Declaring And Delineating The Butuan Port Zone And Placing It Under The Administrative Jurisdiction Of The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 152

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

WHEREAS, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is mandated to establish, develop, regulate, manage and operate a rationalized national port system in support of trade and national development;

WHEREAS, the delineation and declaration of port zones under PPA aims to redirect and reorganize port administration for the full development of port districts;

WHEREAS, the Port of Butuan in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte houses the PPA Port Management Office and services smaller vessels bound for Butuan City proper; and,

WHEREAS, there is a need to define the port zone of Butuan for the planning and development of necessary port facilities 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 Butuan. The territorial jurisdiction of...

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Declaring and Delineating the Butuan Port Zone and Placing it Under the Administrative Jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)

- Defines the territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Butuan in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, with specific metes and bounds coordinates. (Section 1)
- Places the Butuan Port zone under the administrative jurisdiction of the PPA. (Section 2)
- Mandates the PPA to implement a program for the proper zoning, planning, development, and utilization of the port, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the government. (Section 2)
- Repeals, amends, or modifies all issuances, orders, rules, and regulations inconsistent with this Executive Order. (Section 3)
- Provides for the separability clause, which states that if any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected shall remain valid and subsisting. (Section 4)
- Declares the immediate effectivity of this Executive Order. (Section 5)