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Batas Pambansa Bilang 223
AN
ACT TO HASTEN TITLING OF RESIDENTIAL LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN BY
AUTHORIZING
THE GRANT OF FREE PATENT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND PROVIDING FOR
EXPEDITIOUS
CADASTRAL AND OTHER JUDICIAL PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT THERETO AND FOR
OTHER
PURPOSES.
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BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 223AN
ACT TO HASTEN TITLING OF RESIDENTIAL LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN BY
AUTHORIZING
THE GRANT OF FREE PATENT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND PROVIDING FOR
EXPEDITIOUS
CADASTRAL AND OTHER JUDICIAL PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT THERETO AND FOR
OTHER
PURPOSES.chan
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1. The provisions of any
law, rules or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, any citizen
of the Philippines who is not a registered owner of a residential land
in the same municipality and who, since June 12, 1945 or prior thereto,
either by himself or through his bona fide predecessor-in-interest, has
been actually residing on, and continuously possessing and occupying,
under
a bona fide claim of acquisition of ownership, a parcel of residential
land of the public domain, which is alienable or disposable, and who
has
paid all the real estate taxes thereon since June 12, 1945 or prior
thereto,
shall upon application, be entitled to have a free patent issued to him
for such parcel of land not to exceed three thousand square meters:
Provided,
That the land applied for is not needed for the public service or
public
use: Provided, further, That no free patent shall be issued for
residential
lands located in cities, in capitals of provinces, in first class,
second
class third class, and fourth class municipalities, and in townsite
reservations
established under Chapter XI of the Public Land Act: Provided, finally,
That none of the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 705 are violated
by the issuance of such patent.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
2. The application shall
be accompanied with a map and technical description of the land applied
for, along with supporting affidavits of two (2) disinterested persons
who are residents of the municipality where the land is located,
attesting
to the truth of the facts contained in the application to the effect
that
the applicant thereof has, either by himself or through his
predecessor-in-interest,
actually resided on and continuously possessed and occupied, under a
bona
fide claim of acquisition of ownership, the land applied for since June
12, 1945 or prior thereto, and has complied with the requirements
prescribed
in Section One hereof.chanrobles virtual law library
All
applications for free patent under this Act shall be filed on or before
December 31, 1987.chanrobles virtual law library
The
provisions of Section Two and Three of Republic Act Numbered Seven
hundred
eighty-two and pertinent provisions of Chapter XIV, Title VI of
Commonwealth
Act Numbered One Hundred forty-one, as amended, shall apply to free
patent
applications filed under the provisions of this Act.chanrobles virtual law library
Legal
restrictions on free patent granted over agricultural lands shall
likewise
apply to free patent granted under this Act.
The
Minister of Natural Resources shall, upon the recommendation of the
Director
of Lands, promulgate such rules and regulations and prescribed such
reasonable
fees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
3. In order to hasten the
settlement and adjudication of land titles over alienable and
disposable
lands of the public domain in cadastral proceedings and to support,
among
other objectives, the land reform and the housing programs of the
government,
the Director of Lands shall immediately institute cadastral proceedings
within sixty days from the approval of this Act in all cities, capitals
of provinces, and first class, second class, third class, and fourth
class
municipalities that have been subjected to cadastral survey.
In
all other areas, the Director of Lands shall commence survey and make
plans
preparatory to the institution of cadastral proceedings within six
months
from approval of this Act, and shall institute cadastral proceedings
within
sixty days from the completion of the survey.
The
Land Registration Commission (National Land Titles and Deeds
Registration
Administration) shall issue the decree of registration within thirty
days
from receipt of the copy of the order for the issuance of the
decree. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
4. Any violation of the
provisions of this Act or of the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder
shall subject the offender to the same penalties provided for in the
Public
Land Act. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
5. This Act shall take
effect upon its approval.chanrobles virtual law library
Approved:
April 16, 1982
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