MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 423, July 24, 1965 ]
RESERVING FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF THE LAND AUTHORITY FOUR PARCELS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BONGAO AND BALIMBING, PROVINCE OF SULU.
Upon the recommendation of the Governor of the Land Authority and pursuant to the provisions of Section 51 of Republic Act No. 3844, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, do hereby reserve for settlement and development purposes, under the administration and disposition of the Land Authority and subject to existing rights, if any there be, and to future classification and survey, and to the condition that the timber and other forest products therein, as well as the use and occupancy of the area indicated as timber land or forest reserve, shall remain under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry in accordance with forest laws and regulations, four (4) parcels of land of the public domain situated in the municipalities of Bongao and Balimbing, province of Sulu, and more particularly described as follows:
Parcel I
A parcel of land (Project 8, Block V, alienable and disposable) as shown in attached plan, and more particularly described as Project 8, Block V, alienable and disposable in L. C. Map 1116, containing an area of Seven Thousand Sixty Seven and Two Tenths (7,067.2) Hectares.
A parcel of land (Project 8, Block V, alienable and disposable) as shown in attached plan, and more particularly described as Project 8, Block V, alienable and disposable in L. C. Map 1116, containing an area of Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-Eight and Eight Tenths (4,748.8) Hectares.
Parcel III
A parcel of land (Project 8-A, Block 1, alienable and disposable), as shown in attached plan and more particularly described as Project 8-A, Block 1, alienable and disposable, in L. C. Map 1463, containing an area of Four Hundred and Eight (408) Hectares.
Parcel IV
A parcel of land (Project 6-A, Block 1, alienable and disposable), as shown in attached plan, more particularly described as Project 6-A, Block 1, alienable and disposable in L. C. Map 1463, containing an area of Three Thousand One Hundred and Sixteen (3,116) Hectares.
(Note: Technical descriptions of the four (4) parcels could be found in L. C. Map 1116 and 1463 and are subject to change to conform with final survey.)
The administration previously exercised by the defunct National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) over the above-described parcels of land is hereby acknowledged and confirmed.1aшphi1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto, set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines
By the President:
JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary
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