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)
Year:
1990
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
March 28, 1990
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This Act grants a period until December 31, 2000, for individuals to file applications for free patents and judicial confirmation of imperfect titles to alienable and disposable lands of the public domain. It amends certain provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 141 to facilitate the process for natural-born citizens who have occupied and cultivated public lands.Full Text
Eighth Congress
REPUBLIC ACT No. 6940 March 28, 1990
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)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Paragraph 1, Section 44, Chapter VII of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. Section 45, Chapter VII of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, is hereby, further amended to read as follows:
Section 3. Section 47, Chapter VIII of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
Section 4. Any law or executive order or part thereof contrary to or inconsistent with this Act is hereby deemed repealed accordingly.
Section 5. If any provision of this Act or the applicability of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act and the applicability of such provision to the persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Section 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved: March 28, 1990
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