Section 3
SEC. 3. No timber or forest concession of any kind within public forests or timber lands reforested or afforested, nor for the use of such timber planted in accordance with this Act, shall be granted without previous authorization by the Philippine Legislature, except to those persons, associations, or corporations which, in accordance with Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and seventy-four, may lease public lands nor in areas greater than one thousand and twenty-four hectares to any person, association, or corporation.