Presidential Decree No. 635 (PD 635) — Amending Section One Hundred Twelve of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Law.
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 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."
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
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