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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE } 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES } 
Third Regular Session 
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S E N A T E  
S. No. 
(In substitution of H. No. 4420) 
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Prepared by the Committees on Environment and Natural Resources, Justice and Human 
Rights, and Finance, with Senator Cayetano and the members of the Committees as authors 
AN ACT 
ILOCOS SUR AS A PROTECTED AREA, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This act shall be known as the "Lidlidda-Banayoyo 
SEC. 2. Land Classification. - All lands of the public domain comprising the 
Lidlidda-Banayoyo Protected Landscape shall fall under the classification of National 
Park as provided for in the Philippine Constitution. However, Public Lands already 
classified as agricultural and alienable or disposable prior to the passage of this Act 
shall remain as such and may be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of 
Commonwealth Act No. 141 or the Public Land Act, as amended. 
DECLARING THE LIDLIDDA-BANAYOYO LANDSCAPE IN THE PROVINCE OF 
Protected Landscape Act of 2006." 
SEC. 3. Scope. - The boundaries of the Lidlidda-Banayoyo Protected Landscape, 
or PA, in the Province of llocos Sur are as follows: 
Beginning at a point on Parcel I, being identical to corner 1 is N 88" W. about 500 
m from Poblacion of Lidlidda, llocos Sur: 
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to point 2; 
to point 3; 
to point 4; 
to point 5; 
to point 6; 
to point 7; 
to point 8; 
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S 29" 01' 20" E 199.775 m. to point 11; 
S 13" 00' 21" E219.736 m. to point 12; 
S 83" 04' 00' E 89.972 m. to point 13; 
N 49" 56' 29" E200.128 m. to point 14; 
N 51" 56' 24" E260.157 m. to point 15; 
S 32" 01'41" E219.758 m. to point 16; 
S 08" 01' 0 8  W179.792 m. to point 17; 
S 60" 03' 16" E 139.896 m. to point 18; 
S 67" 04' 00" W399.875 m. to point 19; 
S 70" 03' 39' E 489.723 m. to point 20; 
S 56" 03' 04" E 89.928 m. to point 21; 
S 48" 02' 40" E 699.355 m. to point 22; 
N 38" 56' 58" E 180.148 m. to point 23; 
N 47" 57' 20"W 580.535 m. to point 24; 
N 34" 57' I O "  E 1 10.097 m. to point 25; 
N 4757' 20" W 120.1 1 1 m. to point 26; 
N 09" 58' 43" E 50.057 m. to point 27; 
N 56" 56' 7 4  E330.168 m. to point 28; 
N 25" 58' 43" W480.550 m. to point 29; 
N 67" 55' 58" E 190.056 m. to point 30; 
N 64" 56' 0 2  E 160.057 m. to point 31; 
S 59" 03' 13" E 399.697 m. to point 32; 
S 05" 59' 51" E799.036 m. to point 33; 
S 26" 01' 17" E379565 m. to point 34; 
S 28" 01' 25 E 329.627 m. to point 35; 
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N 07" 58' 51" E260.301 m. to point 47; 
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Thence N 42" 57' 37" W200.197 m. to point 69; 
Thence N 46" 57' 23" W330.309 m. to point 70; 
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Thence N 39" 56' 55" E 200.1 61 m. to point 77; 
Thence N 70" 55' 56" E 300.069 m. to point 78; 
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S 56" 03' 04" E 159.871 m. to point 87; 
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N 41" 56' 49" E300.233 m. to point 112; 
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the point of beginning, 
containing an area of One Thousand Seventy-Nine and 249/1000 (I ,079.249) 
hectares, more or less as Parcel 1, 
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N 00" 30' 35" E239.239 m. to point 2; 
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N 67" 21' 55" E 100.239 m. to point 3; 
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to the point of beginning, containing an area of Seventy-Eight and 1889/10000 
The PA contains a total aggregate area of approximately One Thousand One 
to point 10; 
(78.1889) hectares more or less, as Parcel II. 
Hundred Fifty-Seven and 4379/10000 (1,157.4379) hectares. 
Any modification on this Act due to factors such as changing ecological situations, 
new scientific or archaeological findings, or discovery of traditional boundaries not 
previously taken into account shall be made through an Act of Congress after full 
consultation with the affected public. 
