Question & AnswerQ&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 72)
The main purpose of Proclamation No. 72 is to withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve a certain parcel of the public domain in the Municipality of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro as the Sablayan Penal Colony and Farm under the administration of the Bureau of Prisons.
The Bureau of Prisons is responsible for the administration of the Sablayan Penal Colony and Farm.
The timber and other forest products, as well as the use and occupancy of areas indicated as timber land or forest reserve, shall be placed under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry in accordance with the Forest Laws and Regulations.
The proclamation is subject to private rights, if any there be.
The land covers an approximate area of 16,190 hectares, more or less.
Excluded are a strip of 15 meters in width on each side of any public trail used as an outlet for timber and other forest products, and a strip of 40 meters in width from the highest bank on each side of any stream for stream bank protection, in areas that will be released as not needed for forest purposes.
The parcel of land is bounded by rivers including the Rayusan River, Kinarawan River, Maltongtong River, Busuanga River, Pusog Creek, and Mompong River.
The legal basis is section 83 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended.
The private rights clause means that if there are any existing private ownership or claims to any part of the land, these rights remain recognized and protected despite the reservation.