Legal basis and governing authority
- Proclamation No. 97 is issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
- Proclamation No. 97 is issued pursuant to the authority vested in the President by law.
- Proclamation No. 97 operates in relation to Executive Order No. 67, series of 1912, which established the Iwahig Penal Colony in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
- Proclamation No. 97 requires that the settlement disposition of lots is subject to the provisions of the Public Land Act.
Policy and intended settlement scheme
- Proclamation No. 97 declares a specific parcel of land within the Iwahig Penal Colony area as the site for the Tagumpay Settlement.
- Proclamation No. 97 makes the declared site open to disposition for settlement purposes.
- Proclamation No. 97 mandates that preference be given to qualified and deserving landless colonists (prisoners) and released colonists in acquiring lots within the Tagumpay Settlement.
- Proclamation No. 97 ties the acquisition regime to the Public Land Act.
Excluded land and geographic coverage
- Proclamation No. 97 excludes from Executive Order No. 67, series of 1912 a parcel of land embraced therein.
- The parcel is situated in the Inagawan Sub-Colony, Iwahig Penal Colony Reservation, in the municipality of Puerto Princesa, province and island of Palawan.
- The parcel is described by boundaries:
- NE: Inagawan Sub-Colony
- SE: National Highway
- SW: Public Land
- NW: Penal Colony Reservation
- The parcel has an approximate area of 10,666,018 square meters, more or less.
Disposition of land and eligibility preference
- The parcel excluded is declared open to disposition for settlement purposes.
- Preference in acquiring lots within the Tagumpay Settlement is given to qualified and deserving landless colonists (prisoners).
- Preference in acquiring lots within the Tagumpay Settlement is also given to released colonists.
- Lot acquisition and disposition are subject to the provisions of the Public Land Act.
Implementation rules and implementing agencies
- Proclamation No. 97 authorizes the Directors of the Bureau of Prisons and the Bureau of Lands to promulgate the necessary rules and regulations.
- The rules and regulations must ensure proper implementation of Proclamation No. 97.
Transitory/operational effect against prior order
- Proclamation No. 97 excludes the identified parcel from the operation of Executive Order No. 67, series of 1912.
- Proclamation No. 97 reassigns the excluded parcel’s operational purpose by declaring it the Tagumpay Settlement site.
- Proclamation No. 97 keeps the disposition framework governed by the Public Land Act, by expressly requiring compliance subject to it.