Legal basis and authority invoked
- The President acted pursuant to Section 83 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended.
- The President reserved the land for settlement and development purposes under the administration and control of the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA).
- The reservation is made subject to private rights, if any there be, and to future classification and survey.
Purpose and policy of the reservation
- The proclamation establishes a reservation of a specified parcel of public domain in Agusan for settlement and development purposes.
- The reservation is intended to place the land under NARRA’s administration and control.
- The proclamation preserves existing legal interests by making the reservation subject to private rights, if any.
- The proclamation links land use outcomes to future government land classification and survey.
Coverage: land, location, and legal character
- The reservation covers a parcel of the public domain in the Province of Agusan, Island of Mindanao.
- The affected land lies in the municipalities of Guadalupe, Sta. Ines, San Luis, Prosperidad, Talacogon, Borbon, and Guadalupe.
- The parcel covers an approximate area of 16,440 hectares, more or less.
- The proclamation states that the land boundaries and bearings are as described and that all points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground; bearings true.
Boundaries and metes-and-bounds description
- The parcel is bounded on the NE. by Project No. 21-C, Project No. 40-B, and Project No, 12.
- The parcel is bounded on the SE. by public land.
- The parcel is bounded on the S. by public land and Project No. 1.
- The parcel is bounded on the SW. by Project No. 1 and public forest.
- The parcel is bounded on the NW. by public forest.
- The proclamation provides the starting and line directions from a point marked I on sketch plan, including:
- N. 25A E., 12,000 meters to point 2;
- N. 80A E., 12,000 meters to point 3;
- S. 25A E., 12,000 meters to point 4;
- then following the Borbon–Talacogon trail in a general SW. direction about 16,000 meters to the point of beginning.
Administrative control and key conditions
- The proclamation places the reserved parcel under NARRA administration and control for settlement and development purposes.
- The reservation remains subject to private rights, if any there be.
- The reservation is subject to future classification and survey.
- The proclamation requires that the portion affected by a public land subdivision project of the Bureau of Lands must be excluded from this reservation.
- The proclamation requires that timber and other forest products within the area remain under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry.
- The proclamation requires that the use and occupancy of portions indicated as timber land or forest reserve remain under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry in accordance with the Forest Law and Regulations.
Relationship to other land/forest systems
- The reservation’s application is conditioned so that areas tied to public land subdivision projects of the Bureau of Lands are excluded from the NARRA reservation coverage.
- The proclamation preserves forest governance by keeping forest products, and the use and occupancy of timber land or forest reserve, under Bureau of Forestry control under the Forest Law and Regulations.
- The proclamation aligns boundary descriptions with identifiable government projects and forest lands, including references to Project No. 21-C, Project No. 40-B, Project No. 12, and Project No. 1, and to public forest and public land.
Signatories and formalities
- The proclamation is issued and signed in Manila.
- The President affixed the signature and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
- The proclamation was countersigned by the Assistant Executive Secretary identified as MARIANO YENKO, JR.