WHEREAS, the Port of Tapal in Ubay, Bohol is one of the major and busiest ports in the country; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to delineate the Port Zone of Tapal for the development of the necessary port facilities to support the demands of the 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 Tapal. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Tapal situated in Barangay Tapal, Municipality of Ubay, Province of Bohol, is hereby delineated, particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1 on the plan, thence:

N.	35 deg.	00'	W.,	495.50 m.	to point 2;
N.	56 deg.	45'	E.,	1,000.00 m.	to point 3;
S.	35 deg.	00'	E.,	1,000.00 m.	to point 4;
S.	56 deg.	45'	W.,	1,000.00 m.	to point 5;
N.	35 deg.	00'	W.,	495.50 m.	to point 6;
N.	35 deg.	00'	W.,	9.00 m.	to point of beginning,

containing an area of ONE MILLION (1,000,000.00) SQUARE METERS, more or less.

SECTION 2. PPA Jurisdiction. The Tapal 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issuances, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.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 1 st day of October, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twelve.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines

By the President:

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