QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 133)
The proclamation is issued pursuant to the President’s powers under Republic Act (RA) No. 7916 (Special Economic Zone Act of 1995), as amended by RA No. 8748, upon recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
It is the formal government act that creates or designates specified land parcels as part of a designated Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under RA 7916, subject to the law and PEZA implementing rules/board resolutions.
It concerns the existing Carmelray Industrial Park I Special Economic Zone. The proclamation states an area of Five Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Five (5,535) square meters, more or less, for the zone as defined in the proclamation.
The included parcels are: (1) Lot 23-A, TCT No. T-583361; and (2) Lot 23-E, TCT No. T-227396. Each is described by boundaries and a metes-and-bounds technical description.
Boundary statements define the perimeter of the parcel by reference to adjacent lots/roads and specific lines in the approved survey plan, allowing identification and verification of the exact property being included.
TCT Nos. are Transfer Certificates of Title issued under the Torrens system. Their inclusion ties the technical description to registered titles, supporting certainty of the land being covered.
They provide survey control and official reference: the subdivision plan number (Psd-04-158612), dates of the original survey and subdivision survey, and approval date. These details help ensure accuracy and align the metes-and-bounds with the government-approved plan.
It identifies a reference point (“a1”) on the approved plan and gives its relation to a bearing monument (BBM No. 36) using distance and bearing, establishing the starting coordinate for tracing the parcel’s boundaries.
It indicates the land is not part of the public domain; it belongs to the private domain of the state and is eligible to be covered by SEZ inclusion through lawful designation.
Lot 23-A: 4,582 square meters; Lot 23-E: 953 square meters. Phrasing like “more or less” reflects that land area in real property instruments may have minor variations due to measurement methods, survey adjustments, or rounding.
It evidences physical monumentation for boundary verification on the ground, improving certainty in identifying the included property and reducing disputes.
Resolution No. 10-545 dated 11 November 2010 of the PEZA Board of Directors is referenced. It matters because PEZA’s board recommendation is a statutory condition for the President’s designation act.
Because RA 7916 sets the statutory framework, while the IRR and the board resolution supply procedural and substantive requirements—such as compliance standards and PEZA’s determination that the area should be included.