Legal basis and governing authority
- Proclamation No. 24 is issued pursuant to Section 1 of Act No. 3915, titled “An Act providing for the establishment of national parks, declaring such parks as game refuges, and for other purposes.”
- Proclamation No. 24 directs that the park be administered by the Bureau of Forestry, consistent with the statutory authority under Act No. 3915.
- Proclamation No. 24 subjects the park’s administration to general executive control and supervision by the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce.
Purpose and park character
- Proclamation No. 24 establishes “Bataan National Park” for park purposes.
- Proclamation No. 24 declares the park’s purpose as benefiting and providing enjoyment to the people of the Philippines.
- Act No. 3915 provides the statutory framework for establishing national parks and declaring them game refuges, which Proclamation No. 24 implements for this designated park.
Coverage: location and land involved
- Proclamation No. 24 creates Bataan National Park in Luzon, covering a parcel of the public domain.
- The covered Bataan area consists of land located in the municipalities of Hermosa, Orani, Samal, Abucay, Balanga, Pilar, Bagac, and Moron, province of Bataan.
- The covered Zambales area consists of land located in the municipality of Subic, province of Zambales.
- Proclamation No. 24 specifies an approximate area of 31,400 hectares.
- Proclamation No. 24 treats the park land as drawn from the public domain, subject to private rights, if any there be.
Withdrawal from disposition and reservation of private rights
- Proclamation No. 24 withdraws the designated parcel from sale, settlement, or other disposition.
- The withdrawal from sale, settlement, or other disposition applies subject to private rights, if any there be.
Boundaries, description, and future survey
- Proclamation No. 24 defines the park boundaries as follows:
- On the North, by the southern boundary of Roosevelt National Park and certified Alienable and Disposable land.
- On the East, by certified Alienable and Disposable land.
- On the South, by the U. S. Military Reservation and Bagac River.
- On the West, by the seacoast from Bagac River to Alilao River, then by certified alienable and Disposable land, and the U. S. Military and Naval Reservations.
- Proclamation No. 24 provides that the park is subject to future delimitation and survey.
Issuance signatures and formalities
- Proclamation No. 24 was signed by SERGIO OSMEAA, President of the Philippines.
- Proclamation No. 24 was countersigned by JOSE S. REYES, Secretary to the President.
- Proclamation No. 24 was issued with the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines affixed.