INDEX OF AGRARIAN-RELATED STATUTES AND PRESIDENTIAL ISSUANCES
By
Legislative Research and Statistics Division
Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance
Department of Agrarian Reform
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ABACA AND OTHER FIBERS CORPORATION, National
Republic Act No. 4370 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Eight of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven (Re: Alien Property Acquired Under Philippine Property Act)
Republic Act No. 4223 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section Three of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Eight
Republic Act No. 3348 — June 18, 1961
Subject : An Act Amending Sections One and Three of Republic Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven
Republic Act No. 477 — June 09, 1950
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Administration and Disposition of Properties, Including the Proceeds and Income Thereof Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines, Under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 and of Republic Act No. Eight and of the Public Lands and Improvements Thereon Transferred to the National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation Under the Provisions of Executive Order No. 29 dated October 25, 1946 and of Executive Order No. 99 dated October 22, 1947
(Amended by R.A. 3348, 4233 and 4370; P.D. No. 967 )
ABOLITION OF TENANCY
Republic Act No. 3844 — August 08, 1963
Subject : An Act to Ordain the Agricultural Land Reform Code and to Institute Land Reforms in the Philippines, Including the Abolition of Tenancy and the Channeling of Capital Into Industry, Provide for the Necessary Implementing Agencies, Appropriate Funds Thereof and for Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 4886 and R.A. No. 7907 )
ACCRUED INTERESTS
Executive Order No. 1083 — January 28, 1986
Subject : Condonation of Accrued Interests on Overdue Land Organization Payments and/or Rentals by Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in All Landed Estates Administered by the Ministry of Agrarian Reform
ACQUISITION
Executive Order No. 506 — February 18, 1992
Subject : Further Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, as amended by Executive Order No. 448, series of 1991, Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
Executive Order No. 448 — February 14, 1991
Subject : Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, Entitled, “Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture”
Executive Order No. 407 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
Executive Order No. 1035 — June 25, 1985
Subject : Providing the Procedures and Guidelines for the Expeditious Acquisition by the Government of Private Real Properties or Rights Thereon for Infrastructure and Other Government Development Projects
AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Administrative Order No. 9 — September 11, 1992
Subject : Creating an Ad-Hoc Committee on the Disposition of Idle Properties of the Philippine Government Located in the Philippines
ADJUDICATION OF TITLES
Act No. 3465 — December 07, 1928
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection (a) of Section Eighteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled: “An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles,” as Amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Twenty-Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Three Thousand and Eighty-One and Thirty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven Authorizing Provinces and Municipalities or Municipal Districts to Pay Their Share of the Cost of Registration Proceedings and Cadastral Surveys in Equal Installments Within a Period of Five Years, Without Interest
Act No. 2259 — February 11, 1913
Subject : An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles
[Amended by Act 2558, 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), 3080, 3081, 3337, 3465, and R.A. 696]
Act No. 496 — November 06, 1902
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Adjudication and Registration of Titles to Lands in the Philippines Islands
ADMINISTRATION OF FRIAR LANDS
Act No. 1120 — April 26, 1904
Subject : An Act Providing for the Administration and Temporary Leasing and Sale of Certain Haciendas and Parcels of Land Commonly known as Friar Lands, for the Purchase of Which the Government of the Philippine Islands has Recently Contracted, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections 63, 64 and 65 of the Congress of the United States, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,” Approved on the First Day of July, Nine Hundred and Two
ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTIES
Republic Act No. 4223 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section Three of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Eight
Republic Act No. 3348 — June 18, 1961
Subject : An Act Amending Sections One and Three of Republic Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven
Republic Act No. 477 — June 09, 1950
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Administration and Disposition of Properties, Including the Proceeds and Income Thereof Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines, Under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 and of Republic Act No. Eight and of the Public Lands and Improvements Thereon Transferred to the National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation Under the Provisions of Executive Order No. 29 dated October 25, 1946 and of Executive Order No. 99 dated October 22, 1947
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, Revised
Republic Act No. 121 — June 14, 1947
Subject : An Act to Further Amend Section 1838 of Act Numbered 2711, Known as the Revised Administrative Code as Amended by Act Numbered 3827 and Commonwealth Act Numbered 100
Subject : Revised Administrative Code (Amended)
(Amended by Act 3156, 3827; C.A. No. 100 and R.A. No. 121)
AFMA (Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act)
Republic Act No. 8435 — October 22, 1997
Subject : An Act Prescribing Urgent Related Measures to Modernize the Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors of the Country in Order to Enhance their Profitability, and Prepare Said Sectors for the Challenges of Globalization Through an Adequate, Focused and Rational Delivery of Necessary Support Services, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
AGRARIAN REFORM (AR) BONDS
Executive Order No. 267 — July 25, 1995
Subject : Providing for the Issuance of National Government Bonds to be Known as Agrarian Reform (AR) Bonds
AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES
Executive Order No. 1083 — January 28, 1986
Subject : Condonation of Accrued Interests on Overdue Land Organization Payments and/or Rentals by Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in All Landed Estates Administered by the Ministry of Agrarian Reform
AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES DEVELOPMENT
Executive Order No. 406 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Mandating Certain Departments and Agencies to Align Their Respective Programs and Projects with the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, Directing the Department of Agrarian Reform to Accelerate the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development Through the Provision of Economic and Social Infrastructure Support, and Providing the Necessary Implementing Mechanisms for the Purpose
AGRARIAN REFORM COORDINATING COUNCIL, Composition
Executive Order No. 437 — November 16, 1974
Subject : Amending the Composition of the Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council Created under Executive Order No. 347, series of 1971
AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM, Accelerating the Implementation of the
Republic Act No. 6390 — September 10, 1971
Subject : An Act Accelerate the Implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program by Creating an Agrarian Reform Special Account in the General Fund, Providing the Necessary Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
AGRARIAN REFORM SPECIAL ACCOUNT
Republic Act No. 6390 — September 10, 1971
Subject : An Act Accelerate the Implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program by Creating an Agrarian Reform Special Account in the General Fund, Providing the Necessary Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
AGRI-AGRA LAW
Executive Order No. 83 — December 25, 1998
Subject : Strengthening the Enforcement of the Agri-Agra Law (PD 717) and Launching the NDC Agri-Agra Erap Bonds for Rural Development
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND COOPERATIVE FINANCING SYSTEM
Republic Act No. 2049 — June 23, 1957
Subject : Amending the First Paragraph of Section One of Republic Act Numbered Eight-Hundred Forty-One
Republic Act No. 1285 — June 15, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Five, Nine, Twelve, Fourteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen and Thirty-One of Republic Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Twenty-One
Republic Act No. 821 — August 14, 1952
Subject : An Act to Establish an Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing System to Assist Small Farmers in Securing Liberal Credit and to Promote the Effective Groupings of Farmers Into Cooperative Associations to Enable Them to Market Efficiently Their Agricultural Commodities, and to Place Agriculture on a Basis of Economic Equality With Other Industries, and For Other Purposes
AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE
Republic Act No. 7907 — February 23, 1995
Subject : An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 3844, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the “Code of Agrarian Reform in the Philippines”
Republic Act No. 6389 — September 10, 1971
Subject : An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 3844, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the “Agricultural Land Reform Code”, and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 4886 — June 17, 1967
Subject : An Act Amending Section 163 of Republic Act Numbered 3844, Otherwise Known as the “Agricultural Land Reform Code”
Republic Act No. 3844 — August 08, 1963
Subject : An Act to Ordain the Agricultural Land Reform Code and to Institute Land Reforms in the Philippines, Including the Abolition of Tenancy and the Channeling of Capital Into Industry, Provide for the Necessary Implementing Agencies, Appropriate Funds Thereof and for Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 4886 and R.A. No. 7907 )
Republic Act No. 1485 — June 16, 1956
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered 1400, Otherwise Known as the “Land Reform Act of 1955”
AGRICULTURAL LANDS
Executive Order No. 506 — February 18, 1992
Subject : Further Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, as amended by Executive Order No. 448, series of 1991, Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
Executive Order No. 448 — February 14, 1991
Subject : Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, Entitled, “Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture”
Executive Order No. 407 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
AGRICULTURAL LEASEHOLD
Batas Pambansa Blg. 869 — April 18, 1985
Subject : An Act Prohibiting the Establishment of Share Tenancy or Agricultural Leasehold Relation in Lands Acquired Under the Agrarian Reform Program of the Government, Providing Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes
AGRICULTURAL TENANCY ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Republic Act No. 2263 — June 19, 1959
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered 1199, Otherwise Known as the Agricultural Tenancy Act of the Philippines
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844 )
Republic Act No. 1199 — August 30, 1954
Subject : An Act to Govern the Relations Between Landholders and Tenants of Agricultural Lands (Leasehold and Share Tenancy)
(Amended by R.A. No. 2263)
AGRICULTURE
Republic Act No. 8435 — October 22, 1997
Subject : An Act Prescribing Urgent Related Measures to Modernize the Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors of the Country in Order to Enhance their Profitability, and Prepare Said Sectors for the Challenges of Globalization Through an Adequate, Focused and Rational Delivery of Necessary Support Services, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1997
Executive Order No. 133 — July 31, 1999
Subject : Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Certain Imported Articles Under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464) as Amended in Order to Implement Section 109 of Republic Act 8435, Otherwise Known as the "Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997"
AGRO-FORESTRY LANDS
Executive Order No. 506 — February 18, 1992
Subject : Further Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, as amended by Executive Order No. 448, series of 1991, Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
Executive Order No. 448 — February 14, 1991
Subject : Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, Entitled, “Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture”
Executive Order No. 407 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
ALIEN AND FILIPINO CITIZEN, Common-Law Relationship Between
Republic Act No. 6084 — August 4, 1969
Subject : An Act Amending Further Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight, as Amended, so as to Declare the Common-Law Relationship Between an Alien and a Filipino Citizen a Prima Facie Evidence of Violation of the Provisions of Section Two-A of said Act
ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE LANDS
Republic Act No. 6940 — March 28, 1990
Subject : 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)
ALIENATION OR ENCUMBRANCE OF FRIAR LANDS
Republic Act No. 3102 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act Removing the Prohibitions Against the Encumbrance or Alienation of Friar Lands in Cities by Purchasers Thereof, Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act Numbered Thirty-Two, as Amended
ARBITRATION, Compulsory
Republic Act No. 4201 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Three of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three as Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Two Hundred Fifty-five, Three Hundred Fifty-Five and Five-Hundred Fifty-Nine
Republic Act No. 3035 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act Further Amending Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 44 — October 03, 1946
Subject : An Act to Revise Commonwealth Act Numbered 461 Entitled, "An Act to Regulate the Relations Between Landowner and Tenant and to Provide for Compulsory Arbitration of Any Controversy Arising Between Them," As Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered 608
Commonwealth Act No. 103 — October 29, 1936
Subject : An Act to Afford Protection of Labor by Creating a Court of Industrial Relations Empowered to Fix Minimum Wages for Laborers and Maximum Rentals to be Paid by Tenants and to Enforce Compulsory Arbitration Between Employers or Landlords and Employees or Tenants Respectively and By Prescribing Penalties for the Violation of its Orders (Amended)
(As amended by CA 254, 355, 559; R.A. 3035 and R.A. 4201)
AREAS NON-NEGOTIABLE FOR CONVERSION
Administrative Order No. 363 — October 9, 1997
Subject : Prescribing Guidelines for the Protection of Areas Non-Negotiable for Conversion and Monitoring Compliance with Section 20 of the Local Government Code
ASSESSING DUTY
Executive Order No. 970 — July 17, 1984
Subject : Prescribing the Manner of Assessing and Collecting the Duty on the Export of Coconut Produces as Prescribed in Executive Order No. 920-A, series of 1983
ASSET PRIVATIZATION TRUST
Administrative Order No. 43 — November 4, 1987
Subject : Authorizing the Asset Privatization Trust to Dispose Off Properties Recovered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government
ASSET PRIVATIZATION TRUST (APT), (Life Extension)
Republic Act No. 7661 — December 23, 1993
Subject : An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 7181 Entitled “An Act Extending the Life of the Committee on Privatization and Asset Privatization Trust”
ASSET PRIVATIZATION TRUST (APT), (Term Extension)
Republic Act No. 8758 — December 28, 1999
Subject : An Act Extending the Term of the Committee on Privatization and the Asset Privatization Trust
ASSURANCE FUND
Batas Pambansa Blg. 594 — June 24, 1983
Subject : An Act Limiting the Collection of Contributions to the Assurance Fund Only Upon the Entry of a Certificate of Title in the Name of the Registered Owner and Upon the Original Registration on the Certificate of Title of a Building or Other Permanent Improvements on a Registered Land, Amending for the Purpose Certain Sections of the Property Registration Decree
AUCTION, Public
Republic Act No. 730 — June 18, 1952
Subject : An Act to Permit the Sale Without Public Auction of Public Lands of the Republic of the Philippines for Residential Purposes to Qualified Applicants Under Certain Conditions
(Amended by P.D. No. 2004)
AUGMENTATION FUND (CARP Law)
Republic Act No. 8532 — February 23, 1998
Subject : An Act Strengthening Further the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), by Providing Augmentation Fund Therefor, Amending for the Purpose Section 63 of Republic Act No. 6657, Otherwise Known as “The CARP Law of 1988”
AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT LAND OFFICERS
Republic Act No. 6516 — July 22, 1972
Subject : An Act Providing for Sale of Agricultural Public Lands and Authorizing District Land Officers in Every Province of the Bureau of Lands to Sign Patents or Certificates Covering Lands Not Exceeding Five Hectares, Further Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One
AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Act No. 3038 — March 09, 1922
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to Sell or Lease Land of the Private Domain of the Government of the Philippine Island
AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS
Republic Act No. 1395 — September 08, 1955
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds in the Amount of Ten Million Pesos, Under the Provisions of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand, to Finance Cadastral Surveys Throughout the Philippines, and Authorizing the Director of Lands to Take Measures to Insure Collection of the Survey Costs and Other Charges
Republic Act No. 274 — June 15, 1946
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Director of Lands to Subdivide the Lands Within Military Reservations Belonging to the Republic of the Philippines Which Are no Longer Needed for Military Purposes, and Subject to Certain Conditions, and for Other Purposes
AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT
Republic Act No. 1395 — September 08, 1955
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds in the Amount of Ten Million Pesos, Under the Provisions of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand, to Finance Cadastral Surveys Throughout the Philippines, and Authorizing the Director of Lands to Take Measures to Insure Collection of the Survey Costs and Other Charges
Republic Act No. 926 — June 20, 1953
