province of the community to be served; but if there be no such land conveniently situated for the use of such community , a communal forest may be assigned for its use in a neighboring province. If the public interests so require, the Director of Forestry may, with like approval, change the location or boundaries of a communal forest or disestablish it altogether. [Comp, 1173.] SECTION  1032 . Taking of Lower-Group Timber without License . — Until the twenty-fifth day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty, residents of a place for which a communal forest shall not have been set aside may, without license and free of charge, take t imber of the second and lower groups, minor forest products, and stone or earth which they need for personal purposes, and not for sale or transportation to another municipality, township, or settlement; provided such products are taken in a public forest,  but not in a forest reserve, situated in the municipality, township, or settlement wherein the person taking such products resides. [2532.] SECTION  1033 . Administration of Communal Forest . — Communal forests shall be administered by the Director of Forestry, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, in such a way as to assure to the people having rights therein a continued supp ly of forest products necessary for their home use, and to this end the Director of Forestry may prescribe the species and sizes of trees that may be cut and the manner of removal of such trees or other forest products, stone, or earth. Exploitation of a c ommunal forest for revenue shall be allowed by the Director of Forestry only when the best interest of the forest requires cutting in excess of local needs. TaDIHc [976; 2165.] SECTION  1034 . Cutting of First-Group Timber in Communal Forest  — Upon a satisfactory showing that a resident of any municipality, township, or settlement for which a communal forest has been set aside will erect for his personal use a house of strong mater ials the Director of Forestry may issue or cause to be issued to such resident a written permit for the cutting within such communal forest of the requisite amount of first-group timber without charge, provided that if a communal forest has not been set as ide such permit may be given for any public forest in the jurisdiction of the municipality, township, or settlement, in which the building is to be erected; but the privilege herein conferred shall be subject to abrogation or restriction by executive order  in the discretion of the Governor-General. Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 309