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Batas Pambansa Bilang 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.
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BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 187AN
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.chan
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chanrobles virtual law librarySection
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.chanrobles virtual law library
"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." chanrobles virtual law library
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. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
3. All laws, decrees, executive
orders, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are
repealed, altered, or modified accordingly.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
4. This Act shall take
effect upon its approval. chanrobles virtual law library
Approved:
March 16, 1982
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