REPUBLIC ACT No.

9175
CHAINSAW ACT
 REGISTRATION OF CHAINSAW
• Owners of chainsaw must register with the DENR
through any of its CENRO who shall issue the
corresponding Certificate of Registration if such person/s,
partnership or corporations are qualified.

• Certificate of Registration shall serve as the permit to

own, posses and/or use the registered chainsaw.

• Registered chainsaws maybe leased, rented or lent for a

legal purpose, subject to the approval of the CENRO
concerned.
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PUNISHABLE ACT PENALTY
1.
Selling, Purchasing, IMPROSENMENT of four (4)
Reselling, Transferring, years, two (2) months and one (1)
Distributing or Possessing day to six (6) years; or
a Chainsaw without a FINE of not less than ₱15,000.0 -
PROPER PERMIT ₱30,000.0; or
BOTH;
CONFISCATION of the chainsaw/s
in favor of the government
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2. Unlawful Importation or IMPRISONMENT of one (1)

Manufacturing of month – six (6) months; and
Chainsaw FINE ₱1,000.0 - ₱4,000.0.

3. Tampering of Engine IMPRISONMENT of one (1)

Serial Number month – six (6) months; and
FINE of not less than ₱1,000.0 -
₱4,000.0
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4. Unauthorized possession IMPRISONMENT of six (6) years

of chainsaw and and one (1) day – eight (8) years; and
unauthorized se thereof to
cut trees and timber in FINE of not less than ₱30,000.0 -
forest land or elsewhere ₱50,000.0; or

BOTH;

CONFISCATION of the chainsaw

in favor of the government.
Person Authorized to own, possess and use chainsaws

Holder of as subsisting Timber License Agreement, Production

Sharing Agreement, Co-production Sharing Agreement, or Private
Land Timber Permit/Special Private Land Timber Permit,
Community-based Forest Management Agreement (CBFMA),
Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA), Socialized
Industrial Forest Management Agreement (IFMA), or other similar
tenurial instruments;

Orchard or fruit tree farmer;

Industrial tree farmer;

Person Authorized to own, possess and use chainsaws

Licensed wood processor and the chainsaw shall be used for the
cutting of timber that has been legally sold to said applicant;

Any one who shows satisfactory proof that the possession and/or
use of chainsaw is for legal purpose;

Agencies of the government, government-owned and controlled

corporations (GOCCs) that use chainsaws in some aspects of their
functions;
 Requirements for Registration

1. Duly accomplished form;

2. Detailed specification of the chainsaw (brand, model, engine

capacity, serial number, date of purchase, name of dealer);

3. Purpose of use, areas/location where it is to be used, name of

owner;

4. Proof of ownership (sales invoice, deed of sale, etc. );

5. Registration Fee of ₱500.0;

 Requirements for Registration

1. Copy of Tenurial instrument;

2. Copy of CTPO;
3. Certification of Brgy. Captain concerned that applicant is an
orchard or tree farmers;
4. Copy of approved Wood Processing Plant Permit;

5. Certification from Head of Office that the chainsaw are

owned/possessed by the Office and used for legal purpose
(specify);

6. Copy of the Business Permit from the LGU or Affidavit that the
chainsaw is needed in applicant’s work/profession and will be used
for legal purpose.