CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES SIXTEENTH CONGRESS First Regular Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. No. 3667 BY REPRESENTATIVES PADILLA AND MATUGAS, PER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 26 AN ACT DECLARING THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA A MINING-FREE ZONE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – The Province of Nueva Vizcaya is hereby declared a mining-free zone and all mining operations in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya are hereby prohibited. SEC. 2. Scope. – As used in this Act, mining shall refer to the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials, excluding gravel and sand marble. This shall include large-scale and small-scale mining activities involving exploration, feasibility, development, utilization and processing. SEC. 3. Penal Provision. – It shall be unlawful for any person to mine or continue to mine or engage in any mining operation in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya. } 2 Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this Act shall be penalized with an imprisonment of at least six (6) years but not more than twelve (12) years and a fine of at least One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) but not more than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00). If the offender is a corporation, firm, partnership or association, the penalty shall be imposed upon the officer or officers of the corporation, firm, partnership or association responsible for the violation thereof. If the offender is an alien, after service of sentence and payment of fine, the person shall be deported immediately without further proceedings. SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within three (3) months following the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for its effective implementation. SEC. 5. Transitory Provision. – Upon approval of this Act, the Provincial Government of Nueva Vizcaya, in coordination with the DENR, shall review the contracts and agreements entered into by all existing mining operations, those to be terminated, and those to be allowed to continue until such period that their contracts or agreements may allow. SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. SEC. 7. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
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