Rule XII.

Defense, Security and Firefighting Forces

SECTION 1. Defense of ECOZONE Perimeters - The defense of the perimeters of the ECOZONES shall be
the responsibility of the national government. Military forces assigned by the National Government for this
purpose shall confine their presence along the periphery of the ECOZONES to prevent unauthorized intrusion
of unwanted elements. They shall not interfere in the internal affairs of the ECOZONES nor in the entry and
exist of goods or merchandise.

SECTION 2. Internal Security - The PEZA shall maintain a security force to ensure the internal security of
each ECOZONE and to enforce law and order within its boundaries.

However, the PEZA shall allow an ECOZONE Enterprise to hire security guards provided by private security
agencies duly accredited by the PEZA to oversee the safety of its office and plant. The security guards shall
be subject to the supervision and to the security regulations of the PEZA inside the ECOZONE.

The members of the internal security force may also perform the functions of escorting and guarding
shipments of goods and merchandise imported tax and duty free by ECOZONE enterprises to and from the
ECOZONES.

SECTION 3. Inspection / Registration of Entering / Existing Persons and Vehicles - The ECOZONES and
other areas owned, possessed or being administered by the PEZA are classified as security areas. As such all
persons and vehicles entering or exiting the ECOZONES shall be subject to search and inspection. They shall
be required to register and / or secure appropriate passes / clearance / permits from the PEZA. Their
movement inside the ECOZONES shall be governed by security regulations of the PEZA.

SECTION 4. Identification of Person - All ECOZONES workers, employees shall be subject to the registration
and clearance procedures of the PEZA. They shall wear the prescribed ECOZONE identification cards / passes
at all times while inside the ECOZONE except as may provided by the PEZA. The PEZA reserves the right to
deny to any person access to an ECOZONE for reasons of security, violation of these Rules and / or when
the person sought to be excluded will hinder or seriously affect the orderly, peaceful and lawful operations of
the PEZA or of the ECOZONE enterprise.

SECTION 5. Fire Protection - The PEZA shall maintain a firefighting force to ensure the enforcement of
existing laws and regulations governing fire prevention, protection and safety within the boundaries of each
ECOZONE. For this purpose, the PEZA adopts the Fire Code of the Philippines and its implementing rules and
regulations and such other regulations or issuances it may promulgate for enforcement within the
boundaries of each ECOZONE.