SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHIILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto 
Explanatory Note 
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The State is mandated to "free people from poverty through policies that provide for 
adequate social services, promote full employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved 
quality of life for all," under Section 9 of Article II on Declaration of Principles and State 
Policies of the 1987 Constitution. Likewise, Sec. 9 of Article XIII on Social Justice and Human 
Rights, mandates the implementation of programs to "make available at affordable cost, decent 
housing and basic services to under-privileged and homeless citizens". 
This Bill seeks to exclude an area from land that had been declared as a Military 
Reservation Area under Presidential Proclamation No. 938 issued on December 16, 1996. 
Specifically, the subject area proposed for exclusion is within the nine hundred and sixty (960) 
hectares allotted to the Philippine Navy from out of the Naval Communication Station San 
Miguel of the former United States Military Bases in the Philippines. 
The subject area straddles both Sitio Aldea and Purok Siete in Barangay Natividad, San 
Narciso town and Barangay West Dirita, San Antonio town, both in Zambales. Hundreds of 
families live in and till the area for more than 50 years. 
However, the land issue has been put out in the open when the Philippine Navy through 
the Commander of the Naval Education and Training Command sent notices ordering the 
residents to dismantle their houses. Thus, the local governments of San Narciso and San Antonio 
seek the apportionment of land in favor of the residents. The municipal governments had 
provided various infrastructures such as barangay offices, roads, a bridge and a clinic while the 
settlers built schools, churches and their houses near the fields that they till and accessible to the 
West Philippine Sea where they fish. 
The resolution of the land issue will enable the local governments to proceed with the 
construction of other basic infrastructures and to deliver essential social services thereby 
ensuring the long-term development of the concerned community. Of equal importance, the 
residents shall be assured security to their abode and decent means oflivelihood. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this Bill is earnestly sought. 
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Introduced by Senator Ralph G. Recto 
AN ACT 
EXCLUDING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE NAVAL STATION SAN MIGUEL IN 
THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN NARCISO AND SAN ANTONIO PROVINCE OF 
ZAMBALES FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 938, AND 
DECLARING THE EXCLUDED PORTIONS OPEN TO DISPOSITION UNDER THE 
PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 730, AS AMENDED, TO QUALIFIED 
OCCUPANTS WITHOUT PUBLIC AUCTION 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
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provide equal access to affordable land and housing services to its citizens. 
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Sec. 2. Primary Objective. - Certain portions of lands covered by Sitio Aldea and Purok 
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Siete of Barangay Natividad, San Narciso and Brgy. West Dirita, San Antonio are hereby 
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declared excluded from the Naval Station San Miguel and from the operation of Proclamation 
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No. 938 dated December 16, 1996. 
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Sec. 3. Responsibilities of Government Agencies. - The Land Management Bureau of the 
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Provincial Government of Zambales, the 
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Municipal Governments of San Narciso and San Antonio are hereby directed to conduct a 
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validation survey of the disposable lands under this Act and to effect their sale to qualified 
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applicants: Provided, That the sale shall be without recourse to public auction, and; Provided, 
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further, That land actually occupied and used for public schools, municipal halls, public plazas 
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or parks and other government institutions shall be so segregated and issued appropriate Special 
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Patents to the concerned government agency for public use or purpose. 
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Sec. 4. Tax Exemption. - All lands already sold and/or disposed by the government 
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. pursuant to existing housing programs and those to be disposed of in accordance with this Act 
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shall be exempt from the payment of Capital Gains Tax. 
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Sec. 5. Appropriation. - The funds necessary for the implementation of the provisions of 
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this Act shall be included in the annual appropriations of the Department of Environment and 
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Natural Resources (DENR) and the Land Registration Authority (LRA). 
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Sec. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -
Within thirty (30) days from the 
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effectivity of this Act, the Director of the Land Management Bureau - DENR together with the 


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Administrator of the LRA shall promulgate the rules and regulations to effectively implement the 
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provisions of this Act. 
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Sec. 7. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason or reasons, any part or parts of this Act 
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shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by any competent court, other parts or provisions 
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hereof not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
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Sec. 8. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, executive ordinances or 
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letters of instructions, rules and regulations or any part thereof inconsistent with or contrary to 
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the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
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Sec. 9. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved,