Presidential Decree No. 837 (PD 837) — An Act Transferring Ownership of a Certain Parcel of Land of the Public Domain Situated in the Municipality of Jose Panganiban, Province of Camarines Norte, Island of Luzon to the National Shipyards and Steel Corporation (Nassco) and Authorizing the Disposition Thereof.
WHEREAS, in pursuance of the national policy of allowing the
private sector to take over enterprises pioneered by the government
when the private sector is ready and capable to continue and improve a
particular government endeavor and in the interest of the National
government, various government performance evaluation and/or study
groups have recommended the disposition of all NASSCO properties and
units, including the Jose Panganiban Smelting Plant at Jose Panganiban,
Camarines Norte.
WHEREAS, under Proclamation No. 500 dated December 23, 1968,
a parcel of land situated in the Municipality of Jose Panganiban,
Province of Camarines Norte Island of Luzon. Bounded on the W., along
lines 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16, by Mambulao Bay; on the
N., along lines 16-17-18-19-20-21, by Forest Reserve; and on the E and
S, along lines 21-22-23-24-25-26-27-1 by project No. 2, Block VI (Alien
& Disp.) LC-403, containing an area of approximately 170.2890
hectares, more or less, has been withdrawn from sale and settlement and
reserved for pier, warehouse and smelting plant site purposes under the
administration of the NASSCO;
WHEREAS, as mandated under Republic Act 1396, NASSCO
constructed, established and operated in said site a pig iron smelting
plant with pier and other plant facilities known as the Jose Panganiban
Smelting plant;
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the disposition of all
assets of NASSCO including the Jose Panganiban Smelting Plant, there is a
need to transfer ownership of said parcel of land to the NASSCO;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution of
the Philippines, hereby decree as follows:
SECTION 1. The title to and ownership of that certain parcel
of land, situated in the Municipality of Jose Panganiban, Province of
Camarines Norte, Island of Luzon,
Presidential Decree No. 837
Transferring Ownership, Parcel of Land at Jose Panganizan, Camarines
Norte to NASSCO
bounded on the W., along lines
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16, by Mambulao Bay; on the N.,
along lines 16-17-18-19-20-21, by Forest Reserve; and on the E and S,
along lines 21-22-23-24-25-26-27-1; by project No. 2, Block VI (Alien
& Disp.) LC-403, containing an area of approximately 170.2890
hectares, is hereby transferred to and vested in the NASSCO.
SEC.
2. The said parcel of land herein convoyed shall be resurveyed by
the Bureau of Lands within fifteen (15) days from the promulgation cf
this Decree to ascertain its actual location and boundaries. Thereafter,
the proper Register of Deeds shall register the same and issue the
corresponding certificate cf title to the NASSCO.
SEC. 3. Any provision of law, proclamation, ordinance,
rules and regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, the NASSCO may
transfer absolute ownership of said parcel of land or any portion
thereof and convey the same to persons or corporations qualified to
acquire land under the Constitution, either through public bidding or
through negotiations, as the interest of the government warrants.
SEC. 4. All laws, executive orders, proclamation, rules
and regulations or part thereof inconsistent with this Decree are hereby
repealed and/or modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of December, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
