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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 713
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 713 -
ALLOWING AMERICANS WHO WERE FORMERLY FILIPINO CITIZENS, AMERICANS WHO
BECAME PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND AMERICANS WHO HAVE
RESIDED IN THE PHILIPPINES CONTINUOUSLY FOR AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS AND
WHO IN GOOD FAITH HAD ACQUIRED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL LANDS FOR FAMILY
DWELLING PURPOSES IN THE PHILIPPINES PRIOR TO JULY 3, 1974 TO CONTINUE
HOLDING SUCH LANDS AND TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OVER THE SAME TO QUALIFIED
PERSONS OR ENTITIES
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WHEREAS,
during the effectivity of the so-called "Parity Amendment" to the 1935
Constitution, citizens of the United States who were formerly Filipino
citizens and other United States citizens who have resided in the
Philippines for a long period of time or who become permanent residents
thereof had acquired private residential lands for family dwelling
purposes in good faith and in the honest belief that they may continue
holding the same even after the expiration of Parity;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, under Section 11, Article XVII, of the new Constitution, the
titles of American citizens over their private landholdings in the
Philippines acquired prior to July 3, 1974, "shall be valid as against
other private persons only";chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, justice requires that the Government should treat these
American old-timers, these former Filipino citizens, and these
Americans who become permanent residents of the Philippines with
special consideration and compassion.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Citizens of the United States of America
who were formerly citizens of the Philippines or who on the date hereof
have resided in the Philippines continuously for at least twenty (20)
years, and who in good faith had acquired private residential lands in
the Philippines not exceeding five thousand (5,000) square meters for a
family dwelling before the expiration of the Philippine-United States
Trade Agreement on midnight July 3, 1974 may continue to hold such
lands and to transfer ownership over such lands to qualified persons or
entities.
The same right is hereby granted to those citizens of the United States
who become permanent residents of the Philippines and who acquired
private residential lands in the Philippines of not more than five
thousand (5,000) square meters for a family dwelling.
Section 2. All laws, decrees, orders, policies, rules
and regulations or part thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 27th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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