ChanRobles Virtual law Library
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES & CODES
A collection of Philippine laws, statutes and codes not included or cited in the main indices of the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library.
Republic Acts :
REPUBLIC ACTS
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST ➔ PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES & CODES
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7999 - AN ACT
DECLARING A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) HECTARES OF THE TALA
ESTATE, KALOOCAN CITY AS ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE AND CONVERTING THEM
INTO HOUSING SITES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 843, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
Section 1. Declaration of a Total of One Hundred Twenty (120)
Hectares of the Tala Estate as Alienable and Disposable and their
Conversion into Housing Sites. — Of the eight hundred eight (808)
hectares of the Tala Estate located in Kaloocan City which were
reserved under Presidential Proclamation No. 843 for Tala Leprosarium
and settlement site for hansenites and their families; a pilot housing
development project; a civic center; welfare projects; and for other
housing and urban development purposes, the following areas are hereby
declared and/or converted as follows: (a) Seventy (70) hectares of the one hundred thirty (130) hectares reserved for the leprosarium and settlement site of the hansenites and their families under Proclamation No. 843 are hereby declared alienable and disposable for use as a housing site for the bona fide residents, hansenites and their immediate families and for qualified employees of the Department of Health: provided, that if the said beneficiary is an employee of the Department of Health, the said employee must have been assigned in the Tala Leprosarium and must have been a resident thereat for at least five (5) years: provided, that the residential lot awarded to the beneficiaries under this Act shall not be transferred conveyed or assigned to any other person for a period of twenty-five (25) years, except to legal heirs by way of succession; and (b) The fifty (50) hectares reserved for the plants, installations and pilot housing project of the National Housing Corporation as provided in the same proclamation, are hereby declared as alienable and disposable: provided, that twenty-nine (29) hectares of the said fifty (50) hectares shall be converted into a housing site exclusively for the bona fide and qualified residents of the area. Sec. 2. Implementing Agency. — The National
Housing Authority shall be the agency primarily responsible for the
implementation and enforcement of this Act. Sec. 3. Ad Hoc Committee. — An ad hoc committee of seven (7) members composed of representatives of the National Housing Authority, the Department of Health, the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor, the City Government of Kaloocan, a non-government organization concerned with hansenites, an urban poor people's organization, and the hansenites associations shall be formed to issue the necessary guidelines to determine who are the qualified beneficiaries under this Act. Sec. 4. Repealing Clause. — Presidential Proclamation No. 843 and other laws, executive orders, proclamations and administrative rules and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. Sec. 5. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take
effect fifteen (15) days after the completion of its publication in at
least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. |
chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary