REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8221, August 09, 1996

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8221, August 09, 1996 ]

AN ACT TO DEVELOP THE CAPAS NATIONAL SHRINE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Capas National Shrine, more particularly described as follows, is placed under the administration of the Military Shrine Service, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office.

Capas National Shrine

A parcel of land, being a portion of Zone “8” of the Clark Air Base Military Reservation, situated at Barangay Aranguren, Capas, Tarlac, bounded on the east along lines 1-2 by Lot No. 1902 Cad. No. 615-D (PSU-43293, Lot-3); on the south along lines 2-3 by portion of reservation (PSU-2427); on the north along lines 4-5-6-7-8-9-1 by the provincial road. Beginning at the point marked "1", being N. 82 deg. 55' W., 204.12 m. from BLLM No. 6, Cad. 615-D. Thence

S. 03 deg. 49'E., 1,000.00 m. to point 2;

S. 86 deg. 11’W., 529.81 m. to point 3;

N. 03 deg. 49'W., 839.00 m. to point 4;

N. 59 deg. 38'E., 229.23 m. to point 5;

N. 64 deg 19'E., 52.20 m. to point 6;

N. 72 deg. 49'E., 59.25 m. to point 7;

N. 77 deg. 14’E., 28.23 m. to point 8;

N. 82 deg. 56'E., 82.18 m. to point 9;

N. 77 deg. 38'E., 109.95 m. to the point of beginning containing an area of five hundred thousand square meters ( 500,000 sq. m. ), more or less.

SEC. 2. The shrine shall be developed as a memorial, with a monument and auxiliary Facilities dedicated to the memory of those who were incarcerated or died in the Capas Camp during the Second World War: Provided that said memorial shall consist of an area where a tree should be planted in memory of the twenty-five thousand (25,000) Filipino and six thousand (6,000) American soldiers who died in the camp: Provided, further, That the remaining areas in the shrine shall be converted into a mini-forest.

SEC. 3. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, October 9, 1996.