Subject : An Act to Authorize the President to Convey Public Land and Other Public Property in Payment of Landed Estates Acquired by the Government
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844 )
Commonwealth Act No. 539 — May 26, 1940
Subject : Authorizing the President to Purchase and Resell After Subdividing Private Lands and Designate Any Government Office or to Organize New Office to Carry Out the Objectives of the Act
Commonwealth Act No. 20 — July 11, 1936
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Order the Institutions of Expropriation Proceedings or to Enter Into Negotiations for the Purposes of Acquiring Portions of Large Landed Estates Used as Home Sites and Reselling Them at Cost to Their Bona Fide Occupants Appropriation Funds Therefor and For Other Purposes (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
AWARD OF CONTRACTS
Memorandum Circular No. 108 — December 26, 1989
Subject : Clarifying Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 4860, as Amended, Relative to Award of Contracts
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BAGONG KILUSANG KABUHAYAN AT KAUNLARAN (BKKK)
Administrative Order No. 75 — August 6, 1993
Subject : Directing the Transfer and Attachment of the Bagong Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran (BKKK) Secretariat to the Land Bank of the Philippines, Including all its Applicable and Existing Funds, Personnel, Properties, Equipment and Records, in Accordance with Section 37 of Republic Act No. 6657 (1988)
BAGONG LIPUNAN SITES
Executive Order No. 570 — November 29, 1979
Subject : Creating a Task Force to Undertake Land Assembly and Official Development Registry Activities in Declared Bagong Lipunan Sites and Urban Land Reform Zones
BLISS DEVELOPMENT
Executive Order No. 661 — March 12, 1981
Subject : Creating a Task Force on the Accelerated Bliss Development of the Tondo Foreshore
BONDS
Republic Act No. 1395 — September 08, 1955
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds in the Amount of Ten Million Pesos, Under the Provisions of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand, to Finance Cadastral Surveys Throughout the Philippines, and Authorizing the Director of Lands to Take Measures to Insure Collection of the Survey Costs and Other Charges
BULK SALES/TRANSFER
Republic Act No. 111 — June 02, 1947
Subject : An Act Amending Section Nine of Act Numbered Three Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-Two, Entitled: “An Act to Regulate the Sale, Transfer, Mortgage or Assignment of Goods, Wares, Merchandise, Provisions or Materials, in Bulk and Prescribing Penalties for the Violations of the Provisions Thereof”
BUREAU OF LABOR
Subject : An Act Amending Sections Two and Three of Act Numbered Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Eight, Entitled "An Act Creating the Bureau of Labor, Under the Department of Commerce and Police," by Providing For the Punishment of Persons Obstructing or Resisting the Director of Labor or His Deputies in the Performance of Their Duties, and for Other Purposes
BUREAU OF PUBLIC LANDS
Act No. 218 — September 02, 1904
Subject : Creation of the Bureau of Lands to Administer and Distribute Public Lands Under Act 218
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CADASTRAL ACT
Act No. 2259 — February 11, 1913
Subject : An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles
CADASTRAL SURVEYS
Act No. 3465 — December 07, 1928
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection (a) of Section Eighteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled: “An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles,” as Amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Twenty-Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Three Thousand 69 and Eighty-One and Thirty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven Authorizing Provinces and Municipalities or Municipal Districts to Pay Their Share of the Cost of Registration Proceedings and Cadastral Surveys in Equal Installments Within a Period of Five Years, Without Interest
CADASTRAL SURVEYS, Financing of
Republic Act No. 1395 — September 08, 1955
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds in the Amount of Ten Million Pesos, Under the Provisions of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand, to Finance Cadastral Surveys Throughout the Philippines, and Authorizing the Director of Lands to Take Measures to Insure Collection of the Survey Costs and Other Charges
CARABAO CENTER, Philippine
Republic Act No. 7307 — March 27, 1992
Subject : An Act Creating the Philippine Carabao Center to Propagate and Promote the Philippine Carabao and for Other Purposes
CARP LAW
Republic Act No. 8532 — February 23, 1998
Subject : An Act Strengthening Further the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), by Providing Augmentation Fund Therefor, Amending for the Purpose Section 63 of Republic Act No. 6657, Otherwise Known as “The CARP Law of 1988”
Republic Act No. 7905 — February 23, 1995
Subject : An Act to Strengthen the Implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 7881 — February 20, 1995
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 6657, Entitled An Act Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program to Promote Social Justice and Industrialization, Providing the Mechanism for Its Implementation and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 6657 — June 10, 1988
Subject : An Act Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program to Promote Social Justice and Industrialization, Providing the Mechanism for Its Implementation and for Other Purposes
CIRCUIT CRIMINAL COURTS
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
COCONUT PRODUCERS
Executive Order No. 970 — July 17, 1984
Subject : Prescribing the Manner of Assessing and Collecting the Duty on the Export of Coconut Produces as Prescribed in Executive Order No. 920-A, series of 1983
COCONUT PRODUCTS
Executive Order No. 971 — July 17, 1984
Subject : Establishing a Reward System for Information Leading to the Discovery and Seizure of Copra and or Other Coconut Products Attempted to be Brought Out or Exported from the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Country in Accordance with the Provisions of the Presidential Decree No. 1464, as Amended
CODE OF AGRARIAN REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES
Republic Act No. 7907 — February 23, 1995
Subject : An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 3844, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the “Code of Agrarian Reform in the Philippines”
Republic Act No. 6389 — September 10, 1971
Subject : An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 3844, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the “Agricultural Land Reform Code”, and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 4886 — June 17, 1967
Subject : An Act Amending Section 163 of Republic Act Numbered 3844, Otherwise Known as the “Agricultural Land Reform Code”
Republic Act No. 3844 — August 08, 1963
Subject : An Act to Ordain the Agricultural Land Reform Code and to Institute Land Reforms in the Philippines, Including the Abolition of Tenancy and the Channeling of Capital Into Industry, Provide for the Necessary Implementing Agencies, Appropriate Funds Thereof and for Other Purposes
COLLECTING DUTY
Executive Order No. 970 — July 17, 1984
Subject : Prescribing the Manner of Assessing and Collecting the Duty on the Export of Coconut Produces as Prescribed in Executive Order No. 920-A, series of 1983
COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Batas Pambansa Blg. 594 — June 24, 1983
Subject : An Act Limiting the Collection of Contributions to the Assurance Fund Only Upon the Entry of a Certificate of Title in the Name of the Registered Owner and Upon the Original Registration on the Certificate of Title of a Building or Other Permanent Improvements on a Registered Land, Amending for the Purpose Certain Sections of the Property Registration Decree
COMMERCIAL LANDS
Batas Pambansa Blg. 233 — September 12, 1982
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Sale of Commercial and Industrial Lands of the Public Domain (commonly Known as NAFCO Lands), Transferred from the Board of Liquidators to the Bureau of Building and Real Property Management Amending for the Purpose
COMMISSION ON THE SETTLEMENT OF LAND PROBLEMS
Executive Order No. 561 — September 21, 1979
Subject : Creating the Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems
COMMITTEE ON PRIVATIZATION
Republic Act No. 7661 — December 23, 1993
Subject : An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered 7181 Entitled “An Act Extending the Life of the Committee on Privatization and Asset Privatization Trust”
COMMON-LAW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN ALIEN AND A FILIPINO CITIZEN
Republic Act No. 6084 — August 4, 1969
Subject : An Act Amending Further Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight, as Amended, so as to Declare the Common-Law Relationship Between an Alien and a Filipino Citizen a Prima Facie Evidence of Violation of the Provisions of Section Two-A of said Act
COMPENSATION
Executive Order No. 405 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Vesting in the Land Bank of the Philippines the Primary Responsibility to Determine the Land Valuation and Compensation for all Lands Covered Under Republic Act No. 6657, Known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988
COMPOSITION, Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council
Executive Order No. 437 — November 16, 1974
Subject : Amending the Composition of the Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council Created under Executive Order No. 347, series of 1971
COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM (CARP)
Executive Order No. 229 — July 22, 1987
Subject : Providing the Mechanism for the Implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
Republic Act No. 8532 — February 23, 1998
Subject : An Act Strengthening Further the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), by Providing Augmentation Fund Therefor, Amending for the Purpose Section 63 of Republic Act No. 6657, Otherwise Known as “The CARP Law of 1988”
Republic Act No. 7905 — February 23, 1995
Subject : An Act to Strengthen the Implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 7881 — February 20, 1995
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 6657, Entitled An Act Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program to Promote Social Justice and Industrialization, Providing the Mechanism for Its Implementation and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 6657 — June 10, 1988
Subject : An Act Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program to Promote Social Justice and Industrialization, Providing the Mechanism for Its Implementation and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 6390 — September 10, 1971
Subject : An Act Accelerate the Implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program by Creating an Agrarian Reform Special Account in the General Fund, Providing the Necessary Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 7881, R.A. 7905, R.A. 8532)
CONCESSIONS
Republic Act No. 436 — June 07, 1950
Subject : An Act to Tax All Public Lands Held by Private Individuals or by Corporations, or Other Associations, Whether in the Nature of Homesteads, Concessions or Contracts, as to Ordinary Taxes, Thereby Amending Section One Hundred and Fifteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One
CONDONATION
Executive Order No. 1083 — January 28, 1986
Subject : Condonation of Accrued Interests on Overdue Land Organization Payments and/or Rentals by Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in All Landed Estates Administered by the Ministry of Agrarian Reform
CONTRACT LOANS
Republic Act No. 498 — June 12, 1950
Subject : An Act Authorizing Cities, Municipalities and Provinces to Purchase and/or Expropriate Homesites and Landed Estates and Subdivide Them for Resale at Cost; and to Use Their Own Funds or Contract Loans for the Purpose, Amending for Such Purposes Republic Act Numbered Two Hundred and Sixty Seven
Republic Act No. 267 — June 15, 1948
Subject : An Act Authorizing Cities, Municipalities and Provinces to Purchase and/or Expropriate Homesites and Landed Estates and Subdivide Them for Resale at Cost; and to Use Their Own Funds or Contract Loans for the Purpose
(Amended by R.A. No. 498)
CONTRACTS
Republic Act No. 436 — June 07, 1950
Subject : An Act to Tax All Public Lands Held by Private Individuals or by Corporations, or Other Associations, Whether in the Nature of Homesteads, Concessions or Contracts, as to Ordinary Taxes, Thereby Amending Section One Hundred and Fifteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One
CONVERSION
Administrative Order No. 20 — December 7, 1992
Subject : Interim Guidelines on Agricultural Land Use Conversion
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS
Republic Act No. 2049 — June 23, 1957
Subject : Amending the First Paragraph of Section One of Republic Act Numbered Eight-Hundred Forty-One
Republic Act No. 1285 — June 15, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Five, Nine, Twelve, Fourteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen and Thirty-One of Republic Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Twenty-One
Republic Act No. 821 — August 14, 1952
Subject : An Act to Establish an Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing System to Assist Small Farmers in Securing Liberal Credit and to Promote the Effective Groupings of Farmers Into Cooperative Associations to Enable Them to Market Efficiently Their Agricultural Commodities, and to Place Agriculture on a Basis of Economic Equality With Other Industries, and For Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 1285 and R.A.. No. 2049)
COOPERATIVE FINANCING SYSTEM
Republic Act No. 2049 — June 23, 1957
Subject : Amending the First Paragraph of Section One of Republic Act Numbered Eight-Hundred Twenty-One
Republic Act No. 1285 — June 15, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Five, Nine, Twelve, Fourteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen and Thirty-One of Republic Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Twenty-One
Republic Act No. 821 — August 14, 1952
Subject : An Act to Establish an Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing System to Assist Small Farmers in Securing Liberal Credit and to Promote the Effective Groupings of Farmers Into Cooperative Associations to Enable Them to Market Efficiently Their Agricultural Commodities, and to Place Agriculture on a Basis of Economic Equality With Other Industries, and For Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 1285 and R.A. No. 2049)
COOPERATIVE LOAN FUND, Small Farmers'
Republic Act No. 583 — September 18, 1950
Subject : An Act to Constitute a Small Farmers' Cooperative Loan Fund For the Purpose of Providing Credit Facilities to Small Farmers and Farm Tenants
(Superseded by R.A. No. 821 and R.A. No. 3844)
COURT OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
COURT OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS, Creation of the
Republic Act No. 1409 — September 9, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Sections of Republic Act 1267
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
Republic Act No. 1267 — June 14, 1955
Subject : An Act Creating the Court of Agrarian Relations, Prescribing Its Jurisdiction, and Establishing its Rules of Procedure
(Amended by R.A. No. 1409; Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
COURT OF APPEALS
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Republic Act No. 4201 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Three of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three as Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Two Hundred Fifty-five, Three Hundred Fifty-Five and Five-Hundred Fifty-Nine
Republic Act No. 3035 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act Further Amending Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three and for Other Purposes
Commonwealth Act No. 254 — March 04, 1938
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections One and Two of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three
Commonwealth Act No. 103 — October 29, 1936
Subject : An Act to Afford Protection of Labor by Creating a Court of Industrial Relations Empowered to Fix Minimum Wages for Laborers and Maximum Rentals to be Paid by Tenants and to Enforce Compulsory Arbitration Between Employers or Landlords and Employees or Tenants Respectively and By Prescribing Penalties for the Violation of its Orders (Amended)
(As amended by CA 254, 355, 559; R.A. 3035 and R.A. 4201)
COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling, and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to Enable Persons to Perfect for the Issuance of Patents Without Compensation to Certain Native Settlers Upon the Public Lands Providing for the Establishment of Town Sites and Sales of Lots Therein, and Providing for a Hearing and Decision of the Court of Land Registration of All Applications for the Completion and Confirmation of all Imperfect and Incomplete Spanish Concessions and Grants in Said Islands, as Authorized by Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands and for Other Purposes
CREDIT FACILITIES
Republic Act No. 583 — September 18, 1950
Subject : An Act to Constitute a Small Farmers' Cooperative Loan Fund For the Purpose of Providing Credit Facilities to Small Farmers and Farm Tenants
(Superseded by R.A. No. 821 and R.A. No. 3844)
CREDIT, Agricultural
Republic Act No. 2049 — June 23, 1957
Subject : Amending the First Paragraph of Section One of Republic Act Numbered Eight-Hundred Twenty-One
Republic Act No. 1285 — June 15, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Five, Nine, Twelve, Fourteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen and Thirty-One of Republic Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Twenty-One
Republic Act No. 821 — August 14, 1952
Subject : An Act to Establish an Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing System to Assist Small Farmers in Securing Liberal Credit and to Promote the Effective Groupings of Farmers Into Cooperative Associations to Enable Them to Market Efficiently Their Agricultural Commodities, and to Place Agriculture on a Basis of Economic Equality With Other Industries, and For Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 1285 and R.A. No. 2049)
CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/PEOPLES, Indigenous
Republic Act No. 8371 — October 29, 1997
Subject : An Act to Recognize, Protect and Promote the Rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples, Creating a National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Establishing Implementing Mechanisms, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
DECISION-MAKING
Executive Order No. 352 — July 1, 1996
Subject : Designation of Statistical Activities that Will Generate Critical Data for Decision-Making of the Government and the Private Sector
DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (Formerly Rehabilitation Finance Corporation)
Republic Act No. 1085 — June 15, 1954
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Rehabilitation Finance Corporation (Now Development Bank of the Philippines) and the Philippine National Bank to Grant Loans to Homesteaders Under Certain Conditions
