose is to declare specific places in Lanao del Sur as national parks.
Rungkiman Park, located in the Municipality of Ramain.
Lake Dapao, located in the Municipality of Pualas.
Lake Butig, located in the Municipality of Butig.
RA 4190 declares “Sacred Mountain together with all the lands therein” as a national park, located in Marawi City.
Salikata Park, located in the Municipality of Lumba Bayabao.
Pantuwaraya Lake, located in Saguiaran.
Six (6) places are explicitly listed.
It declares “Sacred Mountain together with all the lands therein,” meaning it includes both the mountain and the lands within it.
It legally declares those enumerated sites as “national parks.”
It shall take effect upon its approval.
RA 4190 was approved on May 4, 1965.
It was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.
Ramain, Pualas, Butig, Marawi City, Lumba Bayabao, and Saguiaran.
Lake Dapao, Lake Butig, and Pantuwaraya Lake.
Rungkiman Park and Salikata Park are explicitly labeled as “Park” in their names.
“Sacred Mountain” is described as including “all the lands therein,” while the lake sites are identified simply as the lakes located in specified municipalities without an express “lands therein” phrase.