Section 1
SECTION 1. All small or sub-commercial natural marsh gas or methane gas deposits found in any public or private lands, not exceeding 1000 feet in depth and not associated with crude oil deposit, within the territorial limits of the Philippines which are within free areas, national reserve areas, in any other areas not covered by valid and subsisting petroleum exploration or exploitation concessions, or by service contracts entered with the Government under Presidential Decree No. 87, may be developed for household use or utilized for small-scale industrial development.