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 d. issue and promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Section and ensure compliance thereof.

Sec. 8. Sanctions. Violation of the provisions of Section 5(g) is without prejudice to the filing of charges for violation provided under PDs 957, 1216, 1096, 1067 and 1185. Offenders of Section 6(f) is also without prejudice to the filing of charges provided by the laws of the land.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred pesos (P2,500.00), or an imprisonment for a period not exceeding six (6) months and or both at the discretion of the Court. In case of violation by a corporation, partnership or association, the penalty shall be imposed upon the erring officers thereof. Pertinent administrative charges shall be filed against government officials/employees for negligence of duty as provided in this Article.

ARTICLE IV

FOREST RESOURCES

Sec. 1. Scope of Powers. In addition to the powers, duties and functions of the Municipal Mayor, to adopt adequate measures to safeguard and conserve land, mineral, and other resources, as provided under RA 7160, Sections 389(b)(9) and Section 444(b)(3)(vii), respectively, and the powers of the Sangguniang Bayan, to protect the environment and impose appropriate penalties for acts which endanger the environment such as illegal logging and smuggling of logs, smuggling of natural resources products and endangered species of flora and fauna, slash and burn farming, pursuant to Section 447(a)(1)(vi) of RA 7160, the various local government units of Pangasinan shall provide forest resources management services and facilities, pursuant to Sections 3(e), 3(i), 16 and 17(a) of RA 7160, as follows:

a. For the Municipal Government of Urbiztondo: Enforcement of forestry laws limited to community-based forestry projects as devolved to the province pursuant to Section 17(b)(3)(iii) of RA 7160, particularly in municipal/city communal forests, integrated social forestry areas, and small watersheds, such as, but not limited to, prevention of forest fire, illegal cutting and slash and burn cultivation; apprehension of violators of forest laws, rules and regulations, confiscation of illegally extracted forest products on site; imposition of appropriate penalties for illegal logging, smuggling of natural resources products and of endangered species of flora and fauna and other unlawful activities; and confiscation, forfeiture, and disposition of conveyances, equipment and other implements used in the commission of offenses penalized under Presidential Decree No. 705, as amended by Executive Order No. 277, series of 1987, and other forestry laws, rules and regulations in coordination with the DENR.

b. For the Municipal Government of Urbiztondo: Implementation of the following community-based forestry projects: i. Integrated Social Forestry programs and similar projects, pursuant to Section 17(b)(2)(ii), RA 7160, except those located in protected areas and critical watersheds, pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i), DAO 30, Series of 1992; ii. Establishment of new regular reforestation projects, except those areas located in protected areas and critical watersheds, pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii), DAO 30, Series of 1992; iii. Completed family and community-based contract reforestation projects, subject to policies and procedures prescribed by the DENR, pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii), DAO 30, Series of 1992;

c. For the Barangays