MALACAŃAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 113

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

WHEREAS, the Port of Maco in Maco, Compostela Valley is one of the major and busiest ports in the country; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to define the Port Zone of Maco 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 Maco. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Maco situated in the Municipality of Maco, Province of Compostela Valley, is hereby delineated and established, particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1 on the plan, being S. 41 deg. 21’58” W., 697.0671 m. from BLLM No. 12, Tagum Cadastre, and thence:

S.22 deg.53’58”E.,200.23 m.to point 2;
S.66 deg.11’42”W.,1,000.00 m.to point 3;
N.24 deg.14’41”W.,238.85 m.to point 4;
N.66 deg.01’34”E.,983.33 m.to point 5;
S.51 deg.21’31”E.,46.85 m.to point of beginning,

Containing a total area of TWO HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT SQUARE METERS AND SEVENTY-FOUR SQUARE DECIMETERS (240,538.74), more or less.1âwphi1

SECTION 2. PPA Jurisdiction. The Maco 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orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.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 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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