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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 870BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 870 - AN ACT
PROVIDING LEGAL SANCTIONS AGAINST TRANSFER OF LANDS ACQUIRED UNDER
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE LAND REFORM PROGRAM OF
THE GOVERNMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. Any person who, having acquired ownership of lands
under the provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Twenty-seven or
the Land Reform Program of the Government and having been issued
emancipation patent or title, transfers or conveys such land or any
portion thereof in violation of said Presidential Decree Twenty-seven,
shall lose ownership thereof, and the person, natural or juridical, in
whose favor the land or portion thereof has been transferred or
conveyed shall acquire no valid right or title thereto.
Sec. 2. The land or portion thereof sold,
transferred or conveyed in violation of Section 1 hereof shall be
forfeited in favor of the State and the owner-beneficiary shall not be
entitled to a refund of whatever he shall have paid by way of
amortization.
Sec. 3. The Solicitor General or his authorized
representative, upon the recommendation of the Minister of Agrarian
Reform, shall institute the necessary proceedings for any violation of
this Act with the Regional Trial Court of the province where the land
involved is situated.
The action under this section shall prescribe within ten years from the
time that the Minister of Agrarian Reform shall have official knowledge
of such violation.
Sec. 4. The Minister of Agrarian Reform shall
re-allocate the land so forfeited to qualified and deserving farmers in
accordance with existing laws, rules, and regulations within one year
from the date of the decision declaring the forfeiture of the land in
favor of the State becomes final and executory.
Sec. 5. The Minister of Agrarian Reform shall
promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this
Act.
Sec. 6. Any provision of law, decree, executive
order or administrative rule or regulation inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, amended, or modified
accordingly.
Sec. 7. If any provision of this Act, or its
application to any person or situation is declared unconstitutional,
the other provisions hereof and their application to other situations
shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: April 18, 1985.
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