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Republic Act No. 6940
AN
ACT GRANTING A PERIOD ENDING ON DECEMBER 31, 2000 FOR FILING
APPLICATIONS
FOR FREE PATENT AND JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION OF IMPERFECT TITLE TO
ALIENABLE
AND DISPOSABLE LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN UNDER CHAPTERS VII AND VIII
OF
THE PUBLIC LAND ACT (CA 141, AS AMENDED).
REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 6940
AN
ACT GRANTING A PERIOD ENDING ON DECEMBER 31, 2000 FOR FILING
APPLICATIONS
FOR FREE PATENT AND JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION OF IMPERFECT TITLE TO
ALIENABLE
AND DISPOSABLE LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN UNDER CHAPTERS VII AND VIII
OF
THE PUBLIC LAND ACT (CA 141, AS AMENDED).
Section
1. Paragraph 1, Section 44, Chapter
VII of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, is hereby amended to read
as follows:chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec.
44.Any natural-born citizen of the
Philippines who is not the owner of more than twelve (12) hectares and
who, for at least thirty (30) years prior to the effectivity of this
amendatory
Act, has continuously occupied and cultivated, either by himself or
through
his predecessors-in-interest a tract or tracts of agricultural public
lands
subject to disposition, who shall have paid the real estate tax thereon
while the same has not been occupied by any person shall be entitled,
under
the provisions of this Chapter, to have a free patent issued to him for
such tract or tracts of such land not to exceed twelve (12) hectares."chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
Sec.
2. Section 45, Chapter VII of
Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, is hereby, further amended to
read
as follows:
"Sec.
45.The President of the Philippines,
upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural
Resources,
shall from time to time fix by proclamation the period within which
applications
for free patents may be filed in the Community Environment and Natural
Resources Office or region specified in such proclamation, and upon the
expiration of the period so designated, unless the same be extended by
the President, all the land comprised within such district, chartered
city,
province, municipality or region subject thereto under the provisions
of
this Chapter may be disposed of as agricultural public land without
prejudice
to the prior right of the occupant and cultivator to acquire such land
under this Act by means other than free patent. The time to be fixed in
the entire Archipelago for the filing of applications under this
Chapter
shall not extend beyond December 31, 2000, except in the Provinces of
Agusan
del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat,
Bukidnon,
Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao
Oriental,
Sulu, Mt. Province, Benguet, Kalinga-Apayao, Ifugao, Maguindanao,
Tawi-Tawi,
and Basilan where the President of the Philippines, upon the
recommendation
of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, shall determine
or fix the time beyond which the filing of applications under this
Chapter
shall not extend: Provided, That the period shall apply only when the
area
applied for does not exceed twelve (12) hectares. The period fixed for
any district, chartered city, province or municipality shall begin to
run
thirty (30) days after the publication of the proclamation in one (1)
newspaper
of general circulation in the city, province or municipality concerned.
A certified copy of said proclamation shall be furnished by the
Secretary
of Environment and Natural Resources within thirty (30) days counted
from
the date of the presidential proclamation to the Community Environment
and Natural Resources Office and to the provincial board, and municipal
board or city council and barangay council affected, and copies thereof
shall be posted on the bulletin board of the Community Environment and
Natural Resources Office and at conspicuous places in the provincial
building
and at the municipal building and barangay halls or meeting place. It
shall
moreover be announced by government radio whenever available in each of
the barrios of the municipality." chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
Sec.
3. Section 47, Chapter VIII of
Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, is hereby further amended to read
as follows:
"Sec.
47.The persons specified in the next
following section are hereby granted time, not to extend beyond
December
31, 2000 within which to take advantage of the benefit of this Chapter:
Provided, That this period shall apply only where the area applied for
does not exceed twelve (12) hectares: Provided, further, That the
several
periods of time designated by the President in accordance with Section
Forty-five of this Act shall apply also to the lands comprised in the
provisions
of this Chapter, but this section shall not be construed as prohibiting
any of said persons from acting under this Chapter at any time prior to
the period fixed by the President." chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
Sec.
4. Any law or executive order
or part thereof contrary to or inconsistent with this Act is hereby
deemed
repealed accordingly.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
5. If any provision of this Act
or the applicability of such provision to any person or circumstances
shall
be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act and the
applicability
of such provision to the persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
Sec.
6. This Act shall take effect
fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers
of general circulation. chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
Approved:
March 28, 1990
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