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    The document summarizes a court case from the Supreme Court of the Philippines regarding the confiscation of a vehicle transporting lumber. The vehicle driver did not have proper documents for the lumber. While the driver and vehicle owner were not the owners of the lumber, the court ruled that under Section 68-A of Presidential Decree No. 705, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) could still confiscate any vehicle used to transport forest products without legal documents, regardless of the criminal liability of the individuals involved. The guilt or innocence of those transporting the lumber was deemed immaterial to the confiscation, as the law punishes the unauthorized transportation or conveyance of forest products itself.

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    The document summarizes a court case from the Supreme Court of the Philippines regarding the confiscation of a vehicle transporting lumber. The vehicle driver did not have proper documents for the lumber. While the driver and vehicle owner were not the owners of the lumber, the court ruled that under Section 68-A of Presidential Decree No. 705, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) could still confiscate any vehicle used to transport forest products without legal documents, regardless of the criminal liability of the individuals involved. The guilt or innocence of those transporting the lumber was deemed immaterial to the confiscation, as the law punishes the unauthorized transportation or conveyance of forest products itself.

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    01. DENR v. Daraman, G.R. No.

    125797, February 15, 2002

    Facts:

    Gregorio Daraman is the driver of St. Jude with Plate No. HAJ-848 owned by
    Narciso Lucenecio of the Holy Cross Funeral Services, transporting lumber of assorted
    sizes and wood shavings owned by a certain Asan. When Pablo Opinion, a Forest
    Ranger of DENR asked Daraman for some papers of the assorted lumber, he replied
    none because they were not his. Opinion then took hold the vehicle and the assorted
    lumber, took a photograph of it and issued a seizure receipt.

    Issue:

    Whether or not the vehicle transporting lumber without papers can be confiscated
    by DENR even if the vehicle’s owner is not the owner of the lumber and not criminally
    liable for violating Section 68 of Presidential Decree No. 705 as amended.

    Ruling:

    Yes, it can be confiscated.

    Section 68-A, Presidential Decree No. 705 as amended provides in part that “the
    Department Head or his duly authorized representative, may order the confiscation of
    any forest products illegally cut, gathered, removed, or possessed or abandoned, and
    all conveyances used either by land, water or air in the commission of the offense…”

    Here, the implementing guidelines of Section 68-A define conveyance in a manner


    that includes any type or class of vehicle or any mode of transport used in the movement
    of any forest product. The guilt or the innocence of the accused in the criminal case is
    immaterial, because what is punished under Section 68 is the transportation, movement
    or conveyance of forest products without legal documents. The DENR secretary or the
    authorized representatives do not possess criminal jurisdiction. Hence, we cannot
    expect the DENR to rule on the criminal liability of the accused before it impounds such
    vehicles.

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