All lands inside the protected area shall be governed or managed as part of the 
protected area and subject to the rules and regulations issued by the PAMB, except 
titled private lands duly registered pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1529, otherwise 
known as the Property Registration Decree. 
SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. - 
(a) "Protected Area Management Board (PAMB)" refers to the management body 
within the site, responsible for deciding the budgetary allocation, and decisions on 
matters relating to planning, peripheral protection, and general administration of the 
protected area in accordance with the General Management Plan. 
(b) "General Management Planning Strategy" refers to the general guide in the 
formulation of site specific management plans including buffer zones. 
(c) "Protected Area Superintendent (PASu)" refers to the chief operating officer 
of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the protected 
area under the supervision of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) and the 
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(d) “Protected Landscape” refers to areas of national significance characterized 
by the harmonious interaction of man and land while providing opportunities for 
enjoyment through recreation and tourism within the normal lifestyle and economic 
activity of these areas. 
(e) ”Non-government organization” refers to any civic, development, or 
(f) ‘People’s Organization” refers to organizations of ,members of the local 
community whose purpose for establishment is to protect or advance the interest of 
specific sectors, such as but not limited to farmers, fisherfolks, women, and the like. 
SEC. 5. lnsfifufional Mechanism. - The following administrative and policymaking 
mechanisms shall apply. 
(A)Protected Area Management Board. - The PAMB shall be the policy making 
(1) The Regional Executive Director (RED), Region 1, of the DENR as ?he 
(2) The llocos Sur Provincial Planning and Development Officer; 
(3) One (1) representative from the municipal governments of Lidlidda and 
(4) One (1) representative from each barangay, with territory inside the PA, of the 
(5) At least three (3) representatives from non-government organizations (NGO’s) 
and community organizations (CO’s) including people’s organizations (Po’s), church, 
or civic organizations based in or near the protected area and duly accredited by the 
local government units concerned. The representatives of these organizations shall be 
chosen from among the sectors or organizations being represented in an election 
called for the purpose by the DENR in coordination with the local government units 
concerned. 
philanthropic organization which is multi-sectoral in character. 
body of the protected area. It shall be composed of: 
Chairman; 
Banayoyo to be appointed by their respective Sangguniang Bayan; 
two municipalities to be appointed by their respective Sangguniang Barangay; 
(6) One (1) representative from other national government agencies that involved 
in protected area management for each municipality, to be appointed by the DENR 
upon the recommendation of the most senior official of the agency concerned. 
Every member of the PAMB shall serve for a term of five years and shall be 
considered to represent his or her sector and deemed to carry the vote of such sector 
in all matters. In the case of members who are government officials, the term of office 
shall be attached to the office held. 
The PAMB for the Lidlidda-Banayoyo Protected Landscape shall have the 
following powers and functions: 
(1) Decide matters related to planning, resource protection, and general 
administration of the area’ in accordance with the General Management Planning 
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Strategy (GMPS) adopted pursuant to the NIPAS Act; 
(2) Approve proposals, work plans, action plans, and guidelines for the 
management of the protected area in accordance with the approved Management 
Plan; 
(3) Promulgate rules and regulations to promote development programs and 
projects on bio-diversity conservation and sustainable development as well as 
developmental activities and such other related activities within the protected gea 
consistent with the approved Management Plan; 
(4) Ensure the implementation of programs as prescribed in the Management 
Plan in order to provide employment to the people dwelling in and around the 
protected area; 
(5) Monitor and evaluate the performance of protected area personnel, NGO's, 
and the communities in providing for bio-diversity conservation and the socio-cultural 
and economic development and report their assessment to the NIPAS Policy and 
Program Steering Committee (NPPSC) and the IPAF Governing Board; 
(6) Approve proposals for funding and budget allocation and exercise 
responsibility over all funds that may accrue to the protected area donated for the 
purpose of the above policy declaration. 
The DENR, through the Regional Executive Director (RED), shall exercise the 
authority to oversee the PAMB to ensure that it is acting within the scope of its powers 
and functions. 
