[ Act No. 2812, March 03, 1919 ]

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE CUTTING OR UTILIZATION OF FRUIT TREES AND BUSHES IN THE PUBLIC OR COMMUNAL FORESTS WITHOUT A SPECIAL PERMIT BY THE BUREAU OF FORESTRY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and  by authority of the same:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, not in possession of a special permit by the Bureau of Forestry, to cut in the public or communal forests, for use as lumber or firewood, any of the following trees and bushes:
Eugenia spp. Tampoy, Makopa, Yambu etc.
Euphoria didyrna Blanco and E. Gracilis, Boboa, Alupag.
Garcinia vidalii, G. dulcis mangostana, Batuan, Mangostan.
Canarium spp. Pili.
Diplodiscus penipulatus, Balobo.
Mangifera verticillata C. B. Rob. Baluno.
Nephelium mutabile, Bulala.
Artocarpus elastica; Gumihan.
Artocarpus adorastissima, Marang.
Artocarpus integrifolia L. F., Nnngka or Langka,
Lausium domesticum, Lansones.
Diospyros discolor, Mabolo or Camagon.
Litchi philippinensis, Ahipag-amo.
Manjrifera altissima, Paho or Pahutan.
Psidium guajava, Guayabas.
Durio zibethinus DC, Durian or Dulian.
and others the fruits of which can be used as food for human beings.

SEC. 2. Any violation of this Act shall be punished, for the first offence, by a fine double the amount of the charges and penalties on the wood or other forestry products unlawfully cut or removed, and for each subsequent offence by such fine and by imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 3, 1919.