AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWELVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC LAND LAW.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 635
• Sections: 3

Preamble

WHEREAS, the infrastructure program of the Government has

been adopted primarily to hasten the economic development of the

country;

WHEREAS, to carry out this program more effectively and to

cope with the demands of the ever growing traffic volume, advance

planning and programming for wider roads must be made;

WHEREAS, in order to attain this objective, and to minimized

to a great extent the financial burden on the part of the Government in

acquiring the needed right-of-way for its public works projects, it is

necessary to amend further section 112 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as

amended;

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 as follows:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section 112 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as

amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 112. Said land shall further be subject to a right

of-way not exceeding sixty (60) meters in width for public, highways,

railroads, irrigation ditches, aqueducts, telegraph and telephone lines,

and similar works as the Government or any public or quasi-public

service or enterprise, including mining or forest concessionaires, may

reasonably require for carrying on their business, with damages for the

improvements only."

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of January, in the year

of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ROBERTO V. REYES

Acting Executive Secretary