Legal basis and governing statutes
- The reservation is made pursuant to Section 1 of Act No. 3915, as amended.
- The reservation is also made pursuant to Section 2 of Republic Act No. 826.
- The land reserved is placed under the administration of the Commission on Parks and Wildlife.
- The proclamation is framed as an act of withdrawing the land from sale or settlement.
Purpose and named national park
- The proclamation reserves the specified parcel for national park purposes.
- The reserved area is to be known as “Manila Bay Beach Resort.”
- The reservation is under the administration of the Commission on Parks and Wildlife.
- The reservation is made subject to private rights if any there be.
Withdrawal from sale or settlement
- The proclamation withdraws the described parcel from sale or settlement.
- The withdrawal applies to the exact parcel identified by the proclamation’s metes-and-bounds description and boundaries.
- The land is reserved instead for national park purposes as “Manila Bay Beach Resort.”
- The reserved use is placed under the administering authority stated in the proclamation.
Land coverage: location and boundaries
- The reserved parcel is located in the Cities of Manila and Pasay and the Municipality of ParaAaque, Province of Rizal, on the Island of Luzon.
- The proclamation identifies the land with a metes-and-bounds description beginning at a point marked “1” on plan N. P. No. 34.
- The parcel is bounded on the North by Manila Bay.
- The parcel is bounded on the east by Dewey Boulevard.
- The parcel is bounded on the south and west by Manila Bay.
Land description and approximate area
- The proclamation provides a continuous metes-and-bounds line connecting points 1 through 16, ending at the point of beginning.
- The described starting point is located 86.24 meters from M.B.M. 1, Pasay Cadastre 259, at S. 40a3 48a2 W.
- The metes-and-bounds include successive bearings and distances such as N. 12A 52a2 W., 727.26 meters and S. 87A 26a2 E., 1,019.99 meters.
- The proclamation states the parcel has an approximate area of 4,646,612 square meters, more or less.