DEVELOPMENT OF BENEFICIARIES
Executive Order No. 26 — September 23, 1998
Subject : Providing Opportunities for the Development of Beneficiaries Under the Comprehensive Land Reform Program to Become Productive Entrepreneurs, Providing the Mechanism Therefor and for Other Purposes
DIRECTOR OF LANDS, Authority of the
Republic Act No. 1395 — September 08, 1955
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds in the Amount of Ten Million Pesos, Under the Provisions of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand, to Finance Cadastral Surveys Throughout the Philippines, and Authorizing the Director of Lands to Take Measures to Insure Collection of the Survey Costs and Other Charges
Republic Act No. 274 — June 15, 1946
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Director of Lands to Subdivide the Lands Within Military Reservations Belonging to the Republic of the Philippines Which Are no Longer Needed for Military Purposes, and Subject to Certain Conditions, and for Other Purposes
DISCOVERY AND SEIZURE OF COPRA
Executive Order No. 971 — July 17, 1984
Subject : Establishing a Reward System for Information Leading to the Discovery and Seizure of Copra and or Other Coconut Products Attempted to be Brought Out or Exported from the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Country in Accordance with the Provisions of the Presidential Decree No. 1464, as Amended
DISPOSITION AND RECONVEYANCE OF LANDS DONATED TO THE GOVERNMENT
Republic Act No. 2348 — June 20, 1959
Subject : An Act to Authorize the Reconveyance of Lands Donated to the National Government Under Commonwealth Act Numbered Forty-One, to Provide for the Disposition Thereof, and for Other Purposes
DISPOSITION OF PROPERTIES
Republic Act No. 4370 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Eight of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven (Re: Alien Property Acquired Under Philippine Property Act)
Republic Act No. 4223 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section Three of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered three Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Eight
Republic Act No. 3348 — June 18, 1961
Subject : An Act Amending Sections One and Three of Republic Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven
Republic Act No. 477 — June 09, 1950
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Administration and Disposition of Properties, Including the Proceeds and Income Thereof Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines, Under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 and of Republic Act No. Eight and of the Public Lands and Improvements Thereon Transferred to the National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation Under the Provisions of Executive Order No. 29 dated October 25, 1946 and of Executive Order No. 99 dated October 22, 1947
(Amended by R.A. 3348, 4233 and 4370; P.D. No. 967)
DISQUALIFIED PERSONS, Transfer of Private Agricultural Land to
Commonwealth Act No. 310 — June 09, 1938
Subject : An Act Punishing the Transfer of Private Agricultural Land to Disqualified Persons in Violation of the Constitution
DISTRIBUTION
Executive Order No. 506 — February 18, 1992
Subject : Further Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, as amended by Executive Order No. 448, series of 1991, Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
Executive Order No. 448 — February 14, 1991
Subject : Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, Entitled, “Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture”
Executive Order No. 407 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
DONATED LANDS TO THE GOVERNMENT, Reconveyance and Disposition of
Republic Act No. 2348 — June 20, 1959
Subject : An Act to Authorize the Reconveyance of Lands Donated to the National Government Under Commonwealth Act Numbered Forty-One, to Provide for the Disposition Thereof, and for Other Purposes
DUTCH RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Administrative Order No. 140 — August 9, 1994
Subject : Reactivating the Fact-Finding Committee to Investigate the Alleged Anomalies in the Implementation of the Dutch Rural Development Assistance Program
Administrative Order No. 49 — April 23, 1993
Subject : Creating a Fact Finding Committee to Investigate the Alleged Anomalies in the Implementation of the Dutch Rural Development Assistance Program
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT
Executive Order No. 406 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Mandating Certain Departments and Agencies to Align Their Respective Programs and Projects with the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, Directing the Department of Agrarian Reform to Accelerate the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development Through the Provision of Economic and Social Infrastructure Support, and Providing the Necessary Implementing Mechanisms for the Purpose
ECONOMIC EQUALITY
Republic Act No. 2049 — June 23, 1957
Subject : Amending the First Paragraph of Section One of Republic Act Numbered Eight-Hundred Forty-One
Republic Act No. 1285 — June 15, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Five, Nine, Twelve, Fourteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen and Thirty-One of Republic Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Twenty-One
Republic Act No. 821 — August 14, 1952
Subject : An Act to Establish an Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing System to Assist Small Farmers in Securing Liberal Credit and to Promote the Effective Groupings of Farmers Into Cooperative Associations to Enable Them to Market Efficiently Their Agricultural Commodities, and to Place Agriculture on a Basis of Economic Equality With Other Industries, and For Other Purposes
ENCUMBRANCE OR ALIENATION OF FRIAR LANDS
Republic Act No. 3102 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act Removing the Prohibitions Against the Encumbrance or Alienation of Friar Lands in Cities by Purchasers Thereof, Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act Numbered Thirty-Two, as Amended
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES
Administrative Order No. 300 — November 4, 1996
Subject : Further Strengthening the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System and Clarifying the Authority to Grant or Deny the Issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificates
EXPANDED YELLOW CORN PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Executive Order No. 976 — August 1, 1984
Subject : Providing for an Expanded Yellow Corn Production Assistance Program and for Other Purposes
EXPORT DUTY
Executive Order No. 974 — July 24, 1984
Subject : Further Amending Executive Order No. 920, Series of 1983 Entitled “Levying an Export Duty on Certain Export Products in Addition to the Export Duties Provided for Under PD No. 1464, as Amended, on Other Export Products
EXPORT PRODUCTS
Executive Order No. 974 — July 24, 1984
Subject : Further Amending Executive Order No. 920, Series of 1983 Entitled “Levying an Export Duty on Certain Export Products in Addition to the Export Duties Provided for Under PD No. 1464, as Amended, on Other Export Products
EXPROPRIATION
Republic Act No. 498 — June 12, 1950
Subject : An Act Authorizing Cities, Municipalities and Provinces to Purchase and/or Expropriate Homesites and Landed Estates and Subdivide Them for Resale at Cost; and to Use Their Own Funds or Contract Loans for the Purpose, Amending for Such Purposes Republic Act Numbered Two Hundred and Sixty Seven
Republic Act No. 267 — June 15, 1948
Subject : An Act Authorizing Cities, Municipalities and Provinces to Purchase and/or Expropriate Homesites and Landed Estates and Subdivide Them for Resale at Cost; and to Use Their Own Funds or Contract Loans for the Purpose
EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS
Commonwealth Act No. 20 — July 11, 1936
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Order the Institutions of Expropriation Proceedings or to Enter Into Negotiations for the Purposes of Acquiring Portions of Large Landed Estates Used as Home Sites and Reselling Them at Cost to Their Bona Fide Occupants Appropriation Funds Therefor and For Other Purposes (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE
Act No. 3135 — March 06, 1924
Subject : An Act to Regulate the Sale of Property Under Special Powers Inserted in or Annexed to Real Estate Mortgage (Amended)
F
FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE
Administrative Order No. 140 — August 9, 1994
Subject : Reactivating the Fact-Finding Committee to Investigate the Alleged Anomalies in the Implementation of the Dutch Rural Development Assistance Program
Administrative Order No. 49 — April 23, 1993
Subject : Creating a Fact Finding Committee to Investigate the Alleged Anomalies in the Implementation of the Dutch Rural Development Assistance Program
Administrative Order No. 127 — May 26, 1989
Subject : Creating a Fact-Finding Committee with Plenary Powers to Investigate and Determine all the Facts and Circumstances Regarding the Voluntary Offer to Sell the Garchitorena Land in Camarines Sur and the Proceedings Relative Thereto Under the Agrarian Reform Program
FIBERS CORPORATION
Republic Act No. 477 — June 09, 1950
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Administration and Disposition of Properties, Including the Proceeds and Income Thereof Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines, Under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 and of Republic Act No. Eight and of the Public Lands and Improvements Thereon Transferred to the National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation Under the Provisions of Executive Order No. 29 dated October 25, 1946 and of Executive Order No. 99 dated October 22, 1947
FISHERIES
Republic Act No. 8435 — October 22, 1997
Subject : An Act Prescribing Urgent Related Measures to Modernize the Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors of the Country in Order to Enhance their Profitability, and Prepare Said Sectors for the Challenges of Globalization Through an Adequate, Focused and Rational Delivery of Necessary Support Services, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1997
Executive Order No. 133 — July 31, 1999
Subject : Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Certain Imported Articles Under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464) as Amended in Order to Implement Section 109 of Republic Act 8435, Otherwise Known as the "Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997"
FISHPONDS
Executive Order No. 506 — February 18, 1992
Subject : Further Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, as amended by Executive Order No. 448, series of 1991, Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
Executive Order No. 448 — February 14, 1991
Subject : Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, Entitled, “Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture”
Executive Order No. 407 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
FOOD GRAINS AND RELATED AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
Executive Order No. 1028 — May 31, 1985
Subject : Providing for Further Deregulation in the Production and Trading of Food Grains and Related Agricultural Inputs
FORCIBLE/UNLAWFUL ENTRY of Public Agricultural Lands
Republic Act No. 947 — June 20, 1953
Subject : An Act Making It Unlawful For Any Person, Corporation or Association to Forcibly Enter or Occupy Public Agricultural Lands and Penalizing Violations Thereof
FOREIGN INVESTORS
Republic Act No. 7652 — June 04, 1993
Subject : An Act Allowing the Long-Term Lease of Private Lands by Foreign Investors
FORESHORE LANDS, Reclamation of
Republic Act No. 1899 — June 22, 1957
Subject : An Act to Authorize the Reclamation of Foreshore Lands by Chartered Cities and Municipalities
FOREST ACT
Act No. 1148 — May 07, 1904
Subject : An Act to Regulate the Use of the Public Forests and Forests Reserves in the Philippine Islands and Repealing General Orders, Numbered 92, series of 1900, Act Numbered 274 and Sections 20 of Act Numbered 49, Eleven of Act Numbered 119, and Eleven of Act Numbered 120
FOREST AND FOREST RESERVES, Regulation of
Act No. 1148 — May 07, 1904
Subject : An Act to Regulate the Use of the Public Forests and Forests Reserves in the Philippine Islands and Repealing General Orders, Numbered 92, series of 1900, Act Numbered 274 and Sections 20 of Act Numbered 49, Eleven of Act Numbered 119, and Eleven of Act Numbered 120
FOREST MANAGEMENT
Executive Order No. 263 — July 19, 1995
Subject : Adopting Community-Based Forest Management as the National Strategy to Ensure the Sustainable Development of the Country’s Forestlands Resources and Providing Mechanisms for its Implementation
FORESTLANDS RESOURCES
Executive Order No. 263 — July 19, 1995
Subject : Adopting Community-Based Forest Management as the National Strategy to Ensure the Sustainable Development of the Country’s Forestlands Resources and Providing Mechanisms for its Implementation
FOREST RESERVES
Act No. 1148 — May 07, 1904
Subject : An Act to Regulate the Use of the Public Forests and Forests Reserves in the Philippine Islands and Repealing General Orders, Numbered 92, series of 1900, Act Numbered 274 and Sections 20 of Act Numbered 49, Eleven of Act Numbered 119, and Eleven of Act Numbered 120
FORESTRY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Revised
Subject : An Act Incorporating Certain Sections of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1977, as Amended, to Presidential Decree No. 705, as Amended, Otherwise Known as “The Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines”, and Providing Amendments Thereto by Increasing the Forest Charges on Timber and Other Forest Products
FREE PATENTS
Batas Pambansa Blg. 223 — April 16, 1982
Subject : An Act to Hasten Titling of Residential Lands of the Public Domain by Authorizing the Grant of Free Patent Under Certain Conditions and Providing for Expeditious Cadastral and Other Judicial Proceeding with Respect Thereto and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 782 — June 21, 1952
Subject : An Act to Grant Free Patents to Occupants of Public Agricultural Land Since or Prior to July Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Five
FREE PATENTS, Filing of Applications for
Republic Act No. 6940 — March 28, 1990
Subject : 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. 6236 — June 19, 1971
Subject : An Act Extending the Time Limit for the Filing of Applicants for Free Patents and for the Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect or Incomplete Titles
(Amended by R.A. No. 6940)
Republic Act No. 2061 — June 31, 1958
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit for the Filing of Applicants for Free Patents for the Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect or Incomplete Titles, and for the Reopening of Judicial Proceedings on Certain Lands Which Were Declared Public Lands
FRIAR LANDS
Commonwealth Act No. 316 — June 09, 1938
Subject : Amendment to CA No. 32
Act No. 2379 — February 28, 1914
Subject : An Act Amending Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty, as Amended by Acts Numbered Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Seven and Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Three, Limiting the Sale of Lands Commonly Known as Friar Lands, to Sixteen Hectares in the Case of Each Individual and One Thousand and Twenty-Four Hectares in the Case of Each Corporation
Subject : An Act Amending Section Fourteen of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty, by Providing for the Suspension of Payment of Rentals or Installments on the Purchase Price of the So-Called Friar Lands, and the Interest Thereon, in the Event of Calamities Arising in Consequence of the Acts of God or of the Public Enemy
FRIAR LANDS ACT
Act No. 1120 — April 26, 1904
Subject : An Act Providing for the Administration and Temporary Leasing and Sale of Certain Haciendas and Parcels of Land Commonly known as Friar Lands, for the Purchase of Which the Government of the Philippine Islands has Recently Contracted, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections 63, 64 and 65 of the Congress of the United States, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,” Approved on the First Day of July, Nine Hundred and Two
(As amended by Act 1287, 1933, 2125, 2379, 2509, 2642, 2804, 2945, 3024 and 3323)
FRIAR LANDS ESTATES, Subdivision and Sale of
Republic Act No. 3102 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act Removing the Prohibitions Against the Encumbrance or Alienation of Friar Lands in Cities by Purchasers Thereof, Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act Numbered Thirty-Two, as Amended
Commonwealth Act No. 316 — June 09, 1938
Subject : Amendment to CA No. 32
Commonwealth Act No. 32 — September 15, 1936
Subject : An Act Providing for the Subdivision and Sale of All the Portions of the Friar Lands Estates Remaining Undisposed of (Amended)
FRIAR LANDS, Administration of
Act No. 1120 — April 26, 1904
Subject : An Act Providing for the Administration and Temporary Leasing and Sale of Certain Haciendas and Parcels of Land Commonly known as Friar Lands, for the Purchase of Which the Government of the Philippine Islands has Recently Contracted, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections 63, 64 and 65 of the Congress of the United States, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,” Approved on the First Day of July, Nine Hundred and Two
(As amended by Act 1287, 1933, 2125, 2379, 2509, 2642, 2804, 2945, 3024 and 3323)
FRIAR LANDS, Removing the Prohibitions Against Encumbrance or Alienation of
Republic Act No. 3102 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act Removing the Prohibitions Against the Encumbrance or Alienation of Friar Lands in Cities by Purchasers Thereof, Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act Numbered Thirty-Two, as Amended
G
GARCHITORENA LAND
Administrative Order No. 127 — May 26, 1989
Subject : Creating a Fact-Finding Committee with Plenary Powers to Investigate and Determine all the Facts and Circumstances Regarding the Voluntary Offer to Sell the Garchitorena Land in Camarines Sur and the Proceedings Relative Thereto Under the Agrarian Reform Program
GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Executive Order No. 1035 — June 25, 1985
Subject : Providing the Procedures and Guidelines for the Expeditious Acquisition by the Government of Private Real Properties or Rights Thereon for Infrastructure and Other Government Development Projects
H
HACIENDAS
Act No. 1120 — April 26, 1904
Subject : An Act Providing for the Administration and Temporary Leasing and Sale of Certain Haciendas and Parcels of Land Commonly known as Friar Lands, for the Purchase of Which the Government of the Philippine Islands has Recently Contracted, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections 63, 64 and 65 of the Congress of the United States, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,” Approved on the First Day of July, Nine Hundred and Two
(As amended by Act 1287, 1933, 2125, 2379, 2509, 2642, 2804, 2945, 3024 and 3323)
HIGH-VALUED CROPS
Republic Act No. 7900 — February 23, 1995
