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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Memorandum Order No. 107, March 23, 1993 ]

CLARIFYING MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 17 DATED 17 JUNE 1986 BY PRESCRIBING ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES ON THE STATUS OF AREAS SUBJECT OF PROCLAMATION NO. 2282 ISSUED ON 29 MARCH 1983

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 2282 issued on 29 March 1983 reclassified certain portions of the public domain as agricultural land and declared the same as alienable and disposable for agricultural and resettlement purpose of the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran (now the National Livelihood Support Fund);

WHEREAS, portions of the land covered by Proclamation No. 2282 were already previously reclassified by the then Bureau of Forestry as alienable and disposable lands;

WHEREAS, Memorandum Order No. 17 of 1986 revoked Proclamation No. 2282, failing to provide administrative guidelines on, among others, the status of (a) the area previously reclassified by the Bureau of Forestry, and (b) other areas actually devoted to agricultural uses relying on the effect of Proclamation 2282;

WHEREAS, the public has recognized the effect of Proclamation No. 2282 and pursuant thereto, the area covered therein are actually being utilized as agricultural lands;

WHEREAS, this administration recognizes agrarian reform as a demonstration of the empowerment of the people;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6657 mandates that all lands of the public domain suitable for agriculture shall be covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 407 of 1990 mandates the acceleration of the acquisition and disposition by the Department of Agrarian Reform of government-owned lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested upon me by the Constitution and existing laws, hereby order that:

Section 1. All lands covered by Proclamation No. 2282 which were reclassified as alienable and disposable agricultural lands prior to 29 March 1983 and used or administered by the KKK-NLSF as agricultural lands shall remain alienable and disposable agricultural lands.

Section 2. All lands actually classified as agricultural land prior to the effectivity of Proclamation No. 2282 and used or administered by the KKK-NLSF as agricultural land shall be turned over to the Department of Agrarian Reform for disposition to farmer-beneficiaries in accordance with Executive Order No. 407.

Section 3. The Department of Agrarian Reform and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall jointly determine which areas were reclassified as alienable and disposable agricultural land previous to the effectivity of Proclamation No. 2282 for disposition by the Department of Agrarian Reform.

Section 4. All Executive Orders, Proclamations, and issuances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.ℒαwρhi৷

Section 5. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of March in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel

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