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the peace having jurisdiction over the oflfense for examination 

 and release under bail if the offense is bailable. 



Sec. 24. Every private owner of forest land shall register his 

 title to the same with the Chief of the Bureau of Forestry. In '. 

 the absence of such registration, wood cut from alleged private 

 lands and not from public forests or forest reserves shall be con- ■ 

 sidered as cut under license from public forests or forest reserves, 

 and shall be subject to all provisions of this Act and of the regu- 

 lations established thereunder in such ease applicable. 



When in his opinion the public interests so require, the Chief 

 of the Bureau of Forestry may make application to the examiner 

 of the Court of Land Registration or the fiscal of the province in 

 which the land lies, for such assistance as may be necessary in 

 the examination of the titles thereof, with a view to their regis- 

 tration in the Bureau of Forestry, and upon the receipt of such 

 application it shall be the duty of the fiscal or examiner of 

 titles, as the case may be, to render the assistance applied for 

 by the Bureau of Forestry. 



Sec. 25. The cutting, clearing, or destroying of the public 

 forests or forest reserves, or any part thereof, for the purpose of 

 making caingins, without lawful authority, is hereby prohibited, 

 and whoever, in violation of this provision, shall cut, clear, or 

 destroy the same, for such purpose, or shall willfully or negli- 

 gently set fire thereto, shall, upon conviction by a court of com- 

 petent jurisdiction, be punished by a, fine not exceeding a sum 

 equivalent to twice the regular Government charge upon the 

 timber so cut, cleared, or destroyed, and, in addition, thereto, 

 by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, in the discretion 

 of the court. 



The cutting, collecting destroying, or removing of timber or 

 other forest products, stone, or earth front the public forests or 

 forest reserves for any other purpose than making a caingin, 

 without license, permit, or other sufiicient authority, is hereby 

 prohibited, and any person who, in violation of this provision, 

 shall so cut, collect, destroy, or remove the same, by himself, 

 through an agent or employee, or for account of another, shall, 

 in addition to the payment of the regular Government charge 

 on such timber, forest products, stone, or earth, be subject to 

 the payment of an additional sum equivalent to the regular Gov- 

 ernment charge thereon, which shall be collected as in this Act 

 provided in the case of other Government charges. 



Sec. 26. Whenever an exclusive license of any class shall have 

 been issued to any person, company, corporation, or other associa- 

 tion, for the cutting or removing, from the public forests or forest 

 reserves, of timber, firewood, or other forest products, stone, or 

 earth, it shall be unlawful for any other person, company, cor- 

 poration, or association, while such license is in force, to enter or 

 operate within the territory covered by such exclusive license 

 contrary to the terms thereof: Provided, That the residents 

 within or adjacent to said territory may be permitted to cut 

 or remove timber, firewood, other forest products, stone, or earth 

 for domestic purposes. 



If, contrary to the provisions of this section, any person, com- 

 pany, corporation, or other association shall enter upon, and shall 

 cut or remove, or attempt to cut or remove, timber, firewood, 

 other forest products, stone, or earth, said property so attempted 

 to be cut or removed shall be seized as Government property, by 

 the local forest official or other representative of the Forestry 



