ADMINISTRATIVE
CIRCULAR NO. 6-93-A
TO:
METROPOLITAN
TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS
AND MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS
SUBJECT:
DELEGATED JURISDICTION OF MTC's AND MCTC's TO HEAR AND DETERMINE
CADASTRAL
AND LAND REGISTRATION CASES.
Pursuant to
Sec.
34 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, as amended by R. A. 76791 which took
effect
14 April 1995, and the Reslution of the Court En Banc in Adm.
Matter
No. 93-3-488-0 dated 25 March 1993 [Re: Request of DENR for
Metropolitan
and Municipal Trial Courts to hear cadastral and land registration
cases
under Sec. 34, B. P. Blg. 129], the Metropolitan Trial Courts,
Municipal
Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts to hear cadastral and
land
registration cases involving uncontested lots and contested lots, the
value
of which does not exceeed One Hundred Thousand Pesos [P100,000.00] as
may
be ascertained by affidavit of the claimants or by their agreement or
from
the corresponding tax declarations: Provided, That:chanrobles virtual law library
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Cadastral or
land registration cases filed before the effectivity of this
Administrative
Circulars but where hearing has not yet commenced shall be transferred
by the Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court having jurisdiction
over the case to the Executive Judge of the appropriate Metropolitan
Trial
Court, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Municipal Trial Court or
Municipal
Circuit Trial Court for the required raffle among the branches of the
Courts
under his administrative supervision; and cralaw:red
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Cadastral or
land registration cases pending in the Regional Trial Courts where
trial
had already been commenced as of the date of the effectivity of this
Administrative
Circular shall remain with said courts. However, by agreement of the
parties,
these cases may be transferred to the appropriate Metropolitan Trial
Court
or Municipal Trial Courts.cralaw:red
This
Administrative
Circular shall take effect immediately. However, the Clerk of Court is
directed to cause its publication in a newspaper of general circulation
for the information of the public.cralaw:red
15 November
1995.
[Sgd.]
ANDRES
R. NARVASAChief
Justice | 
