MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 111

DECLARING AND DELINEATING THE DAPITAN (PULAUAN) PORT ZONE AND PLACING IT UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY (PPA)

WHEREAS, the Port of Dapitan in Dapitan City, Zamboanga Del Norte is one of the major and busiest ports in the country; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to define the Port Zone of Dapitan (Pulauan) for the planning and development of the necessary port facilities thereat to support the demands of shipping trade within the region.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Port of Dapitan. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Dapitan situated in the City of Dapitan, Province of Zamboanga del Norte, is hereby delineated and established, particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1 on the plan, being S. 46 deg. 12' W., 5,212.43 m. from ZGN No. 10, NAMRIA, thence:

N.21 deg.20'W.,392.00 m.to point 2;
N.61 deg.30'E.,739.00 m.to point 3;
S.31 deg.29'E.,680.08 m.to point 4;
S.64 deg.08'W.,835.20 m.to point 5;
N.26 deg.00'W.,252.00 m.to point of beginning,

Containing a total area of FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE SQUARE METERS AND SIXTY-NINE SQUARE DECIMETERS (523,389.69), more or less.1âwphi1

SECTION 2. PPA Jurisdiction. The Dapitan (Pulauan) Port Zone, as delineated, is hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the PPA, which shall, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the government, implement a program for the proper zoning, planning, development and utilization of the port.

SECTION 3. Repeal. All issuances, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Separability. If any provision of this Executive Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 4th day of December, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twelve.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

By the President:

(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary


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