Section 34
SEC. 34. Kaingin Management. — The Bureau shall, in the preparation of its multiple-use plans, design and provide for implementation of kaingin management and relocation plan. The plan shall include a complete and continuing census of all forest occupants, survey of the sizes of occupancy and the identification of those to whom kaingin management benefits shall be given. The Bureau shall control and regulate the location and area, and prescribe rules and regulations for the prevention of further encroachment into the public forests and shall also provide an agro-forestry development program and assistance to increase crop productivity and employment opportunities to forest occupants. The Bureau, in collaboration with other appropriate agencies, shall identify and stabilize the land claims of primitive tribes residing within the public forest. Provision shall be made for permanent settlement on designated areas reserved for the purpose, such as unoccupied alienable or disposable lands, relocation centers within the public forest and elsewhere as may be required to achieve the objectives: Provided, That a member of the primitive tribes who, since July 4, 1955, has continuously and publicly occupied and cultivated, either by himself or through his predecessors-in-interest, a tract or tracts of land declared as alienable or disposable, shall be entitled to the rights granted in this Code: Provided, further, That at the time he files his free patent application, he is not the owner of any real property secured or disposable under the provisions of the Public Land Act: And provided, finally, That he has not previously availed himself of the provisions of the laws relative to free grant of land. For those remaining in the public forest, a continuing program of assistance, when needed, shall be provided by the Bureau. Any person making kaingin without permit after the completion of the initial forest occupancy census and survey as provided for under this Section shall be criminally prosecuted in accordance with existing laws. Any person who violates the terms and conditions of his kaingin permit shall forfeit all privileges granted him under the kaingin management plan. In both cases, the violator shall be ejected from the public forest illegally occupied and ail improvements introduced thereon including tools, equipment and work animals shall be confiscated in favor of the Government.