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Batas Pambansa Bilang 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.
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BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 870AN
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.chan
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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.chanrobles virtual law library
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. chanrobles virtual law library
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.chanrobles virtual law library
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. chanrobles virtual law library.chanrobles virtual law library
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. chanrobles virtual law library
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. chanrobles virtual law library
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. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
8. This Act shall take
effect upon its approval.chanrobles virtual law library
Approved:
April 18, 1985
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