Powers of the Commission.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Powers of the Commission.—The Commission shall have power to: Adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this Act, and the transaction of the business of the Commission. Make expenditures for the care, supervision, improvement, development, extension and maintenance of all parks, parkways, and monuments under the control of the Commission and for the protection and conservation of wildlife and game fish, game refuges, bird sanctuaries and game farms. Make rules and regulations governing the proper use and protection of park areas, game refuges, bird sanctuaries and game farms and to protect property and preserve the peace therein. Cooperate with the local governments for the purpose of securing improvement, development, or maintenance of lands which are designated as parks or pleasure grounds and to secure agreements between the local governments for the accomplishment of the purposes of this Act. Delegate to the Director of Parks and Wildlife or other employees of the Commission, to foresters, rangers and forest guards of the Bureau of Forestry; to land inspectors of the Bureau of Lands; to agricultural agents, plant inspectors or other suitable employees of the Bureau of Agricultural Extension Service or of the Bureau of Plant Industry; and to members of the Philippine Constabulary and of the local police force and other suitable persons any duty or authority relative to the administration, or protection of national parks, wildlife, game and fish, game refuges, bird sanctuaries and game farms. Said Director of Parks and Wildlife and employees and persons shall comply with the duty and exercise the authority delegated to them pursuant to this subsection. They shall, in addition, be peace officers and as such they may arrest any person within the premises of national parks found under suspicious circumstances and reasonably tending to show that such person has committed or is about to commit an offense against the laws or regulations concerning national parks, wildlife, game and fish, game refuges, bird sanctuaries and game farms.