Presidential Decree No. 1845 (PD 1845) — Declaring the Area Within a Radius of Three Kilometers Surrounding the Satellite Earth Station in Baras, Rizal, a Security Zone.
WHEREAS, the only earth station in the Philippines for world
satellite telecommunications is located in a remote sparsely populated place in
sitio San Miguel. Barrio , Municipality of Baras, Province of Rizal;
WHEREAS, the said earth station is vital to the existence
and maintenance of satellite telecommunications between the Philippines and most
countries of the world, and plays an invaluable role in the sustenance and
development of our political, economic, commercial, and social life;
WHEREAS, in view of its location, it would be easy for
saboteurs or criminal elements to destroy or cause damage to the said earth
station thereby paralyzing the system and curtailing momentous public service;
and
WHEREAS, to protect and insure the safety and uninterrupted
operation of this modern media of international communications, it is necessary
to establish a security zone all around the said earth station;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree the following:
Declaration of Security Zone.
SECTION 1. Declaration of Security Zone.—The entire
area surrounding the satellite earth station in Sitio San Miguel, Barrio
Pinugay, Municipality of Baras, Province of Rizal, within a radius of three
kilometers from said earth station is hereby declared a security zone;
Occupation by Third Parties Illegal.
SEC. 2. Occupation by Third Parties Illegal.—All
occupants of land within the security zone who do not own the land they are
occupying, as well as occupants who are not bona, fide tenants of the registered
owners shall vacate the areas they are occupying within sixty (60) days from the
date of this Decree.
Occupation by Owner.
SEC. 3. Occupation by Owner.—Owners of land within
the security zone and/or their agents can occupy or continue to occupy their
respective areas therein only with the prior written permission of the Minister
of National Defense.
Penal Provisions.
SEC. 4. Penal Provisions.—Any violation of the
provisions of this Decree shall be punished by prision correctional in its
minimum period and a fine of two thousand pesos, with subsidiary imprisonment in
case of insolvency.
Repealing Clause.
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause.—All laws, decrees, rules
and regulations or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
Effectivity.
SEC. 6. Effectivity.—This Decree shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of April, in the year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-two.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive
Assistant
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