Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 9323)
Republic Act No. 9323 is an act reclassifying a parcel of timberland located in Barangay Atabay, Municipality of Hilongos, Province of Leyte, as alienable and disposable land for residential, commercial, industrial, and other productive purposes.
The parcel of land is located in Barangay Atabay, Municipality of Hilongos, Province of Leyte.
The total land area reclassified is twenty-one (21) hectares and six thousand eight hundred ninety (6,890) square meters, more or less.
The timberland was initially classified under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Land Classification Map No. 2994, Block D, Timberland Leyte Project No. 18, and certified on February 22, 1982, per LC Map No. 829 dated September 25, 1929.
The timberland is declared as alienable or disposable land for residential, commercial, industrial, or other productive purposes.
The Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is tasked to promulgate the rules and regulations.
RA 9323 took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or two newspapers of general circulation.
RA 9323 lapsed into law on August 8, 2004, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27(1) of the 1987 Constitution.
The Act provides precise bearings and distances between specific points, such as from B.L.L.M. No. 1, 566-D Hilongos Leyte Cadastre, along lines with bearings like S. 80-18 W., 448.51 meters, and other point-to-point distances.