DECLARING THE AREA WITHIN A RADIUS OF THREE KILOMETERS SURROUNDING THE SATELLITE EARTH STATION IN BARAS, RIZAL, A SECURITY ZONE.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1845
• Sections: 7

Preamble

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:

Section 1 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;

Section 2 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.

Section 3 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.

Section 4 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.

Section 5 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.

Section 6 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