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EO 277 - Amending The Revised Forestry Code of The Philippines
EO 277 - Amending The Revised Forestry Code of The Philippines
Sec. 2. Presidential Decree No. 705, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding Sections
68-A and 68-B which shall read as follows:
"Sec. 68-A. Administrative Authority of the Department Head or His Duly Authorized
Representative to Order Confiscation. In all cases of violations of this Code or other
forest laws, rules and regulations, the Department Head or his duly authorized
representative, may order the confiscation of any forest products illegally cut, gathered,
removed or possessed or abandoned, and all conveyances used either by land, water or air
in the commission of the offense and to dispose of the same in accordance with pertinent
laws, regulations or policies on the matter.
"Sec. 68-B. Rewards to Informants. Any person who shall provide any information
leading to the apprehension and conviction of any offender for any violation of this Code
or other forest laws, rules and regulations, or confiscation of forest products shall be
given a reward in the amount of twenty per centum (20%) of the proceeds of the
confiscated forest products."
Sec. 3. All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this
Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect after fifteen days following its publication either in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.