Title
Supreme Court
Exclusion of Lands in Iligan City from NPC Reservation
Law
Proclamation No. 20
Decision Date
Apr 6, 1962
Diosdado Macapagal's Proclamation No. 20 excludes specific areas occupied by the Maria Cristina Fertilizer Plant and its employees' housing in Iligan City from a previous reservation for the National Power Corporation, declaring them open for disposition under the Public Land Act.

Q&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 20)

The purpose of Proclamation No. 20 is to exclude certain areas occupied by the Maria Cristina Fertilizer Plant and the Employees Housing Compound in Iligan City from the operation of Proclamation No. 335, Series of 1952, which reserved portions of the public domain for the use of the National Power Corporation, and to declare these areas open for disposition under the Public Land Act.

The areas occupied by the Maria Cristina Fertilizer Plant and the Employees Housing Compound situated in Iligan City, specifically described as Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in plan Sgs-1440-D.

The exclusion removes these parcels of land from the reservation under Proclamation No. 335, making them open to disposition under the provisions of the Public Land Act.

They are described by their boundaries, bearings, adjoining properties, and areas in square meters as per plan Sgs-1440-D and Iligan Cadastre references.

The Public Land Act provides the legal framework under which the excluded parcels of land can now be disposed of, such as through sale, lease, or other forms of disposition.

Proclamation No. 20 excludes certain areas from the operation of Proclamation No. 335, Series of 1952.

The Secretary made the recommendation for the exclusion of the specified areas from the reserved public domain for the use of the National Power Corporation.

They are located in the District of Buru-un, Iligan City, Philippines.


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