In case of a conflict between administrative orders for national 
application issued by the DENR pursuant to the NIPAS Act and the rules and 
regulations issued by the PAMB, the PAMB shall notify the DENR Secretary who shall 
decide whether to apply the rule or withdraw if for purposes of the Lidlidda-Banayoyo 
Protected Landscape. The decision of the DENR Secretary shall be guided by a 
preference to local initiative and specific policies enacted by the PAMB. The decision 
of the Secretary shall be appealable to the Regional Trial Court which has jurisdiction 
over the protected area. 
(B) Protected Area Superintendent (PASu) Office. - There is hereby established a 
Protected Area Superintendent's Office in charge of the management, protection and 
administration of the PA. The PASu shall be supported by the existing personnel of 
the DENR. 
The head of office shall the chief operating officer of the Lidlidda- 
Banayoyo Protected Landscape and shall be accountable to the Regional Executive 
Director of the DENR-1 and the PAMB. The PASu shall have the following powers and 
functions: 
(I) Prepare the management and successor plans as herein provided; 
(2) Serve as the Secretariat for the PAMB with duty to provide the PAMB with all 
information necessary for it to make appropriate decisions when necessary; 
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(3) Supervise the necessary personnel to suaport the operations of the Office; 
(4) Establish a productive partnership with the local community, including groups 
interested in the achievement of the herein goals and objectives, in the planning, 
protection and management of the protected area; 
(5) Develop and implement a park information, education, and visitor program; 
(6) Enforce the laws and the rules and regulations relevant to the protected area 
(7) Monitor all activities within the protected area to ensure compliance with the 
(8) Perform such other functions as the PAMB may assign. 
The PASu may, as necessary, delegate authority granted in this Section to his 
SEC. 6. Prohibited Acts and Penalties. - 
(A)The penalties in Article 309, on theft, and 310, on qualified theft, of the 
Revised Penal Code depending on the value of the resource taken, damaged or 
destroyed shall be imposed upon any person who: 
(1) Hunts, destroys, disturbs, or removes from the Lidlidda-Banayoyo Protected 
Landscape any wild plants or animals without a permit from the PAMB; 
(2) Conducts mineral exploration or extraction without a permit from the PAMB; 
and 
(3) Cut, remove, gather, or take timber or forest products from the forestlands 
and assist in the prosecution of offenses; 
Management Plan; and 
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without an authorization from the PAMB. 
Valuation of the damage shall take into account bio-diversity and conservation 
consideration as well as aesthetic and scenic value. 
(A) A fine of not less than Five thousand pesos (P5,OOO.OO) but not more that Two 
hundred fifty thousand pesos (P250,OOO.OO) and/or imprisonment of not less than one 
(1) year nor more than five (5) years and the restoration and rehabilitation of the 
damage shall be imposed upon any person who: 
(1) Alters the topography through digging, blasting, earth-filling activities, or 
stonewalling without a permit from proper authorities as required under existing laws, 
rules and regulations, and from the PAMB; 
(2) Damages roads, trails or leaves them in a damaged condition or mutilates, 
defaces, destroys or vandalizes any object of natural beauty or scenic value within the 
protected area; 
(3) Constructs or maintains any kind of structure without a permit from the PAMB 
or without the requisite permits under existing laws such as but not limited to municipal 
permits, public works requirements, and Environmental Clearance Certificates (ECC); 
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(4) Alters, removes, destroys or defaces boundary markslmonuments or signs in 
the protected area. 
(C)A fine of not less than Five thousand pesos (P5,OOO.OO) nor more than One 
hundred thousand pesos (P100,OOO.OO) and/or imprisonment from one (1) year to 
three (3) years shall be imposed upon any person who: 
(1) Occupies lands classified as forestlands as herein defined without a legal 
instrument for such occupation; 
(2) Violates any rules and regulations in the management plan of the PAMB in its 
exercise of adjudicative functions; 
(3) Dumps any waste materials on land other than in areas identified as dumping 
sites by the concerned local governments, or leaves exposed or in unsanitary condition 
on land human wastes or refuse; and 
(4) Possesses a chainsaw without a clearance from the PAMB, which shall 
(D)A fine of not less than Five thousand pesos (P5,OOO.OO) nor more than Five 
hundred thousand pesos (P500,OOO.OO) and/or imprisonment of not less that one (1) 
year and not more that five (5) years or both shall be imposed upon: 
(1) Any person who shall induce another or conspire to commit any of the above 
(2) Any public officer of officer of the law, who, in dereliction of the duties of his 
office, shall maliciously refrain from prosecuting the violators of this Act, or shall 
tolerate the commission of the offense. Conviction for this offense shall also carry the 
penalty of perpetual disqualification from public office. 
