An Act Further Amending Section One Hundred Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, 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 Under-Secretary of Agriculture and Natural 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
Year:
1955
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 7, 1955
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This Act amends Section 107 of Commonwealth Act No. 141 regarding the signing of patents or certificates for land. It allows the President to delegate signing authority to the Secretary and Under-Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, with specific provisions for the official seal to be used.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 1240
An Act Further Amending Section One Hundred Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, 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 Under-Secretary of Agriculture and Natural 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
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Section one hundred seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-one, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred seventy-two, is amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 7, 1955.
"Sec. 107. All patents or certificates for land granted under this Act shall be prepared in the Bureau of Lands and shall be issued in the name of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines under the signature of the President of the Philippines: Provided, However, That the President of the Philippines may delegate to the Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources the power to sign patents or certificates covering lands not exceeding one hundred forty-four hectares in area, and to the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources the power to sign patents or certificates covering the lands exceeding one hundred forty-four hectares, in area, in which case 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. Such patents or certificates shall be effective only for the purposes defined in section one hundred and twenty-two of the Land Registration Act, and actual conveyance of the land shall be effected only as provided in said section.
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