Proclamation No. 1195




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 1195, October 22, 1973 ] RESERVING FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES EXCLUSIVELY FOR MUSLIM EVACUEES AND LANDLESS MUSLIM FAMILIES FROM THE TROUBLED AREAS OF MINDANAO CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF LUMBA-A-BAYABAO AND BUBONG, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL SUR, UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM. WHEREAS, in this period of economic development of our country, it is the primordial duty of the Government to uplift the economic well-being of our people, especially the less fortunate Muslim farmers of Mindanao; WHEREAS, there are Muslim farmers in some sectors of Mindanao who were forced to abandon their landholdings by reason of the subversive activities of the misguided elements of our society as well as Muslim landless families who have been the victims of land-grabbing by scrupulous individuals, both Muslims and Christians; WHEREAS, it is the policy and responsibility of the Government to rehabilitate the lives of these unfortunate Muslims by providing them with lands to till, technical guidance and skill, in order to train and develop them as economic leaders and builders of our country; and WHEREAS, a big tract of fertile agricultural public lands, classified and unclassified, located in the municipality of Lumba-A-Bayabao and Bubong, province of Lanao del Sur, consisting of 6,939 hectares, was found suited for settlement purposes by the Department of Agrarian Reform; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agrarian Reform with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, do hereby reserve for settlement purposes as pilot farm project exclusively for the Muslim settlers under the administration and disposition of the Department of Agrarian Reform, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to future classification and survey, certain parcels of land more particularly described as follows: 3,965 hectares in Lumba-A-Bayabao indicated in the attached BFD sketch map, identified as PMD 736 Amd., Annex “A” of draft proclamation; 1,550 hectares indicated in BFD LC Map No. 2777 (Annex “A-1”) identified as Blks. I, II and III of Project 7-C, Bubong; and 1,424 hectares indicated in BFD LC Map No. 2777 (Annex “A-1”) identified as Project 19-A, Maguing; or a total area of 6,939 hectares.1aшphi1 In order to facilitate the development of the area subject of this proclamation, the Bureau of Forest Development is hereby directed to reclassify and release immediately to the Department of Agrarian Reform all such areas not needed for forest conservation and/or other forest purposes. The Department of Agrarian Reform is hereby allowed to cut the available timber in the area for its use in the development of the settlement, subject to forestry rules and regulations governing the matter. The Secretary of Agrarian Reform is hereby authorized to issue patents to Muslim settlers who have complied with the requirements of the law pursuant to the provisions of Section 51, sub-paragraph 9 of Republic Act No. 3844, as amended by Republic Act No. 6389, otherwise known as the Code of Agrarian Reforms of the Philippines. 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 22nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation