WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 66, dated November
20, 1972, the Export Processing Zone Authority was created to implement
the national policy of promoting the industrial development of the
country through the establishment of export processing zones;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that the development of the
government-owned industrial estate at Limay, Bataan be integrated with
the Bataan Export Processing Zone, Mariveles, Bataan, in order to
achieve maximum efficiency and economy;
WHEREAS, the expanded responsibilities activities of the
Export Processing Zone Authority arising from the above-mentioned
integration will require the restructuring of the provisions of
Presidential Decree No. 66, in order that the Authority can effectively
meet the new challenge;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby decree and order:
SECTION 1. Section 5 of Presidential Decree No. 66 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 5. Capitalization.—The capital of the
Authority shall consist of (1) its existing assets and such other
properties as may be contributed to the Authority by the Government to
form part of capital, (2) all capitalized surplus, and (3) cash
contribution by the Government in the amount of four hundred million
pesos, which is hereby appropriated out of any fund in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, be they collection from any or all
taxes accruing to the general fund or proceeds from loans, the issue of
bonds, treasury bills or notes, or derived from any other sources of
income by or of the National Government, which amount shall be released
by the Budget Commission in accordance with the schedule of development
and expenditure to be prepared and submitted by the Authority."
SEC. 2. Section 24 of the same Act is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"SEC. 24. Title to Real Property.—The public;
lands fixed and delimited as the site of the foreign trade zone under
Proclamation No. 629, series of 1969, Proclamation Nos. 899 and 939,
both series of 1971, of the President of the Philippines, shall be
surveyed by the Bureau of Lands and conveyed thereafter in absolute
ownership to the Authority by the President of the Philippines for the
nominal sum of one peso for each parcel of land being conveyed under
this section. Upon receipt of said deed of conveyance, the proper
Register of Deeds shall register the same and issue the corresponding
original certificate of title to the Authority. Likewise, the public
land fixed and delimited as the site of a low cost housing project for
workers in the Zone under Proclamation No. 740, series of 1970, as
amended by Proclamation No. 900, series of 1971, of the President of the
Philippines shall be surveyed by the Bureau of Lands and conveyed in
absolute ownership by the President of the Philippines to the Authority,
the Government Service Insurance System, and/or Social Security System
and in the manner hereinafter provided. Upon receipt of the deed of
conveyance, the proper Register of Deeds shall forthwith register the
same and issue the corresponding original certificates of title thereof.
"The public land mentioned in Proclamation No. 740, series of
1970, as amended by Proclamation No. 900, series of 1971, of the
President of the Philippines, shall be disposed of as follows: sixty
hectares to the Authority upon payment to the Government the nominal sum
of one peso, and the balance to the Government Service Insurance System
and/or Social Security System, in consideration for the development of a
portion thereof by the GSIS and/or SSS as may be necessary to
accommodate the construction of standard housing unit, and/or
condominium houses, which the GSIS and/or SSS shall sell and convey,
together with the title or interest over the land as it may appear upon
conveyance thereof to the bona fide residents of Barrio Nassco and
Barrio Camaya, both in the Municipality of Mariveles, Bataan, as
certified by the Authority: Provided, That the price at which
said housing units may be sold to the aforementioned bona fide residents
of Barrio Nassco and Barrio Camaya shall not include the site
development cost thereof: Provided, further, That the GSIS and/or
SSS shall undertake the complete development of the residual area,
including the area alloted to the Authority, into modern communities,
always taking into account the policy of low cost housing as herein
enunciated: Provided, furthermore, That the land and/or housing
units constructed therein shall be sold to the regular workers in the
Zone who shall have worked therein continuously for a period of at least
five years, as certified by the Authority: Provided, moreover,
That where there are no persons qualified to own said land and/or
housing units, the GSIS and/or SSS may hold on to said properties for as
long as they are not sold or disposed of, notwithstanding the
provisions of law to the contrary: Provided, finally, That the
Authority shall, in coordination with the GSIS and/or SSS, administer,
manage and operate the housing project, and shall issue such rules and
regulations as may be necessary for the proper management and operation
thereof, including the utilization and disposition of the land and/or
housing units.
"Any law, proclamation, ordinance, rule or regulation to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Authority may transfer absolute
ownership of any portion or portions of the Zone fixed and delimited
under Proclamation No. 629, series of 1969, Proclamation Nos. 899 and
939, both series of 1971, of the President of the Philippines, or such
other zones as may hereinafter be established pursuant to the provisions
of Sec. 11 (b) hereof, to registered Zone enterprises qualified to own
lands under the Constitution, subject to the approval of the President
of the Philippines."
SEC. 3. The management and operation of the industrial estate
at Limay, Bataan is hereby transferred from the Industrial Estate
Corporation to the Export Processing Zone Authority: Provided,
That the Philippine Explosives Corporation now operating therein shall
be allowed to continue with its usual business operations, transactions
and activities, as authorized by law, subject to such rules and
regulations which the Authority may prescribe.
SEC. 4. All laws, executive orders, proclamations, rules
and regulations or part thereof inconsistent with this Decree are hereby
repealed and/or modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect upon its approval.
Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of August, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