Subject : An Act to Promote the Production, Processing, Marketing and Distribution of High-Valued Crops, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
HOMESITES
Republic Act No. 498 — June 12, 1950
Subject : An Act Authorizing Cities, Municipalities and Provinces to Purchase and/or Expropriate Homesites and Landed Estates and Subdivide Them for Resale at Cost; and to Use Their Own Funds or Contract Loans for the Purpose, Amending for Such Purposes Republic Act Numbered Two Hundred and Sixty Seven
Republic Act No. 267 — June 15, 1948
Subject : An Act Authorizing Cities, Municipalities and Provinces to Purchase and/or Expropriate Homesites and Landed Estates and Subdivide Them for Resale at Cost; and to Use Their Own Funds or Contract Loans for the Purpose
Commonwealth Act No. 20 — July 11, 1936
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Order the Institutions of Expropriation Proceedings or to Enter Into Negotiations for the Purposes of Acquiring Portions of Large Landed Estates Used as Home Sites and Reselling Them at Cost to Their Bona Fide Occupants Appropriation Funds Therefor and For Other Purposes (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
HOMESTEADERS
Republic Act No. 1085 — June 15, 1954
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Rehabilitation Finance Corporation (Now Development Bank of the Philippines) and the Philippine National Bank to Grant Loans to Homesteaders Under Certain Conditions
HOMESTEADING OF PUBLIC LANDS
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling, and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to Enable Persons to Perfect for the Issuance of Patents Without Compensation to Certain Native Settlers Upon the Public Lands Providing for the Establishment of Town Sites and Sales of Lots Therein, and Providing for a Hearing and Decision of the Court of Land REgistration of All Applications for the Completion and Confirmation of all Imperfect and Incomplete Spanish Concessions and Grants in Said Islands, as Authorized by Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, Entitled: "An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands and for Other Purposes"
HOMESTEADS
Republic Act No. 436 — June 07, 1950
Subject : An Act to Tax All Public Lands Held by Private Individuals or by Corporations, or Other Associations, Whether in the Nature of Homesteads, Concessions or Contracts, as to Ordinary Taxes, Thereby Amending Section One Hundred and Fifteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One
HOUSING PROGRAM, Comprehensive and Continuing
Republic Act No. 7279 — March 24, 1992
Subject : An Act to Provide for a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and Continuing Urban Development and Housing Program, Establish the Mechanism for its Implementation, and For Other Purposes
HYDRAULIC POWER, Utilization and Development of
Act No. 4062 — March 01, 1933
Subject : Regulating the Disposition of Water of the Public Domain for the Utilization and Development of Hydraulic Power
I
IDLE PROPERTIES
Administrative Order No. 9 — September 11, 1992
Subject : Creating an Ad-Hoc Committee on the Disposition of Idle Properties of the Philippine Government Located in the Philippines
IMPERFECT OR INCOMPLETE TITLES
Republic Act No. 6940 — March 28, 1990
Subject : 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. 6236 — June 19, 1971
Subject : An Act Extending the Time Limit for the Filing of Applicants for Free Patents and for the Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect or Incomplete Titles
Republic Act No. 2061 — June 31, 1958
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit for the Filing of Applicants for Free Patents for the Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect or Incomplete Titles, and for the Reopening of Judicial Proceedings on Certain Lands Which Were Declared Public Lands
Republic Act No. 107 — June 02, 1947
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit Within Which Imperfect or Incomplete Titles Covering Lands of the Public Domain May be Judicially Confirmed, Amending for this Purpose Sections 45 and 47 of the Public Land Act, as Amended By Commonwealth Act Numbered 292
IMPORT DUTY
Executive Order No. 133 — July 31, 1999
Subject : Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Certain Imported Articles Under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464) as Amended in Order to Implement Section 109 of Republic Act 8435, Otherwise Known as the "Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997"
IMPORTED ARTICLES
Executive Order No. 133 — July 31, 1999
Subject : Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Certain Imported Articles Under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464) as Amended in Order to Implement Section 109 of Republic Act 8435, Otherwise Known as the "Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997"
INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Republic Act No. 8371 — October 29, 1997
Subject : An Act to Recognize, Protect and Promote the Rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples, Creating a National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Establishing Implementing Mechanisms, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Administrative Order No. 108 — February 10, 2000
Subject : Creating a Presidential Task Force on Indigenous Peoples to Ensure the Immediate Implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act and Defining the Functions Thereof
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS
Administrative Order No. 108 — February 10, 2000
Subject : Creating a Presidential Task Force on Indigenous Peoples to Ensure the Immediate Implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act and Defining the Functions Thereof
INDUSTRIAL LANDS
Batas Pambansa Blg. 233 — September 12, 1982
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Sale of Commercial and Industrial Lands of the Public Domain (commonly Known as NAFCO Lands), Transferred from the Board of Liquidators to the Bureau of Building and Real Property Management Amending for the Purpose
INFRASTRUCTURE
Executive Order No. 1035 — June 25, 1985
Subject : Providing the Procedures and Guidelines for the Expeditious Acquisition by the Government of Private Real Properties or Rights Thereon for Infrastructure and Other Government Development Projects
INSTALLMENTS
Subject : An Act Amending Section Fourteen of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty, by Providing for the Suspension of Payment of Rentals or Installments on the Purchase Price of the So-Called Friar Lands, and the Interest Thereon, in the Event of Calamities Arising in Consequence of the Acts of God or of the Public Enemy
INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
IRRIGATION CANALS AND LATERALS
Act No. 2011 — January 12, 1911
Subject : An Act Amending Section 39 of Act Numbered 496, Entitled: “The Land Registration Act,” so s to Extend to Government Irrigation Canals and Laterals Thereof and Exemptions Established in Favor of Public Highways
ISSUANCE OF PATENTS
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling, and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to Enable Persons to Perfect for the Issuance of Patents Without Compensation to Certain Native Settlers Upon the Public Lands Providing for the Establishment of Town Sites and Sales of Lots Therein, and Providing for a Hearing and Decision of the Court of Land Registration of All Applications for the Completion and Confirmation of all Imperfect and Incomplete Spanish Concessions and Grants in Said Islands, as Authorized by Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands and for Other Purposes
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JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION OF IMPERFECT OR INCOMPLETE TITLE (Public Lands)
Republic Act No. 6940 — March 28, 1990
Subject : 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. 6236 — June 19, 1971
Subject : An Act Extending the Time Limit for the Filing of Applicants for Free Patents and for the Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect or Incomplete Titles
(Amended by R.A. No. 6940)
Republic Act No. 2061 — June 31, 1958
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit for the Filing of Applicants for Free Patents for the Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect or Incomplete Titles, and for the Reopening of Judicial Proceedings on Certain Lands Which Were Declared Public Lands
Republic Act No. 107 — June 02, 1947
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit Within Which Imperfect or Incomplete Titles Covering Lands of the Public Domain May be Judicially Confirmed, Amending for this Purpose Sections 45 and 47 of the Public Land Act, as Amended By Commonwealth Act Numbered 292
JUDICIAL PROCEEDING
Batas Pambansa Blg. 223 — April 16, 1982
Subject : An Act to Hasten Titling of Residential Lands of the Public Domain by Authorizing the Grant of Free Patent Under Certain Conditions and Providing for Expeditious Cadastral and Other Judicial Proceeding with Respect Thereto and for Other Purposes
JUDICIARY
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980
Republic Act No. 7691 — March 25, 1994
Subject : An Act Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts, and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts, Amending for the Purpose Batas Pambansa, Blg. 129, Otherwise Known as the "Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980"
JURISDICTION, Expanding Courts’
Republic Act No. 7691 — March 25, 1994
Subject : An Act Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts, and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts, Amending for the Purpose Batas Pambansa, Blg. 129, Otherwise Known as the “Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980”
JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
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LABOR, Protection of
Republic Act No. 4201 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Three of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three as Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Two Hundred Fifty-five, Three Hundred Fifty-Five and Five-Hundred Fifty-Nine
Republic Act No. 3035 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act Further Amending Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three and for Other Purposes
Commonwealth Act No. 103 — October 29, 1936
Subject : An Act to Afford Protection of Labor by Creating a Court of Industrial Relations Empowered to Fix Minimum Wages for Laborers and Maximum Rentals to be Paid by Tenants and to Enforce Compulsory Arbitration Between Employers or Landlords and Employees or Tenants Respectively and By Prescribing Penalties for the Violation of its Orders (Amended)
(As amended by CA 254, 355, 559; R.A. 3035 and R.A. 4201)
LAND ASSEMBLY
Executive Order No. 570 — November 29, 1979
Subject : Creating a Task Force to Undertake Land Assembly and Official Development Registry Activities in Declared Bagong Lipunan Sites and Urban Land Reform Zones
LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES
Executive Order No. 405 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Vesting in the Land Bank of the Philippines the Primary Responsibility to Determine the Land Valuation and Compensation for all Lands Covered Under Republic Act No. 6657, Known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988
LAND REFORM ACT OF 1955
Republic Act No. 1485 — June 16, 1956
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered 1400, Otherwise Known as the "Land Reform Act of 1955"
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
Republic Act No. 1400 — September 09, 1955
Subject : An Act Defining a Land Tenure Policy, Providing for an Instrumentality to Carry Out the Policy, and Appropriating Funds for its Implementation
(Amended by R.A. No. 1485; Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
LAND REGISTRATION ACT OF 1902
Act No. 496 — November 06, 1902
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Adjudication and Registration of Titles to Lands in the Philippines Islands
[Amended by P.D. No. 1529 (Property Registration Decree), Act 2011, R.A. No. 93, 96, 111, 440, 928, 1096]
LAND REGISTRATION ACT, Amendments to the
Republic Act No. 1096 — June 15, 1954
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section Fifty-Eight of Act Numbered Four Hundred Ninety-Six, Known as the "Land Registration Act", to Facilitate Dealings in Lands Sold by the Government Finding Approval of the Subdivision Surveys
Republic Act No. 928 — June 20, 1953
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection “C” of Section One Hundred and Fourteen of Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, Entitled: “The Land Registration Act,” as Amended by Republic Act Numbered One Hundred and Seventeen
Republic Act No. 440 — June 07, 1950
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Forty-Four of Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, Otherwise Known as the Land Registration Act
Republic Act No. 96 — March 24, 1947
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Thirty-One and Thirty-Two of Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, and Sections Seven and Eight of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine
Republic Act No. 93 — March 17, 1947
Subject : An Act to Further Amend Section 58 of Act Numbered 496, Otherwise Known as the Land Registration Act, as Amended by Act Numbered 429, and to Provide for Other Purposes
Act No. 2011 — January 12, 1911
Subject : An Act Amending Section 39 of Act Numbered 496, Entitled: “The Land Registration Act,” so s to Extend to Government Irrigation Canals and Laterals Thereof and Exemptions Established in Favor of Public Highways
LAND SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Abolishment of the
Republic Act No. 1160 — June 18, 1954
Subject : An Act to Further Implement the Free Distribution of Agricultural Lands of the Public Domain as Provided for in Commonwealth Act Numbered 691, as Amended to Abolish the Land Settlement and Development Corporation Created Under Executive Order Numbered 355, Dated October 23, 1950, and to Create in Its Place the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration and For Other Purposes
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
LAND SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Creation
Subject : Creating the Land Settlement and Development Corporation and Dissolving the National Land Settlement Administration, the Rice and Corn Production Administration and the Machinery and Equipment Department of the National Development Company
LAND TENURE POLICY
Republic Act No. 1485 — June 16, 1956
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered 1400, Otherwise Known as the “Land Reform Act of 1955”
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
Republic Act No. 1400 — September 09, 1955
Subject : An Act Defining a Land Tenure Policy, Providing for an Instrumentality to Carry Out the Policy, and Appropriating Funds for its Implementation
(Amended by R.A. No. 1485; Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
LAND TITLES, Settlement and Adjudication of
Act No. 3465 — December 07, 1928
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection (a) of Section Eighteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled: “An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles,” as Amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Twenty-Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Three Thousand and Eighty-One and Thirty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven Authorizing Provinces and Municipalities or Municipal Districts to Pay Their Share of the Cost of Registration Proceedings and Cadastral Surveys in Equal Installments Within a Period of Five Years, Without Interest
Act No. 2259 — February 11, 1913
Subject : An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles
[Amended by Act 2558, 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), 3080, 3081, 3337, 3465, and R.A. 696,]
LAND VALUATION
Executive Order No. 405 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Vesting in the Land Bank of the Philippines the Primary Responsibility to Determine the Land Valuation and Compensation for all Lands Covered Under Republic Act No. 6657, Known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988
LANDED ESTATES
Executive Order No. 1083 — January 28, 1986
Subject : Condonation of Accrued Interests on Overdue Land Organization Payments and/or Rentals by Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in All Landed Estates Administered by the Ministry of Agrarian Reform
Republic Act No. 926 — June 20, 1953
Subject : An Act to Authorize the President to Convey Public Land and Other Public Property in Payment of Landed Estates Acquired by the Government
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844 )
Republic Act No. 498 — June 12, 1950
Subject : An Act Authorizing Cities, Municipalities and Provinces to Purchase and/or Expropriate Homesites and Landed Estates and Subdivide Them for Resale at Cost; and to Use Their Own Funds or Contract Loans for the Purpose, Amending for Such Purposes Republic Act Numbered Two Hundred and Sixty Seven
Republic Act No. 267 — June 15, 1948
Subject : An Act Authorizing Cities, Municipalities and Provinces to Purchase and/or Expropriate Homesites and Landed Estates and Subdivide Them for Resale at Cost; and to Use Their Own Funds or Contract Loans for the Purpose
Commonwealth Act No. 20 — July 11, 1936
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Order the Institutions of Expropriation Proceedings or to Enter Into Negotiations for the Purposes of Acquiring Portions of Large Landed Estates Used as Home Sites and Reselling Them at Cost to Their Bona Fide Occupants Appropriation Funds Therefor and For Other Purposes (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
LANDHOLDERS
Republic Act No. 1199 — August 30, 1954
Subject : An Act to Govern the Relations Between Landholders and Tenants of Agricultural Lands (Leasehold and Share Tenancy)
(Amended by R.A. No. 2263)
LANDOWNER AND TENANT, Relations Between
Republic Act No. 44 — October 03, 1946
Subject : An Act to Revise Commonwealth Act Numbered 461 Entitled, "An Act to Regulate the Relations Between Landowner and Tenant and to Provide for Compulsory Arbitration of Any Controversy Arising Between Them," As Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered 608
LANDS OF PUBLIC DOMAIN
Executive Order No. 506 — February 18, 1992
Subject : Further Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, as amended by Executive Order No. 448, series of 1991, Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
Executive Order No. 448 — February 14, 1991
Subject : Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, Entitled, “Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture”
Executive Order No. 407 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
LANDS WITHIN MILITARY RESERVATIONS
Republic Act No. 274 — June 15, 1946
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Director of Lands to Subdivide the Lands Within Military Reservations Belonging to the Republic of the Philippines Which Are no Longer Needed for Military Purposes, and Subject to Certain Conditions, and for Other Purposes
LARGE CATTLE
