RESERVING FOR MILITARY PURPOSES CORREGIDOR AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN CONSIDERED AS PART THEREOF AND DECLARING THE SAME AS NATIONAL DEFENSE ZONE.

WHEREAS, by virtue of the exchange of notes
between the Governments of the United States and of the Philippines, dated
October 12, 1947, all rights and title to, as well as possession of, the former
United States Military Reservation known as Corregidor (Fort Mills), including
the adjacent islands and detached rocks/ surrounding the same, have been
transferred to the Republic of the Philippines; and

WHEREAS, in view of the importance of their
strategic location for defense purposes, it is necessary to make Corregidor and
said islands and rocks a national defense zone and as depository for war
reserves of ammunition, except small arms;

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested
in me by Commonwealth Act No. 321, approved on June 9, 1938, I, Elpidio
Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby reserve the Islands of
Corregidor, Caballo (Fort Hughes), La Monja, El Fraile (Fort Drum), Santa
Amalia, Carabao (Fort Frank), and Limbones, as well as all waters and detached
rocks surrounding them, for military purposes and declare the same as national
defense zone.

I hereby place said reservation under the direct
supervision and control of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, subject to the
following conditions:

1. That all civilians now residing within the
reservation shall be moved out gradually therefrom within two years from the
date of this Proclamation;

2. That no civilian shall be permitted to visit
or stay within the reservation without a pass from Headquarters National
Defense Forces;

3. That certain areas within the reservation
shall be declared “off limits” to civilians;

4. That the waters around Corregidor and the
adjacent islands above named, except the channel for civilian shipping, shall
be declared “off limits” to vessels other than those of the Philippine Naval
Patrol;

5. That the harbors of these islands shall be
placed under the operational control of the Philippine Naval Patrol;

6. That the air over the entrance to Manila Bay
shall be declared “off limits” to any aircraft other than those of the
Philippine Air Force;

7. That air photography of the reservation shall
be prohibited except by the Philippine Air Force; and

8. That all military installations and
fortifications which may be constructed within the reservation shall not be of
a permanent character.

The Secretary of National Defense shall, upon the
recommendation of the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, issue
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the
provisions of this Proclamation, subject to the approval of the President of
the Philippines, violation of which shall be punished in accordance with the
provisions of section 2 of Commonwealth Act No. 321.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of May,
in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the second.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
EMILIO ABELLO
Executive Secretary

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