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AN ACT REMOVING RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER AND OTHER CONVEYANCES OF TITLES ACQUIRED THROUGH FREE PATENT, AMENDING COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 141, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC LAND ACT, AND OTHER PERTINENT LAWS, AND OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
September 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02729 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REMOVING RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER AND OTHER CONVEYANCES OF TITLES ACQUIRED THROUGH FREE PATENT, AMENDING COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 141, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC LAND ACT, AND OTHER PERTINENT LAWS, AND OTHER PURPOSES |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to update the obsolete provisions of the Public Land Act and facilitate the mass titling of public alienable and disposable lands in the Philippines. Among others, it provides for a) the reduction of the period of cultivation and occupation from 30 years to 10 years; b) the issuance of free patents without payment of oustanding taxes; c) extends free patents to residential, commercial and industrial lands. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SOLIS, JOSE G. |
| DATE FILED : 2004-09-01 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 2004-09-07 |
Abstract
The bill seeks to update the obsolete provisions of the Public Land Act and facilitate the mass titling of public alienable and disposable lands in the Philippines. Among others, it provides for a) the reduction of the period of cultivation and occupation from 30 years to 10 years; b) the issuance of free patents without payment of oustanding taxes; c) extends free patents to residential, commercial and industrial lands.'
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