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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 187BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 187 - AN ACT
TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE
HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC LAND LAW, AUTHORIZING
DISTRICT LAND OFFICERS IN EVERY PROVINCE TO SIGN PATENTS OR
CERTIFICATES COVERING LANDS COMMONLY KNOWN AS NAFCO LANDS NOT EXCEEDING
FIVE HECTARES
Section 1.
Section One hundred seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred
forty-one, as amended, is further amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 107.
All patents or certificates for land granted under this Act shall be
prepared in the Bureau of Lands and shall be issued in the name of the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines under the signature of
the President of the Philippines: Provided, however, That the President
of the Philippines may delegate to the Secretary of Agriculture and
Natural Resources and/or the Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural
Resources the power to sign patents or certificates covering lands not
exceeding one hundred forty-four hectares in area, and to the Secretary
of Agriculture and Natural Resources the power to sign patents or
certificates covering lands exceeding one hundred forty-four hectares
in area: Provided, further, That District Land Officers in every
province are hereby empowered to sign patents or certificates covering
lands not exceeding five hectares including lands transferred to the
Republic of the Philippines under the Philippine Property Act of
Nineteen hundred and forty-six, (Act of Congress of the United States
on July 3, 1946) and Philippine Act Numbered Eight and all public lands
transferred from the Bureau of Lands to the National Abaca and Other
Fibers Corporation, under Executive Order Numbered Ninety-nine, dated
October 22, 1947, commonly known as NAFCO lands, and improvement
thereon subsequently transferred to the Board of Liquidators and the
Bureau of Building and Real Property Management: Provided, That no
applicant shall be permitted to split the area applied for by him in
excess of the area fixed in this section among his relatives with the
sixth degree of consanguinity or affinity excepting the applicant's
married children who are actually occupying the land: Provided,
finally, That copies of said patents issued shall be furnished to the
Bureau of Lands for record purposes. No patent or certificate shall be
issued by the District Land Officer unless the survey of the land
covered by such patent or certificate, whether made by the Bureau of
Lands or by a private survey, has been approved by the Director of
Lands. The Director of Lands shall promptly act upon all surveys
submitted to him for approval and return the same to the District Land
Officer within ninety days after receipt of such surveys by his office.
In case of disapproval, the Director of Lands shall state the reasons
therefor. Any person aggrieved by the decision or action of the
District Land Officer may, within thirty days from receipt of the copy
of the said decision, appeal to the Director of Lands. Such patents or
certificates shall be effective only for the purposes defined in
Section One hundred and twenty-two of the Land Registration Act, and
actual conveyance of the land shall be effected only as provided in
said section.
"All surveys pending approval of
the Director of Lands at the time this Act takes effect shall be acted
upon by him within ninety days from the effectivity of this Act."
Sec. 2. Upon the approval of this Act, the Board
of Liquidations and the Bureau of Building and Real Property Management
shall immediately transmit to the respective District Land Officers of
the provinces where the NAFCO lands are situated the papers, documents
and applications of NAFCO lands.
Sec. 3. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules
and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are repealed,
altered, or modified accordingly.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: March 16, 1982. (P.B.
No. 122)
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