Republic Act No. 1252 — June 10, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Sections of the Pasture Land Act, by Requiring Persons Leasing or Using Public Land for Pasture to Put Up at Least One Head of Large Cattle Belonging to the Lessee Or Permitee for Every Five Hectares Thereof, and Providing Additional Penalty For the Violations of Said Act
LEASE OF FRIAR LANDS, Temporary Lease of
Act No. 1120 — April 26, 1904
Subject : An Act Providing for the Administration and Temporary Leasing and Sale of Certain Haciendas and Parcels of Land Commonly Known as Friar Lands, for the Purchase of Which the Government of the Philippine Islands has Recently Contracted, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections 63, 64 and 65 of the Congress of the United States, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,” Approved on the First Day of July, Nine Hundred and Two
(As amended by Act 1287, 1933, 2125, 2379, 2509, 2642, 2804, 2945, 3024 and 3323)
LEASE OF PRIVATE LANDS BY FOREIGN INVESTORS, Long-Term
Republic Act No. 7652 — June 04, 1993
Subject : An Act Allowing the Long—Term Lease of Private Lands by Foreign Investors
LEASE OR SALE OF LAND OF THE PRIVATE DOMAIN
Act No. 3038 — March 09, 1922
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to Sell or Lease Land of the Private Domain of the Government of the Philippine Island
LEASE OR USE OF PASTURE LANDS
Republic Act No. 1252 — June 10, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Sections of the Pasture Land Act, by Requiring Persons Leasing or Using Public Land for Pasture to Put Up at Least One Head of Large Cattle Belonging to the Lessee Or Permitee for Every Five Hectares Thereof, and Providing Additional Penalty For the Violations of Said Act
LEASEHOLD
Republic Act No. 2263 — June 19, 1959
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered 1199, Otherwise Known as the Agricultural Tenancy Act of the Philippines
Republic Act No. 1199 — August 30, 1954
Subject : An Act to Govern the Relations Between Landholders and Tenants of Agricultural Lands (Leasehold and Share Tenancy)
LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling, and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to Enable Persons to Perfect for the Issuance of Patents Without Compensation to Certain Native Settlers Upon the Public Lands Providing for the Establishment of Town Sites and Sales of Lots Therein, and Providing for a Hearing and Decision of the Court of Land REgistration of All Applications for the Completion and Confirmation of all Imperfect and Incomplete Spanish Concessions and Grants in Said Islands, as Authorized by Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands and for Other Purposes
[Repealed by Act 2874, Section 128]
LEGAL SANCTIONS
Batas Pambansa Blg. 870 — April 18, 1985
Subject : 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
LESSEE, Acceptance of the Testimony of
Commonwealth Act No. 53 — October 17, 1936
Subject : Acceptance of the Testimony of a Lessee or Tenants (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 1199)
LOAN FUND, Cooperative
Republic Act No. 583 — September 18, 1950
Subject : An Act to Constitute a Small Farmers' Cooperative Loan Fund For the Purpose of Providing Credit Facilities to Small Farmers and Farm Tenants
(Superseded by R.A. No. 821 and R.A. No. 3844)
LOANS
Republic Act No. 1085 — June 15, 1954
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Rehabilitation Finance Corporation (Now Development Bank of the Philippines) and the Philippine National Bank to Grant Loans to Homesteaders Under Certain Conditions
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
Batas Pambansa Blg. 337 — February 10, 1983
Subject : An Act Enacting a Local Government code (Repealed by Republic Act No. 7160)
Republic Act No. 7160 — October 10, 1991
Subject : An Act Providing for a Local Government Code of 1991
LONG TERM LEASE
Republic Act No. 7652 — June 04, 1993
Subject : An Act Allowing the Long-Term Lease of Private Lands by Foreign Investors
LUNGSOD SILANGAN
Administrative Order No. 20 — March 3, 1994
Subject : Creating a Presidential Task Force for the Development of Lungsod Silangan
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MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENT
Subject : Creating the Land Settlement and Development Corporation and Dissolving the National Land Settlement Administration, the Rice and Corn Production Administration and the Machinery and Equipment Department of the National Development Company
MARSHY LANDS, Sale of
Republic Act No. 293 — June 16, 1948
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Sale of Marshy Lands or Lands Under Water Bordering on Shores or Banks of Navigable Lakes or Rivers
MECHANISM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
Executive Order No. 229 — July 22, 1987
Subject : Providing the Mechanism for the Implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
MILITARY RESERVATIONS, Subdivision of Lands Within
Republic Act No. 274 — June 15, 1946
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Director of Lands to Subdivide the Lands Within Military Reservations Belonging to the Republic of the Philippines Which Are no Longer Needed for Military Purposes, and Subject to Certain Conditions, and for Other Purposes
MINISTRY OF AGRARIAN REFORM
Executive Order No. 1059 — October 22, 1985
Subject : Further Implementing Presidential Decree No. 1726 in the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Agrarian Reform and Ministry of Labor and Employment and All Other Ministries of the National Government
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Executive Order No. 1059 — October 22, 1985
Subject : Further Implementing Presidential Decree No. 1726 in the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Agrarian Reform and Ministry of Labor and Employment and All Other Ministries of the National Government
MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Executive Order No. 1059 — October 22, 1985
Subject : Further Implementing Presidential Decree No. 1726 in the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Agrarian Reform and Ministry of Labor and Employment and All Other Ministries of the National Government
MODE OF COMPENSATION
Executive Order No. 228 — July 17, 1987
Subject : Declaring Full Land Ownership to Qualified Farmer Beneficiaries Covered by Presidential Decree No. 27; Determining the Value of Remaining Unvalued Rice and Corn Lands Subject to P.D. No. 27; and Providing for the Manner of Payment by the Farmer Beneficiary and Mode of Compensation to the Landowner
MORTGAGE
Act No. 3135 — March 06, 1924
Subject : An Act to Regulate the Sale of Property Under Special Powers Inserted in or Annexed to Real Estate Mortgage (Amended)
MORTGAGE OF PRIVATE REAL ESTATE PROPERTY
Republic Act No. 4882 — June 17, 1967
Subject : An Act to Amend Section One of Republic Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty Three, Entitled: “An Act to Authorize the Mortgage of Private Real Property in Favor of Any Individual, Corporation or Association Subject to Certain Conditions”. As Amended by Republic Act Numbered Forty-Three Hundred Eighty One
Republic Act No. 4381 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section One of Republic Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty Three, Entitled: “An Act to Authorize the Mortgage of Private Real Property in Favor of Any Individual, Corporation or Association Subject to Certain Conditions
Republic Act No. 133 — June 14, 1947
Subject : An Act to Authorize the Mortgage of Private Real Estate Property in Favor of Any Individual, Corporation or Association Subject to Certain Conditions
(Amended by R.A. No. 4381 and R.A. No. 4882)
MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
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NAFCO LANDS
Batas Pambansa Blg. 233 — September 12, 1982
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Sale of Commercial and Industrial Lands of the Public Domain (commonly Known as NAFCO Lands), Transferred from the Board of Liquidators to the Bureau of Building and Real Property Management Amending for the Purpose
Batas Pambansa Blg. 187 — March 16, 1982
Subject : An Act to Amend Section One Hundred Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Law, Authorizing District Land Officers in Every Province to Sign Patents or Certificates Covering Lands Commonly Known as NAFCO Lands not Exceeding Five Hectares
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (NCIP)
Republic Act No. 8371 — October 29, 1997
Subject : An Act to Recognize, Protect and Promote the Rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples, Creating a National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Establishing Implementing Mechanisms, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
Subject : Creating the Land Settlement and Development Corporation and Dissolving the National Land Settlement Administration, the Rice and Corn Production Administration and the Machinery and Equipment Department of the National Development Company
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BONDS
Executive Order No. 267 — July 25, 1995
Subject : Providing for the Issuance of National Government Bonds to be Known as Agrarian Reform (AR) Bonds
NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM (NIPAS)
Republic Act No. 7586 — June 01, 1992
Subject : An Act Providing for the Establishment and Management of National Integrated Protected Areas System, Defining its Scope and Coverage, and for Other Purposes
NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (NIRC)
Republic Act No. 1274 — June 14, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Section 7 of Republic Act Numbered 567, Entitled: “An Act to Amend Title VI of Commonwealth Act Numbered 466, Otherwise Known as the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended”
NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1977
Subject : An Act Incorporating Certain Sections of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1977, as Amended, to Presidential Decree No. 705, as Amended, Otherwise Known as “The Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines”, and Providing Amendments Thereto by Increasing the Forest Charges on Timber and Other Forest Products
NATIONAL LAND SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION
Subject : Creating the Land Settlement and Development Corporation and Dissolving the National Land Settlement Administration, the Rice and Corn Production Administration and the Machinery and Equipment Department of the National Development Company
NATIONAL LAND SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION, (NLSA)
Commonwealth Act No. 441 — June 03, 1939
Subject : Creation of the National Land Settlement Administration
(Repealed by Act 1396)
NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION (NARRA)
Republic Act No. 1160 — June 18, 1954
Subject : An Act to Further Implement the Free Distribution of Agricultural Lands of the Public Domain as Provided for in Commonwealth Act Numbered 691, as Amended to Abolish the Land Settlement and Development Corporation Created Under Executive Order Numbered 355, Dated October 23, 1950, and to Create in Its Place the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration and For Other Purposes
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
NATIONALIZATION OF RIGHTS, FRANCHISES OR PRIVILEGES
Republic Act No. 6084 — August 4, 1969
Subject : An Act Amending Further Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight, as Amended, so as to Declare the Common-Law Relationship Between an Alien and a Filipino Citizen a Prima Facie Evidence of Violation of the Provisions of Section Two-A of said Act
Republic Act No. 134 — June 14, 1947
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections One, Two and Two-A of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight, Entitled: "An Act to Punish Acts of Evasion of the Laws on the Nationalization of Certain Rights, Franchises or Privileges, as Amended, and to Insert Between Sections Three and Four Thereof a New Sections to be Known as Section Three-A"
Commonwealth Act No. 421 — May 31, 1939
Subject : An Act Amending Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight, Entitled: “An Act to Punish Acts of Evasion of the Laws on the Nationalization of Certain Rights, Franchises or Privileges
Commonwealth Act No. 108 — October 30, 1936
Subject : An Act to Punish Acts of Evasion of the Laws on the Nationalization of Certain Rights, Franchises or Privileges
(Amended by R.A. 134, 6084; C.A. 421, P.D. No. 715)
NATIVE SETTLERS UPON PUBLIC LANDS
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling, and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to Enable Persons to Perfect for the Issuance of Patents Without Compensation to Certain Native Settlers Upon the Public Lands Providing for the Establishment of Town Sites and Sales of Lots Therein, and Providing for a Hearing and Decision of the Court of Land Registration of All Applications for the Completion and Confirmation of all Imperfect and Incomplete Spanish Concessions and Grants in Said Islands, as Authorized by Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands and for Other Purposes
NAVIGABLE LAKES OR RIVERS, Sale of Lands Bordering Shores or Banks of Navigable Rivers or Lakes
Republic Act No. 293 — June 16, 1948
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Sale of Marshy Lands or Lands Under Water Bordering on Shores or Banks of Navigable Lakes or Rivers
NEGOTIATIONS
Commonwealth Act No. 20 — July 11, 1936
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Order the Institutions of Expropriation Proceedings or to Enter Into Negotiations for the Purposes of Acquiring Portions of Larged Landed Estates Used as Home Sites and Reselling Them at Cost to Their Bona Fide Occupants Appropriation Funds Therefor and For Other Purposes (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
NEW COURTS
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
O
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT REGISTRY
Executive Order No. 570 — November 29, 1979
Subject : Creating a Task Force to Undertake Land Assembly and Official Development Registry Activities in Declared Bagong Lipunan Sites and Urban Land Reform Zones
OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Batas Pambansa Blg. 1 — August 18, 1978
Subject : An Act Appropriating Funds for the Creation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines During the Period January One to December Thirty-One, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine and For Other Purposes
Batas Pambansa Blg. 40 — September 7, 1979
Subject : An Act Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines During the Period January One to December Thirty-One, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty and For Other Purposes
ORDINARY TAXES
Republic Act No. 436 — June 07, 1950
Subject : An Act to Tax All Public Lands Held by Private Individuals or by Corporations, or Other Associations, Whether in the Nature of Homesteads, Concessions or Contracts, as to Ordinary Taxes, Thereby Amending Section One Hundred and Fifteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One
OVERDUE LAND ORGANIZATION PAYMENTS
Executive Order No. 1083 — January 28, 1986
Subject : Condonation of Accrued Interests on Overdue Land Organization Payments and/or Rentals by Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in All Landed Estates Administered by the Ministry of Agrarian Reform
P
PASTURE LAND ACT
Republic Act No. 3985 — June 18, 1964
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Three and Eleven of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four Hundred and Fifty-Two, Otherwise Known as “The Pasture Land Act”, and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 1252 — June 10, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Sections of the Pasture Land Act, by Requiring Persons Leasing or Using Public Land for Pasture to Put Up at Least One Head of Large Cattle Belonging to the Lessee Or Permitee for Every Five Hectares Thereof, and Providing Additional Penalty For the Violations of Said Act
Commonwealth Act No. 452 — June 08, 1939
Subject : Pasture Land Act
(Amended by R.A. No. 1252 and R.A. 3985)
PASTURE LANDS
Executive Order No. 506 — February 18, 1992
Subject : Further Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, as amended by Executive Order No. 448, series of 1991, Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
Executive Order No. 448 — February 14, 1991
Subject : Amending Executive Order No. 407, series of 1990, Entitled, “Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture”
Executive Order No. 407 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Accelerating the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands, Pasture Lands, Fishponds, Agro-Forestry Lands and Other Lands of Public Domain Suitable for Agriculture
PATENTS
Republic Act No. 1240 — June 07, 1955
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section 107 of Commonwealth Act Numbered 141, by Providing that When the Power to Sign Patents or Certificates for Land Granted Under Said Act is Delegated by the President to the Secretary and Undersecretary of Agriculture & Nature Resources, Such Patents or Certificates Shall Bear the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Instead of the Great Seal of the Republic of the Philippines
PATENTS OR CERTIFICATES
Batas Pambansa Blg. 187 — March 16, 1982
Subject : An Act to Amend Section One Hundred Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Law, Authorizing District Land Officers in Every Province to Sign Patents or Certificates Covering Lands Commonly Known as NAFCO Lands not Exceeding Five Hectares
PATENTS OR CERTIFICATES, Signing of
Republic Act No. 6516 — July 22, 1972
Subject : An Act Providing for Sale of Agricultural Public Lands and Authorizing District Land Officers in Every Province of the Bureau of Lands to Sign Patents or Certificates Covering Lands Not Exceeding Five Hectares, Further Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One
PATENTS, Free
Republic Act No. 6236 — June 19, 1971
Subject : An Act Extending the Time Limit for the Filing of Applicants for Free Patents and for the Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect or Incomplete Titles
Republic Act No. 782 — June 21, 1952
Subject : An Act to Grant Free Patents to Occupants of Public Agricultural Land Since or Prior to July Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Five
PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SYSTEM
Administrative Order No. 300 — November 4, 1996
Subject : Further Strengthening the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System and Clarifying the Authority to Grant or Deny the Issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificates
PHILIPPINE PROPERTY ACT OF 1946
Republic Act No. 4370 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Eight of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven (Re: Alien Property Acquired Under Philippine Property Act)
Republic Act No. 4223 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section Three of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Eight
Republic Act No. 3348 — June 18, 1961
Subject : An Act Amending Sections One and Three of Republic Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven
Republic Act No. 477 — June 09, 1950