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acts or suffer their workers to commit any of the above acts; 
SEC. 7. Lidlidda-Banayoyo Profected Area Fund, - There is hereby established a 
trust fund to be known as the Lidlidda-Banayoyo Protected Area Fund for purposes of 
financing projects of the system. All income generated from the operation of the 
system or management of wild flora and fauna in the PA shall accrue to the Fund. 
These income shall be derived from visitors/tourists fee, fees from permitted sale and 
export of flora and fauna and other resources from the PA, proceeds from registration 
and lease of multiple- use areas including tourism concessions, contributions from 
industries and facilities directly benefiting from the PA, and such other fees and other 
income derived from the operation of the PA. 
The Fund may be augmented by grants, donations, endowment from various 
sources, domestic or foreign for purposes related to their functions: 
Provided, That the Fund shall be deposited as a special account in the National 
Treasury and disbursements therefrom shall be made solely for the protection, 
maintenance, administration and management of the system, and duly approved 
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rules and regulations: Provided, further, That the Fund shall not be used to cover 
personal services expenditures. 
The LGUs shall continue to impose and collect all other fees not enumerated 
herein which they have traditionally collected, such as business permits, property tax 
and rentals of LGUs facilities. Furthermore, LGUs may charge add-ons to fees 
imposed by the PAMB: Provided, That such add-ons shall be determined based on the 
contribution of the LGUs in the maintenance and protection of the PA. 
SEC. 8. Special Prosecutor and Retained Counsel. - Within thirty (30) days from 
the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Justice (DOJ) shall appoint a special 
prosecutor to whom all cases of violation of laws, rules and regulations in the PA shall 
be assigned. Such Special Prosecutor shall coordinate with the PAMB and the PASu 
in the performance of hislher duties and assist in the training of wardens and rangers 
in arrest and criminal procedures. The PAMB may retain the services of a counsel to 
prosecute andlor assist in the prosecution of cases under the direct control and 
supervision of the regular or special prosecutor and to defend the members of the 
PAMB, the PASu and the staff, or any person assisting in the protection, conservation 
and sustainable development of the PA, against any legal action related to their 
powers, functions and responsibilities as provided in this Act or as delegated or tasked 
by the PAMB. 
SEC. 9. Utilization of Resources. - Any exploitation of or utilization of 
nonrenewable resources within the PA shall not be allowed. Energy projects, whether 
renewable or otherwise, shall be permitted only through an Act of Congress, Provided, 
that the exploitation of renewable energy up to three megawatts capacity shall be 
exempt from such requirement. 
SEC. I O .  
Reporting Responsibilify. - The PASu, through the PAMB, shall 
submit an annual accomplishment report to the Secretary of the DENR on the activities 
undertaken in the PA. 
SEC. 11. 
Appropriations. - The Secretary of the DENR shall immediately 
include in the Department's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of 
which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 12. Construction and Suppletory Application of Existing Laws. The 
provisions of this Act shall be construed liberally in favor of achieving biodiversity 
conservation, protection and sustainable development Provisions of Republic Act NO. 
7586, otherwise known as the National Integrated Protected Areas Management Act of 
1992 and existing forestry laws, and their corresponding rules and regulations not 
inconsistent hereto shall have the suppletory effect in the implementation of this Act.. 
SEC. 13. 
Repealing Clause. - For the purpose of the scope of this Act, the 
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scope of the protected area as herein specified, the prohibitions and penalties under 
the NIPAS Act are hereby superseded. 
Separa,bi/ify Clause. - If any part or section of this Act is declared 
by the courts as unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the other parts or 
sections hereof. 
Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general 
circulation available in the PA. This Act shall be translated in a dialect known in the PA 
by the DENR within thirty (30) days from approval hereof and shall be posted for three 
consecutive weeks in conspicuous place in the provincial, municipal and barangay 
halls within the PA as well as in three other public places frequented by the public. 
SEC. 14. 
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