DENR Administrative Order No. 2003-24. Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Chainsaw Act of 2002 (RA No. 9175) Entitled "An Act Regulating the Ownership, Possession, Sale, Importation and Use of Chainsaws, Penalising Violations thereof and for Other Purposes".

This Regulation pursue the policy of the state to conserve, develop and protect the forest resources through sustainable forest management (SFM). This Order is promulgated to regulate the purchase, ownership, possession, sale, transfer, importation and/or use of chainsaws to prevent them from being used in illegal logging or unauthorised clearing of forest. The Regulation provides for persons authorised to purchase, transfer the ownership, import, manufacture, distribute, and sell, re-sell chainsaws. Registration of the chainsaws is required with the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office and it is required to get permit/authority for these actions. The regulation further establish penal provisions and judicial confiscation for any actions without permit, unlawful importation, manufacturing and use of chainsaw. The regulation consist of 20 Articles and 7 Chapter referring to: Basic Policy, Objectives and Definitions (I), Scope (II), General Provisions (III), Penal Provision (IV), Reward (V), Authority of the Secretary (VI), Final Provision (VII).