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Administration and Disposition of Properties, Including the Proceeds and Income Thereof Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines, Under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 and of Republic Act No. Eight and of the Public Lands and Improvements Thereon Transferred to the National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation Under the Provisions of Executive Order No. 29 dated October 25, 1946 and of Executive Order No. 99 dated October 22, 1947
(Amended by R.A. 3348, 4233 and 4370; P.D. No. 967)
PILOT PRAWNDOMINIUM
Memorandum Order No. 366 — June 7, 1991
Subject : Authorizing the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture (DA), Philippine National Bank (PNB), Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), National Agribusiness Corporation (NABCOR), Presidential Management Staff (PMS) and the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental to Undertake the Pilot Prawndominium Project
PRESIDENT, Authority of the
Republic Act No. 1395 — September 08, 1955
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds in the Amount of Ten Million Pesos, Under the Provisions of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand, to Finance Cadastral Surveys Throughout the Philippines, and Authorizing the Director of Lands to Take Measures to Insure Collection of the Survey Costs and Other Charges
Republic Act No. 926 — June 20, 1953
Subject : An Act to Authorize the President to Convey Public Land and Other Public Property in Payment of Landed Estates Acquired by the Government
Commonwealth Act No. 539 — May 26, 1940
Subject : Authorizing the President to Purchase and Resell After Subdividing Private Lands and Designate Any Government Office or to Organize New Office to Carry Out the Objectives of the Act
Commonwealth Act No. 20 — July 11, 1936
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Order the Institutions of Expropriation Proceedings or to Enter Into Negotiations for the Purposes of Acquiring Portions of Large Landed Estates Used as Home Sites and Reselling Them at Cost to Their Bona Fide Occupants Appropriation Funds Therefor and For Other Purposes (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON GOOD GOVERNMENT
Administrative Order No. 231 — August 23, 1991
Subject : Authorizing the Presidential Commission on Good Government to Dispose of Recovered and/or Voluntary Surrendered Specific Personal Properties
Administrative Order No. 43 — November 4, 1987
Subject : Authorizing the Asset Privatization Trust to Dispose Off Properties Recovered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 27
Executive Order No. 228 — July 17, 1987
Subject : Declaring Full Land Ownership to Qualified Farmer Beneficiaries Covered by Presidential Decree No. 27; Determining the Value of Remaining Unvalued Rice and Corn Lands Subject to P.D. No. 27; and Providing for the Manner of Payment by the Farmer Beneficiary and Mode of Compensation to the Landowner
PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Administrative Order No. 108 — February 10, 2000
Subject : Creating a Presidential Task Force on Indigenous Peoples to Ensure the Immediate Implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act and Defining the Functions Thereof
PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND, Transfer of
Commonwealth Act No. 310 — June 09, 1938
Subject : An Act Punishing the Transfer of Private Agricultural Land to Disqualified Persons in Violation of the Constitution
PRIVATE LAND
Republic Act No. 7652 — June 04, 1993
Subject : An Act Allowing the Long-Term Lease of Private Lands by Foreign Investors
Act No. 3038 — March 09, 1922
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to Sell or Lease Land of the Private Domain of the Government of the Philippine Island
PRIVATE LAND, Purchase and Resale of Subdivided
Commonwealth Act No. 539 — May 26, 1940
Subject : Authorizing the President to Purchase and Resell After Subdividing Private Lands and Designate Any Government Office or to Organize New Office to Carry Out the Objectives of the Act
PRIVATE REAL ESTATE
Republic Act No. 133 — June 14, 1947
Subject : An Act to Authorize the Mortgage of Private Real Estate Property in Favor of Any Individual, Corporation or Association Subject to Certain Conditions
PRIVATE REAL PROPERTIES
Executive Order No. 1035 — June 25, 1985
Subject : Providing the Procedures and Guidelines for the Expeditious Acquisition by the Government of Private Real Properties or Rights Thereon for Infrastructure and Other Government Development Projects
PRODUCTIVE ENTREPRENEURS
Executive Order No. 26 — September 23, 1998
Subject : Providing Opportunities for the Development of Beneficiaries Under the Comprehensive Land Reform Program to Become Productive Entrepreneurs, Providing the Mechanism Therefor and for Other Purposes
PROGRAM AND PROJECTS
Executive Order No. 406 — June 14, 1990
Subject : Mandating Certain Departments and Agencies to Align Their Respective Programs and Projects with the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, Directing the Department of Agrarian Reform to Accelerate the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development Through the Provision of Economic and Social Infrastructure Support, and Providing the Necessary Implementing Mechanisms for the Purpose
PROPERTY REGISTRATION DECREE
Presidential Decree No. 1529 — June 11, 1978
Subject : Amending and Codifying the Laws Relative to Registration of Property and for Other Purposes
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
Subject : An Act Providing for the Organization of Provincial Governments in All Provinces of the Philippine Islands, Other Than the Moro Province, Which are Not Organized under the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act Numbered Eighty-Three, and Repealing Acts Numbered Forty-Nine, Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven, Four Hundred and Ten, Four Hundred and Twenty-Two, Four Hundred and Forty-One, Five Hundred, Five Hundred and Sixty-Six, and Five Hundred and Sixty-Seven, and Sections One and Two of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Forty-Seven
PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL LAND
Republic Act No. 782 — June 21, 1952
Subject : An Act to Grant Free Patents to Occupants of Public Agricultural Land Since or Prior to July Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Five
PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL LANDS, Forcible/Unlawful Entry or Occupation of
Republic Act No. 947 — June 20, 1953
Subject : An Act Making It Unlawful For Any Person, Corporation or Association to Forcibly Enter or Occupy Public Agricultural Lands and Penalizing Violations Thereof
PUBLIC AUCTION, Sale Without
Republic Act No. 730 — June 18, 1952
Subject : An Act to Permit the Sale Without Public Auction of Public Lands of the Republic of the Philippines for Residential Purposes to Qualified Applicants Under Certain Conditions
(Amended by P.D. No. 2004)
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Batas Pambansa Blg. 233 — September 12, 1982
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Sale of Commercial and Industrial Lands of the Public Domain (commonly Known as NAFCO Lands), Transferred from the Board of Liquidators to the Bureau of Building and Real Property Management Amending for the Purpose
Batas Pambansa Blg. 223 — April 16, 1982
Subject : An Act to Hasten Titling of Residential Lands of the Public Domain by Authorizing the Grant of Free Patent Under Certain Conditions and Providing for Expeditious Cadastral and Other Judicial Proceeding with Respect Thereto and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 1160 — June 18, 1954
Subject : An Act to Further Implement the Free Distribution of Agricultural Lands of the Public Domain as Provided for in Commonwealth Act Numbered 691, as Amended to Abolish the Land Settlement and Development Corporation Created Under Executive Order Numbered 355, Dated October 23, 1950, and to Create in Its Place the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration and For Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 107 — June 02, 1947
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit Within Which Imperfect or Incomplete Titles Covering Lands of the Public Domain May be Judicially Confirmed, Amending for this Purpose Sections 45 and 47 of the Public Land Act, as Amended By Commonwealth Act Numbered 292
PUBLIC DOMAIN (24 Hectares) Free Distribution of Lands of the
Commonwealth Act No. 691 — October 15, 1945
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Free Distribution, Under Certain Conditions, of Lots of Twenty-Four Hectares Each of Agricultural Land of the Public Domain (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
PUBLIC DOMAIN, Amendment and Compilation of Laws on Lands of
Act No. 3517 — January 30, 1929
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Sections of Act Numbered 2874, Known as the Public Land Act
(Superseded by C.A. No. 141)
Act No. 2874 — November 29, 1919
Subject : To Amend and Compile the Laws Relative to Lands of the Public Domain, and For Other Purposes
(Amended by Act Nos. 3164, 3219, 3346 and 3517; R.A. No. 107 and 4107)
PUBLIC FORESTS
Act No. 1148 — May 07, 1904
Subject : An Act to Regulate the Use of the Public Forests and Forests Reserves in the Philippine Islands and Repealing General Orders, Numbered 92, series of 1900, Act Numbered 274 and Sections 20 of Act Numbered 49, Eleven of Act Numbered 119, and Eleven of Act Numbered 120
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Act No. 2011 — January 12, 1911
Subject : An Act Amending Section 39 of Act Numbered 496, Entitled: “The Land Registration Act,” so s to Extend to Government Irrigation Canals and Laterals Thereof and Exemptions Established in Favor of Public Highways
PUBLIC LAND ACT
Republic Act No. 6940 — March 28, 1990
Subject : 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)
Batas Pambansa Blg. 878 — June 9, 1985
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section One Hundred Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Act, as Amended
Republic Act No. 6516 — July 22, 1972
Subject : An Act Providing for Sale of Agricultural Public Lands and Authorizing District Land Officers in Every Province of the Bureau of Lands to Sign Patents or Certificates Covering Lands Not Exceeding Five Hectares, Further Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One
Republic Act No. 4107 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section 60, Chapter IX, Title III of the Public Land Act
Republic Act No. 3872 — June 18, 1964
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Forty-Four, Forty-Eight and One Hundred Twenty of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One, Otherwise Known as the “Public Land Act”, and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 3106 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act to Amend Section One Hundred Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Act, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Seventy-Two
Republic Act No. 2694 — June 18, 1960
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of Sections Thirty-Seven and Sixty-Four of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One
Republic Act No. 1942 — June 22, 1957
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection (b) of Section Forty-Eight of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One
Republic Act No. 1273 — June 14, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Ninety of Commonwealth Act Numbered 141, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Act
Republic Act No. 1242 — June 10, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Section 20 of Commonwealth Act Numbered 141, Commonly Known as the Public Land Act, as Amended
Republic Act No. 1240 — June 07, 1955
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section 107 of Commonwealth Act Numbered 141, by Providing that When the Power to Sign Patents or Certificates for Land Granted Under Said Act is Delegated by the President to the Secretary and Undersecretary of Agriculture & Nature Resources, Such Patents or Certificates Shall Bear the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Instead of the Great Seal of the Republic of the Philippines
Republic Act No. 1172 — June 18, 1954
Subject : An Act to Amend Section 107 of Commonwealth Act Numbered 141, Entitled: “The Public Land Act”
Republic Act No. 107 — June 02, 1947
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit Within Which Imperfect or Incomplete Titles Covering Lands of the Public Domain May be Judicially Confirmed, Amending for this Purpose Sections 45 and 47 of the Public Land Act, as Amended By Commonwealth Act Numbered 292
Commonwealth Act No. 456 — June 08, 1939
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Sections Ninety, Twenty, and One Hundred and Eighteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty One Commonly Known as the Public Land Act
Subject : Amendment to CA 141
Commonwealth Act No. 141 — November 07, 1936
Subject : An Act to Amend and Compile the Laws Relative to Lands of the Public Domain
(Amended by CA 456, 292, 615, 421; R.A. 4107, 3872, 1242, 6516, 2694, 782, 6940, 107, 2061, 6236, 1942, 293, 1273, 1240, 1172, 3106, 436, 134 and 6084; P.D. No. 635, 1361, 763, 715, 331 and 1073)
Act No. 3517 — January 30, 1929
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Sections of Act Numbered 2874, Known as the Public Land Act
(Superseded by C.A. No. 141)
Act No. 2874 — November 29, 1919
Subject : To Amend and Compile the Laws Relative to Lands of the Public Domain, and For Other Purposes
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling, and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to Enable Persons to Perfect for the Issuance of Patents Without Compensation to Certain Native Settlers Upon the Public Lands Providing for the Establishment of Town Sites and Sales of Lots Therein, and Providing for a Hearing and Decision of the Court of Land Registration of All Applications for the Completion and Confirmation of all Imperfect and Incomplete Spanish Concessions and Grants in Said Islands, as Authorized by Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands and for Other Purposes
PUBLIC LAND FOR PASTURE, Lease or Use of
Republic Act No. 1252 — June 10, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Sections of the Pasture Land Act, by Requiring Persons Leasing or Using Public Land for Pasture to Put Up at Least One Head of Large Cattle Belonging to the Lessee Or Permitee for Every Five Hectares Thereof, and Providing Additional Penalty For the Violations of Said Act
PUBLIC LAND, Conveyance of
Republic Act No. 926 — June 20, 1953
Subject : An Act to Authorize the President to Convey Public Land and Other Public Property in Payment of Landed Estates Acquired by the Government
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
PUBLIC LAND, Sale of
Republic Act No. 6516 — July 22, 1972
Subject : An Act Providing for Sale of Agricultural Public Lands and Authorizing District Land Officers in Every Province of the Bureau of Lands to Sign Patents or Certificates Covering Lands Not Exceeding Five Hectares, Further Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One
PUBLIC LANDS
Republic Act No. 6940 — March 28, 1990
Subject : 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)
Batas Pambansa Blg. 187 — March 16, 1982
Subject : An Act to Amend Section One Hundred Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Law, Authorizing District Land Officers in Every Province to Sign Patents or Certificates Covering Lands Commonly Known as NAFCO Lands not Exceeding Five Hectares
Republic Act No. 6516 — July 22, 1972
Subject : An Act Providing for Sale of Agricultural Public Lands and Authorizing District Land Officers in Every Province of the Bureau of Lands to Sign Patents or Certificates Covering Lands Not Exceeding Five Hectares, Further Amending for the Purpose Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One
Republic Act No. 6236 — June 19, 1971
Subject : An Act Extending the Time Limit for the Filing of Applicants for Free Patents and for the Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect or Incomplete Titles
Republic Act No. 4370 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Eight of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven (Re: Alien Property Acquired Under Philippine Property Act)
Republic Act No. 4223 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section Three of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven, as Amended by Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Eight
Republic Act No. 3348 — June 18, 1961
Subject : An Act Amending Sections One and Three of Republic Numbered Four Hundred Seventy-Seven
Republic Act No. 2694 — June 18, 1960
Subject : An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of Sections Thirty-Seven and Sixty-Four of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One
Republic Act No. 2061 — June 31, 1958
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit for the Filing of Applicants for Free Patents for the Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect or Incomplete Titles, and for the Reopening of Judicial Proceedings on Certain Lands Which Were Declared Public Lands
Republic Act No. 1942 — June 22, 1957
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection (b) of Section Forty-Eight of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One
Republic Act No. 1240 — June 07, 1955
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section 107 of Commonwealth Act Numbered 141, by Providing that When the Power to Sign Patents or Certificates for Land Granted Under Said Act is Delegated by the President to the Secretary and Undersecretary of Agriculture & Nature Resources, Such Patents or Certificates Shall Bear the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Instead of the Great Seal of the Republic of the Philippines
Republic Act No. 782 — June 21, 1952
Subject : An Act to Grant Free Patents to Occupants of Public Agricultural Land Since or Prior to July Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Five
Republic Act No. 730 — June 18, 1952
Subject : An Act to Permit the Sale Without Public Auction of Public Lands of the Republic of the Philippines for Residential Purposes to Qualified Applicants Under Certain Conditions
(Amended by P.D. No. 2004)
Republic Act No. 477 — June 09, 1950
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Administration and Disposition of Properties, Including the Proceeds and Income Thereof Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines, Under the Philippine Property Act of 1946 and of Republic Act No. Eight and of the Public Lands and Improvements Thereon Transferred to the National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation Under the Provisions of Executive Order No. 29 dated October 25, 1946 and of Executive Order No. 99 dated October 22, 1947
Republic Act No. 107 — June 02, 1947
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit Within Which Imperfect or Incomplete Titles Covering Lands of the Public Domain May be Judicially Confirmed, Amending for this Purpose Sections 45 and 47 of the Public Land Act, as Amended By Commonwealth Act Numbered 292
Commonwealth Act No. 691 — October 15, 1945
