AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1605-A

By virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, I, FERDINAND E.
MARCOS. President of the Philippines, do hereby order and decree:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 1605-A is
hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 2. Any person who violates any of the provisions of
this Decree shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its maximum
degree and a fine ranging from P10,000 to P100,000: Provided, That if the
offender is a corporation, firm, partnership or association, the penalty shall
be imposed upon the guilty officer or officers (as the case may be, of the
corporation, firm, partnership or association) and if such officer or officers
are aliens, he or they shall be deported without further proceedings by the
Commission on Immigration and Deportation.

Illegal constructions made in violation of this Decree may be ordered
destroyed or demolished upon orders of the Philippine Tourism Authority, the
Philippine Coast Guard, the Philippine Constabulary, the Integrated National
Police, the Office of the President, the Ministry of Human Settlements or a
Court of competent jurisdiction.

Under no circumstance shall any new construction be made on the water edge.
If constructions have already been made they shall be at a distance of 25 meters
away from the high tide water mark under the trees without felling such
trees.

No permit for the construction of any wharf, marina, hotel, restaurants and
other commercial structures in Puerto Galera shall be issued without prior
approval of the Office of the President upon recommendation of the Philippine
Tourism Authority.”

SEC. 2. Section 3 of the same Decree is hereby amended to
read as follows:

“Sec. 3. I hereby deputize the Philippine Constabulary, the
University of the Philippines, Marine Biology Wardens, and the Special Committee
to be appointed, to apprehend, to board, to inspect, to report or to take any
action to prevent further deterioration and exploitation of any of the unique
features of Puerto Galera and its enclosed coves.

I enjoin all the following agencies to assist in the implementation of the
provisions of this Decree:

The Ministry of Human Settlements
The Ministry of Tourism
The Municipal
Government of Puerto Galera
The Provincial Government of Oriental
Mindoro
The Philippine Coast Guard
The Philippine Constabulary
The UP
Biological Station Wardens”

SEC. 3. All laws, decrees, orders, or regulations
inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.

SEC. 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of January in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and eighty one.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
		Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant

Vol. 25, Vital Documents, Presidential Decree 1980-1981