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Free Distribution, Under Certain Conditions, of Lots of Twenty-Four Hectares Each of Agricultural Land of the Public Domain (Superseded)
Subject : Amendment to CA 141
Commonwealth Act No. 141 — November 07, 1936
Subject : An Act to Amend and Compile the Laws Relative to Lands of the Public Domain
Act No. 2874 — November 29, 1919
Subject : To Amend and Compile the Laws Relative to Lands of the Public Domain, and For Other Purposes
(Amended by Act Nos. 3164, 3219, 3346 and 3517; R.A. No. 107 and 4107)
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act to Authorize the President to Convey Public Land and Other Public Property in Payment of Landed Estates Acquired by the Government
Act No. 218 — September 02, 1904
Subject : Creation of the Bureau of Lands to Administer and Distribute Public Lands Under Act 218
PUBLIC LANDS, Tax on
Republic Act No. 436 — June 07, 1950
Subject : An Act to Tax All Public Lands Held by Private Individuals or by Corporations, or Other Associations, Whether in the Nature of Homesteads, Concessions or Contracts, as to Ordinary Taxes, Thereby Amending Section One Hundred and Fifteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One
Q
QUALIFIED FARMER BENEFICIARIES
Executive Order No. 228 — July 17, 1987
Subject : Declaring Full Land Ownership to Qualified Farmer Beneficiaries Covered by Presidential Decree No. 27; Determining the Value of Remaining Unvalued Rice and Corn Lands Subject to P.D. No. 27; and Providing for the Manner of Payment by the Farmer Beneficiary and Mode of Compensation to the Landowner
R
REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
Act No. 3135 — March 06, 1924
Subject : An Act to Regulate the Sale of Property Under Special Powers Inserted in or Annexed to Real Estate Mortgage (Amended)
(Amended by Act No. 4118)
REAL ESTATE TAXES, Delinquent Payment
Republic Act No. 456 — June 08, 1950
Subject : An Act to Prohibit the Registration of Certain Documents Affecting Real Property Which is Delinquent in the Payment of Real Estate Taxes
REAL PROPERTY
Republic Act No. 456 — June 08, 1950
Subject : An Act to Prohibit the Registration of Certain Documents Affecting Real Property Which is Delinquent in the Payment of Real Estate Taxes
REAL PROPERTY, Mortgage of Private
Republic Act No. 4882 — June 17, 1967
Subject : An Act to Amend Section One of Republic Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty Three, Entitled: “An Act to Authorize the Mortgage of Private Real Property in Favor of Any Individual, Corporation or Association Subject to Certain Conditions”. As Amended by Republic Act Numbered Forty-Three Hundred Eighty One
Republic Act No. 4381 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section One of Republic Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty Three, Entitled: “An Act to Authorize the Mortgage of Private Real Property in Favor of Any Individual, Corporation or Association Subject to Certain Conditions
RECLAMATION OF FORESHORE LANDS
Republic Act No. 1899 — June 22, 1957
Subject : An Act to Authorize the Reclamation of Foreshore Lands by Chartered Cities and Municipalities
RECLASSIFICATION, Agricultural into Non-Agricultural Use
Memorandum Circular No. 54 — June 8, 1993
Subject : Prescribing the Guidelines Governing Section 20 of R.A. 7160 Otherwise Known as the Local Government Code of 1991 Authorizing Cities and Municipalities to Reclassify Agricultural Lands into Non-Agricultural Uses
RECONSTITUTION OF TORRENS CERTIFICATES OF TITLE LOST OR DESTROYED
Republic Act No. 6732 — June 17, 1989
Subject : An Act Allowing Administrative Reconstitution of Original Copies of Certificates of Titles Lost or Destroyed Due to Fire, Flood and Other Force Majeure, Amending for the Purpose Section One Hundred Ten of Presidential Decree Numbered Fifteen Twenty-Nine and Section 5 of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Six
Republic Act No. 26 — September 25, 1946
Subject : An Act Providing a Special Procedure for the Reconstitution of Torrens Certificate of Title Lost or Destroyed
(Amended by R.A. 6732)
Presidential Decree No. 1529 — June 11, 1978
Subject : Amending and Codifying the Laws Relative to Registration of Property and for Other Purposes
RECONSTITUTION, Administrative (Lost or Destroyed Title)
Republic Act No. 6732 — June 17, 1989
Subject : An Act Allowing Administrative Reconstitution of Original Copies of Certificates of Titles Lost or Destroyed Due to Fire, Flood and Other Force Majeure, Amending for the Purpose Section One Hundred Ten of Presidential Decree Numbered Fifteen Twenty-Nine and Section 5 of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Six
RECONVEYANCE AND DISPOSITION OF LANDS DONATED TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Republic Act No. 2348 — June 20, 1959
Subject : An Act to Authorize the Reconveyance of Lands Donated to the National Government Under Commonwealth Act Numbered Forty-One, to Provide for the Disposition Thereof, and for Other Purposes
RECORDS OF APPEAL
Memorandum Circular No. 123 — February 8, 1991
Subject : Directing all Heads of Departments, Bureaus, Agencies, Offices and Instrumentalities of the Executive Department to Transmit the Complete Records of Appealed Matters, Together With a Summary of Proceedings Thereon, to Office of the President
REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Administrative Order No. 78 — July 11, 1988
Subject : Imposing a Fine on Former Register of Deeds Ramon G. Garcia of Oriental Mindoro
REGISTER OF DEEDS, Use of Seal of the
Republic Act No. 113 — June 07, 1947
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Register of Deeds to Use the Seal of the Office, Instead of That of the Court of First Instance in Certificates of Title and Other Papers Which Require a Seal and Which are Issued by His Office
REGISTRATION OF TITLES
Republic Act No. 928 — June 20, 1953
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection “C” of Section One Hundred and Fourteen of Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, Entitled: “The Land Registration Act,” as Amended by Republic Act Numbered One Hundred and Seventeen
Republic Act No. 96 — March 24, 1947
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Thirty-One and Thirty-Two of Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, and Sections Seven and Eight of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine
Act No. 496 — November 06, 1902
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Adjudication and Registration of Titles to Lands in the Philippines Islands
REGISTRATION PROCEEDINGS
Act No. 3465 — December 07, 1928
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection (a) of Section Eighteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled: “An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles,” as Amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Twenty-Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Three Thousand and Eighty-One and Thirty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven Authorizing Provinces and Municipalities or Municipal Districts to Pay Their Share of the Cost of Registration Proceedings and Cadastral Surveys in Equal Installments Within a Period of Five Years, Without Interest
REGISTRATION, Prohibition of
Republic Act No. 456 — June 08, 1950
Subject : An Act to Prohibit the Registration of Certain Documents Affecting Real Property Which is Delinquent in the Payment of Real Estate Taxes
REHABILITATION FINANCE CORPORATION (Now Devt. Bank of the Philippines)
Republic Act No. 1085 — June 15, 1954
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Rehabilitation Finance Corporation (Now Development Bank of the Philippines) and the Philippine National Bank to Grant Loans to Homesteaders Under Certain Conditions
REMOVAL OF DISCREPANCIES
Subject : An Act to Amend Articles Nine and Ten, Chapter Two, Preliminary Title, of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred Forty-Two, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines, in Order to Remove Discrepancies with Presidential Decree Numbered Twenty-Seven Which Said Chapter Purports to Reproduce
RENTALS
Subject : An Act Amending Section Fourteen of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty, by Providing for the Suspension of Payment of Rentals or Installments on the Purchase Price of the So-Called Friar Lands, and the Interest Thereon, in the Event of Calamities Arising in Consequence of the Acts of God or of the Public Enemy
Executive Order No. 1083 — January 28, 1986
Subject : Condonation of Accrued Interests on Overdue Land Organization Payments and/or Rentals by Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in All Landed Estates Administered by the Ministry of Agrarian Reform
RENTALS, Maximum
Republic Act No. 4201 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Three of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three as Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Two Hundred Fifty-five, Three Hundred Fifty-Five and Five-Hundred Fifty-Nine
Republic Act No. 3035 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act Further Amending Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three and for Other Purposes
Commonwealth Act No. 103 — October 29, 1936
Subject : An Act to Afford Protection of Labor by Creating a Court of Industrial Relations Empowered to Fix Minimum Wages for Laborers and Maximum Rentals to be Paid by Tenants and to Enforce Compulsory Arbitration Between Employers or Landlords and Employees or Tenants Respectively and By Prescribing Penalties for the Violation of its Orders (Amended)
(As amended by CA 254, 355, 559; R.A. 3035 and R.A. 4201)
REORGANIZATION
Executive Order No. 864 — January 17, 1983
Subject : Declaring the Reorganization of the Judiciary Pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 Creating the Intermediate Appellate Court, The Regional Trial Courts, the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts and Municipal Trial Courts and Abolishing the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, Circuit Criminal Courts, Courts of Agrarian Relations and All City and Municipal Courts and Municipal Circuit Courts; and Approving the Staffing Pattern and Compensation Scheme for the New Courts, etc.
REORGANIZATION OF MINISTRY OF AGRARIAN REFORM
Executive Order No. 129-A — July 26, 1987
Subject : Modifying Executive Order No. 129 Reorganizing and Strengthening the Department of Agrarian Reform and for Other Purposes
Executive Order No. 129 — January 30, 1987
Subject : Reorganizing the Ministry of Agrarian Reform and for Other Purposes
RESIDENTIAL LANDS, Titling of
Batas Pambansa Blg. 223 — April 16, 1982
Subject : An Act to Hasten Titling of Residential Lands of the Public Domain by Authorizing the Grant of Free Patent Under Certain Conditions and Providing for Expeditious Cadastral and Other Judicial Proceeding with Respect Thereto and for Other Purposes
RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES
Republic Act No. 730 — June 18, 1952
Subject : An Act to Permit the Sale Without Public Auction of Public Lands of the Republic of the Philippines for Residential Purposes to Qualified Applicants Under Certain Conditions
REVENUE CODE of 1977, National Internal
Republic Act No. 7161 — October 10, 1991
Subject : An Act Incorporating Certain Sections of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1977, as Amended, to Presidential Decree No. 705, as Amended, Otherwise Known as “The Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines”, and Providing Amendments Thereto by Increasing the Forest Charges on Timber and Other Forest Products
REVENUE CODE, National Internal
Republic Act No. 1274 — June 14, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Section 7 of Republic Act Numbered 567, Entitled: "An Act to Amend Title VI of Commonwealth Act Numbered 466, Otherwise Known as the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended"
REWARD SYSTEM
Executive Order No. 971 — July 17, 1984
Subject : Establishing a Reward System for Information Leading to the Discovery and Seizure of Copra and or Other Coconut Products Attempted to be Brought Out or Exported from the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Country in Accordance with the Provisions of the Presidential Decree No. 1464, as Amended
RICE AND CORN LANDS SUBJECT TO P.D. No. 27
Executive Order No. 228 — July 17, 1987
Subject : Declaring Full Land Ownership to Qualified Farmer Beneficiaries Covered by Presidential Decree No. 27; Determining the Value of Remaining Unvalued Rice and Corn Lands Subject to P.D. No. 27; and Providing for the Manner of Payment by the Farmer Beneficiary and Mode of Compensation to the Landowner
RICE AND CORN PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION
Subject : Creating the Land Settlement and Development Corporation and Dissolving the National Land Settlement Administration, the Rice and Corn Production Administration and the Machinery and Equipment Department of the National Development Company
RICE SHARE TENANCY ACT
Republic Act No. 34 — September 30, 1946
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Sections of Act Numbered 4054, As Amended, Otherwise Known as "The Rice Share Tenancy Act"
(Superseded by R.A. No. 1199)
Act No. 4054 — February 27, 1933
Subject : The Rice Share Tenancy Act
(Amended by C.A. No. 178, R.A. No. 34; Repealed by R.A. 1199, Section 59)
RIGHTS, FRANCHISES OR PRIVILEGES, NATIONALIZATION OF
Republic Act No. 6084 — August 4, 1969
Subject : An Act Amending Further Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight, as Amended, so as to Declare the Common-Law Relationship Between an Alien and a Filipino Citizen a Prima Facie Evidence of Violation of the Provisions of Section Two-A of said Act
Republic Act No. 134 — June 14, 1947
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections One, Two and Two-A of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight, Entitled: “An Act to Punish Acts of Evasion of the Laws on the Nationalization of Certain Rights, Franchises or Privileges, as Amended, and to Insert Between Sections Three and Four Thereof a New Sections to be Known as Section Three-A
Commonwealth Act No. 421 — May 31, 1939
Subject : An Act Amending Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight, Entitled: “An Act to Punish Acts of Evasion of the Laws on the Nationalization of Certain Rights, Franchises or Privileges
Commonwealth Act No. 108 — October 30, 1936
Subject : An Act to Punish Acts of Evasion of the Laws on the Nationalization of Certain Rights, Franchises or Privileges
(Amended by R.A. 134, 6084; C.A. 421, P.D. No. 715)
RIVERS OR LAKES, Sale of Lands Bordering on Shores or Banks of Navigable
Republic Act No. 293 — June 16, 1948
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Sale of Marshy Lands or Lands Under Water Bordering on Shores or Banks of Navigable Lakes or Rivers
S
SALE OF FRIAR LANDS
Commonwealth Act No. 316 — June 09, 1938
Subject : Amendment to CA No. 32
Commonwealth Act No. 32 — September 15, 1936
Subject : An Act Providing for the Subdivision and Sale of All the Portions of the Friar Lands Estates Remaining Undisposed of (Amended
Act No. 2379 — February 28, 1914
Subject : An Act Amending Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty, as Amended by Acts Numbered Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Seven and Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Three, Limiting the Sale of Lands Commonly Known as Friar Lands, to Sixteen Hectares in the Case of Each Individual and One Thousand and Twenty-Four Hectares in the Case of Each Corporation
Act No. 1120 — April 26, 1904
Subject : An Act Providing for the Administration and Temporary Leasing and Sale of Certain Haciendas and Parcels of Land Commonly Known as Friar Lands, for the Purchase of Which the Government of the Philippine Islands has Recently Contracted, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections 63, 64 and 65 of the Congress of the United States, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,” Approved on the First Day of July, Nine Hundred and Two
(As amended by Act 1287, 1933, 2125, 2379, 2509, 2642, 2804, 2945, 3024 and 3323)
SALE OF LAND OF THE PRIVATE DOMAIN
Act No. 3038 — March 09, 1922
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to Sell or Lease Land of the Private Domain of the Government of the Philippine Island
SALE OF PRIVATE LAND
Act No. 3038 — March 09, 1922
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to Sell or Lease Land of the Private Domain of the Government of the Philippine Island
SALE OF PROPERTY, Regulation of
Act No. 3135 — March 06, 1924
Subject : An Act to Regulate the Sale of Property Under Special Powers Inserted in or Annexed to Real Estate Mortgage (Amended)
SALE WITHOUT PUBLIC AUCTION
Republic Act No. 730 — June 18, 1952
Subject : An Act to Permit the Sale Without Public Auction of Public Lands of the Republic of the Philippines for Residential Purposes to Qualified Applicants Under Certain Conditions
SAWMILLS, Operation of
Republic Act No. 460 — June 08, 1950
Subject : An Act Regulating the Operation of Sawmills, Requiring Operators of Sawmills to Obtain From the Director of Forestry Permits for the Operation of Such Sawmills, and Providing Penalties for the Violations Thereof
SEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Republic Act No. 1240 — June 07, 1955
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section 107 of Commonwealth Act Numbered 141, by Providing that When the Power to Sign Patents or Certificates for Land Granted Under Said Act is Delegated by the President to the Secretary and Undersecretary of Agriculture & Nature Resources, Such Patents or Certificates Shall Bear the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Instead of the Great Seal of the Republic of the Philippines
SEAL OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, Use of
Republic Act No. 113 — June 07, 1947
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Register of Deeds to Use the Seal of the Office, Instead of That of the Court of First Instance in Certificates of Title and Other Papers Which Require a Seal and Which are Issued by His Office
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Authority of the
Act No. 3038 — March 09, 1922
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to Sell or Lease Land of the Private Domain of the Government of the Philippine Island
SELLING OF PUBLIC LANDS
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling, and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to Enable Persons to Perfect for the Issuance of Patents Without Compensation to Certain Native Settlers Upon the Public Lands Providing for the Establishment of Town Sites and Sales of Lots Therein, and Providing for a Hearing and Decision of the Court of Land Registration of All Applications for the Completion and Confirmation of all Imperfect and Incomplete Spanish Concessions and Grants in Said Islands, as Authorized by Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, Entitled: "An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands and for Other Purposes"
SETTLEMENT OF LAND TITLES
Act No. 3465 — December 07, 1928
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection (a) of Section Eighteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled: “An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles,” as Amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Twenty-Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Three Thousand and Eighty-One and Thirty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven Authorizing Provinces and Municipalities or Municipal Districts to Pay Their Share of the Cost of Registration Proceedings and Cadastral Surveys in Equal Installments Within a Period of Five Years, Without Interest
Act No. 2259 — February 11, 1913
Subject : An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles
[Amended by Acts 2558, 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), 3080, 3081, 3337, 3465, and R.A. 696 ]
SHARE TENANCY
Batas Pambansa Blg. 869 — April 18, 1985
Subject : An Act Prohibiting the Establishment of Share Tenancy or Agricultural Leasehold Relation in Lands Acquired Under the Agrarian Reform Program of the Government, Providing Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 2263 — June 19, 1959
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered 1199, Otherwise Known as the Agricultural Tenancy Act of the Philippines
Republic Act No. 1199 — August 30, 1954
Subject : An Act to Govern the Relations Between Landholders and Tenants of Agricultural Lands (Leasehold and Share Tenancy)
(Amended by R.A. No. 2263)
SHARE TENANCY ACT, Rice (Repealed)
Republic Act No. 34 — September 30, 1946
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Sections of Act Numbered 4054, As Amended, Otherwise Known as “The Rice Share Tenancy Act”
(Superseded by R.A. No. 1199)
Act No. 4054 — February 27, 1933
Subject : The Rice Share Tenancy Act
(Amended by C.A. No. 178, R.A. No. 34; Repealed by R.A. 1199, Section 59)
SMALL FARMERS
Republic Act No. 2049 — June 23, 1957
Subject : Amending the First Paragraph of Section One of Republic Act Numbered Eight-Hundred Twenty-One
Republic Act No. 1285 — June 15, 1955
Subject : An Act to Amend Sections Five, Nine, Twelve, Fourteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen and Thirty-One of Republic Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Twenty-One
Republic Act No. 821 — August 14, 1952
Subject : An Act to Establish an Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing System to Assist Small Farmers in Securing Liberal Credit and to Promote the Effective Groupings of Farmers Into Cooperative Associations to Enable Them to Market Efficiently Their Agricultural Commodities, and to Place Agriculture on a Basis of Economic Equality With Other Industries, and For Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 1285 and R.A. No. 2049)
SMALL FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE LOAN FUND
Republic Act No. 583 — September 18, 1950
Subject : An Act to Constitute a Small Farmers' Cooperative Loan Fund For the Purpose of Providing Credit Facilities to Small Farmers and Farm Tenants
(Superseded by R.A. No. 821 and R.A. No. 3844)
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INDUSTRIALIZATION, Promotion of
Republic Act No. 7881 — February 20, 1995
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 6657, Entitled An Act Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program to Promote Social Justice and Industrialization, Providing the Mechanism for Its Implementation and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 6657 — June 10, 1988
Subject : An Act Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program to Promote Social Justice and Industrialization, Providing the Mechanism for Its Implementation and for Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 7881 and R.A. No. 8532)
SOCIALIZED HOUSING
Executive Order No. 184 — June 27, 1994
Subject : Creating Socialized Housing One-Stop Processing Centers to Facilitate the Processing and Issuance of Permits, Clearances, Certifications and Licenses Appropriate and Necessary for the Implementation of Socialized Housing Projects, and Directing all Government Agencies Concerned to Support the Operations of the Said Centers
SPANISH CONCESSIONS
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling, and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to Enable Persons to Perfect for the Issuance of Patents Without Compensation to Certain Native Settlers Upon the Public Lands Providing for the Establishment of Town Sites and Sales of Lots Therein, and Providing for a Hearing and Decision of the Court of Land Registration of All Applications for the Completion and Confirmation of all Imperfect and Incomplete Spanish Concessions and Grants in Said Islands, as Authorized by Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands and for Other Purposes
SPECIAL ACCOUNT
Republic Act No. 6390 — September 10, 1971
Subject : An Act Accelerate the Implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program by Creating an Agrarian Reform Special Account in the General Fund, Providing the Necessary Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
Act No. 3465 — December 07, 1928
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection (a) of Section Eighteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled: “An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles,” as Amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Twenty-Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Three Thousand and Eighty-One and Thirty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven Authorizing Provinces and Municipalities or Municipal Districts to Pay Their Share of the Cost of Registration Proceedings and Cadastral Surveys in Equal Installments Within a Period of Five Years, Without Interest
Act No. 2259 — February 11, 1913
Subject : An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles
[Amended by Acts 2558, 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), 3080, 3081, 3337, 3465, and R.A. 696]
SPECIFIC PERSONAL PROPERTIES
Administrative Order No. 231 — August 23, 1991
Subject : Authorizing the Presidential Commission on Good Government to Dispose of Recovered and/or Voluntary Surrendered Specific Personal Properties
STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES
Executive Order No. 352 — July 1, 1996
Subject : Designation of Statistical Activities that Will Generate Critical Data for Decision-Making of the Government and the Private Sector
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF DAR
Executive Order No. 290 — September 22, 2000
Subject : Streamlining the Structure and Functions of the Department of Agrarian Reform and for Other Purposes
SUBDIVISION OF FRIAR LANDS
Commonwealth Act No. 316 — June 09, 1938
Subject : Amendment to CA No. 32
Commonwealth Act No. 32 — September 15, 1936
Subject : An Act Providing for the Subdivision and Sale of All the Portions of the Friar Lands Estates Remaining Undisposed of (Amended)
SUBDIVISION SURVEYS
Republic Act No. 1096 — June 15, 1954
Subject : An Act Further Amending Section Fifty-Eight of Act Numbered Four Hundred Ninety-Six, Known as the "Land Registration Act", to Facilitate Dealings in Lands Sold by the Government Finding Approval of the Subdivision Surveys
SUGARCANE LANDS
Act No. 4113 — December 07, 1933
Subject : An Act to Prescribe Certain Provisions Concerning Tenancy Contracts on Land Planted to Sugarcane their Bona Fide Occupants Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
(Amended by C.A. 271)
SUITS AGAINST THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT (Conditions)
Act No. 3083 — June 16, 1923
Subject : An Act Defining the Conditions Under Which the Government of the Philippine Islands May be Sued
SURVEY COSTS
Republic Act No. 1395 — September 08, 1955
Subject : An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds in the Amount of Ten Million Pesos, Under the Provisions of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand, to Finance Cadastral Surveys Throughout the Philippines, and Authorizing the Director of Lands to Take Measures to Insure Collection of the Survey Costs and Other Charges
SUSPENSION OF PAYMENT
Subject : An Act Amending Section Fourteen of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty, by Providing for the Suspension of Payment of Rentals or Installments on the Purchase Price of the So-Called Friar Lands, and the Interest Thereon, in the Event of Calamities Arising in Consequence of the Acts of God or of the Public Enemy
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Executive Order No. 263 — July 19, 1995
Subject : Adopting Community-Based Forest Management as the National Strategy to Ensure the Sustainable Development of the Country’s Forestlands Resources and Providing Mechanisms for its Implementation
T
TASK FORCE
Executive Order No. 661 — March 12, 1981
Subject : Creating a Task Force on the Accelerated Bliss Development of the Tondo Foreshore
TAXES IMPOSED ON PUBLIC LANDS
Republic Act No. 436 — June 07, 1950
Subject : An Act to Tax All Public Lands Held by Private Individuals or by Corporations, or Other Associations, Whether in the Nature of Homesteads, Concessions or Contracts, as to Ordinary Taxes, Thereby Amending Section One Hundred and Fifteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One
TAXES, Real Estate
Republic Act No. 456 — June 08, 1950
Subject : An Act to Prohibit the Registration of Certain Documents Affecting Real Property Which is Delinquent in the Payment of Real Estate Taxes
TEMPORARY LEASING OF FRIAR LANDS
Act No. 1120 — April 26, 1904
Subject : An Act Providing for the Administration and Temporary Leasing and Sale of Certain Haciendas and Parcels of Land Commonly known as Friar Lands, for the Purchase of Which the Government of the Philippine Islands has Recently Contracted, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections 63, 64 and 65 of the Congress of the United States, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,” Approved on the First Day of July, Nine Hundred and Two
TENANCY ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES, Agricultural
Republic Act No. 2348 — June 20, 1959
Subject : An Act to Authorize the Reconveyance of Lands Donated to the National Government Under Commonwealth Act Numbered Forty-One, to Provide for the Disposition Thereof, and for Other Purposes
Republic Act No. 2263 — June 19, 1959
Subject : An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered 1199, Otherwise Known as the Agricultural Tenancy Act of the Philippines
(Superseded by R.A. No. 3844)
Republic Act No. 1199 — August 30, 1954
Subject : An Act to Govern the Relations Between Landholders and Tenants of Agricultural Lands (Leasehold and Share Tenancy)
(Amended by R.A. No. 2263)
TENANCY CONTRACTS
Act No. 4113 — December 07, 1933
Subject : An Act to Prescribe Certain Provisions Concerning Tenancy Contracts on Land Planted to Sugarcane their Bona Fide Occupants Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
TENANCY, Abolition of
Republic Act No. 3844 — August 08, 1963
Subject : An Act to Ordain the Agricultural Land Reform Code and to Institute Land Reforms in the Philippines, Including the Abolition of Tenancy and the Channeling of Capital Into Industry, Provide for the Necessary Implementing Agencies, Appropriate Funds Thereof and for Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 4886 and R.A. No. 7907)
TENANT AND LANDOWNER, Relations Between
Republic Act No. 44 — October 03, 1946
Subject : An Act to Revise Commonwealth Act Numbered 461 Entitled, "An Act to Regulate the Relations Between Landowner and Tenant and to Provide for Compulsory Arbitration of Any Controversy Arising Between Them," As Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered 608
(Repealed by R.A. No. 1199)
TENANTS
Republic Act No. 1199 — August 30, 1954
Subject : An Act to Govern the Relations Between Landholders and Tenants of Agricultural Lands (Leasehold and Share Tenancy)
(Amended by R.A. No. 2263)
TENANTS, Acceptance of the Testimony of
Commonwealth Act No. 53 — October 17, 1936
Subject : Acceptance of the Testimony of a Lessee or Tenants (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 1199)
TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
Executive Order No. 971 — July 17, 1984
Subject : Establishing a Reward System for Information Leading to the Discovery and Seizure of Copra and or Other Coconut Products Attempted to be Brought Out or Exported from the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Country in Accordance with the Provisions of the Presidential Decree No. 1464, as Amended
TESTIMONY, Acceptance of Lessee’s or Tenant’s
Commonwealth Act No. 53 — October 17, 1936
Subject : Acceptance of the Testimony of a Lessee or Tenants (Superseded)
(Superseded by R.A. No. 1199)
TIME LIMIT (Judicial Confirmation of Title)
Republic Act No. 107 — June 02, 1947
Subject : An Act Setting a New Time Limit Within Which Imperfect or Incomplete Titles Covering Lands of the Public Domain May be Judicially Confirmed, Amending for this Purpose Sections 45 and 47 of the Public Land Act, as Amended By Commonwealth Act Numbered 292
TITLE, Reconstitution of Lost or Destroyed
Republic Act No. 6732 — June 17, 1989
Subject : An Act Allowing Administrative Reconstitution of Original Copies of Certificates of Titles Lost or Destroyed Due to Fire, Flood and Other Force Majeure, Amending for the Purpose Section One Hundred Ten of Presidential Decree Numbered Fifteen Twenty-Nine and Section 5 of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Six
Republic Act No. 26 — September 25, 1946
Subject : An Act Providing a Special Procedure for the Reconstitution of Torrens Certificate of Title Lost or Destroyed
Presidential Decree No. 1529 — June 11, 1978
Subject : Amending and Codifying the Laws Relative to Registration of Property and for Other Purposes
TITLES, Registration of
Act No. 496 — November 06, 1902
Subject : An Act to Provide for the Adjudication and Registration of Titles to Lands in the Philippines Islands
TITLES, Settlement and Adjudication of Land
Act No. 3465 — December 07, 1928
Subject : An Act to Amend Subsection (a) of Section Eighteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled: “An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles,” as Amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Twenty-Five Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Three Thousand and Eighty-One and Thirty-Three Hundred and Thirty-Seven Authorizing Provinces and Municipalities or Municipal Districts to Pay Their Share of the Cost of Registration Proceedings and Cadastral Surveys in Equal Installments Within a Period of Five Years, Without Interest
Act No. 2259 — February 11, 1913
Subject : An Act Providing Certain Special Proceedings for the Settlement and Adjudication of Land Titles
[Amended by Acts 2558, 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), 3080, 3081, 3337, 3465, and R.A. 696]
TITLING OF RESIDENTIAL LANDS
Batas Pambansa Blg. 223 — April 16, 1982
Subject : An Act to Hasten Titling of Residential Lands of the Public Domain by Authorizing the Grant of Free Patent Under Certain Conditions and Providing for Expeditious Cadastral and Other Judicial Proceeding with Respect Thereto and for Other Purposes
TONDO FORESHORE
Executive Order No. 661 — March 12, 1981
Subject : Creating a Task Force on the Accelerated Bliss Development of the Tondo Foreshore
TOWNSITES
Act No. 926 — October 07, 1903
Subject : An Act Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing the Homesteading, Selling, and Leasing of Portions of the Public Domain of the Philippine Islands, Prescribing Terms and Conditions to Enable Persons to Perfect for the Issuance of Patents Without Compensation to Certain Native Settlers Upon the Public Lands Providing for the Establishment of Town Sites and Sales of Lots Therein, and Providing for a Hearing and Decision of the Court of Land Registration of All Applications for the Completion and Confirmation of all Imperfect and Incomplete Spanish Concessions and Grants in Said Islands, as Authorized by Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Act of Congress of July 1, 1902, Entitled: “An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands and for Other Purposes
TRANSFER OF LANDS
Batas Pambansa Blg. 870 — April 18, 1985
Subject : 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
TRUST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Executive Order No. 151 — September 27, 1999
Subject : Establishing the Farmers Trust Development Program and Providing Institutional Reforms and Fund Mechanisms for Mobilizing Long Term Private Sector Capital for Rural Development
U
UNDER WATER
Republic Act No. 293 — June 16, 1948
Subject : An Act Authorizing the Sale of Marshy Lands or Lands Under Water Bordering on Shores or Banks of Navigable Lakes or Rivers
UNLAWFUL ACTS
Republic Act No. 947 — June 20, 1953
Subject : An Act Making It Unlawful For Any Person, Corporation or Association to Forcibly Enter or Occupy Public Agricultural Lands and Penalizing Violations Thereof
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Comprehensive and Continuing
Republic Act No. 7279 — March 24, 1992
Subject : An Act to Provide for a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and Continuing Urban Development and Housing Program, Establish the Mechanism for its Implementation, and For Other Purposes
URBAN LAND REFORM ZONES
Executive Order No. 570 — November 29, 1979
Subject : Creating a Task Force to Undertake Land Assembly and Official Development Registry Activities in Declared Bagong Lipunan Sites and Urban Land Reform Zones
V
VOLUNTARY OFFER TO SELL
Administrative Order No. 127 — May 26, 1989
Subject : Creating a Fact-Finding Committee with Plenary Powers to Investigate and Determine all the Facts and Circumstances Regarding the Voluntary Offer to Sell the Garchitorena Land in Camarines Sur and the Proceedings Relative Thereto Under the Agrarian Reform Program
W
WAGE LAW, Minimum
Republic Act No. 602 — April 06, 1951
Subject : An Act to Establish a Minimum Wage Law and for Other Purposes
(Amended by R.A. No. 1267)
WAGES, Minimum
Republic Act No. 4201 — June 19, 1965
Subject : An Act to Amend Section Three of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three as Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Two Hundred Fifty-five, Three Hundred Fifty-Five and Five-Hundred Fifty-Nine
Republic Act No. 3035 — June 17, 1961
Subject : An Act Further Amending Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Three and for Other Purposes
Commonwealth Act No. 103 — October 29, 1936
Subject : An Act to Afford Protection of Labor by Creating a Court of Industrial Relations Empowered to Fix Minimum Wages for Laborers and Maximum Rentals to be Paid by Tenants and to Enforce Compulsory Arbitration Between Employers or Landlords and Employees or Tenants Respectively and By Prescribing Penalties for the Violation of its Orders (Amended)
(As amended by CA 254, 355, 559; R.A. 3035 and R.A. 4201)
WATER OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, Regulating the Disposition of
Act No. 4062 — March 01, 1933
Subject : Regulating the Disposition of Water of the Public Domain for the Utilization and Development of Hydraulic Power
WELL-BEING OF TENANTS
Commonwealth Act No. 178 — November 13, 1936
Subject : An Act Amending Sections Seven, Fifteen Twenty-Three and Twenty-Nine of Act Numbered Four Thousand and Fifty-Four, Entitled "An Act to Promote the Well-Being of Tenants (Aparceros) in Agricultural Lands Devoted to the Production of Rice and to Regulate the Relations Between Them and the Landlords of Said Lands, and for Other Purpose