[ Act No. 3080, March 16, 1923 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ELEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY- TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "THE CADASTRAL ACT," PROVIDING THAT NOT CONTESTED LOTS BE ADJUDICATED IN A SEPARATE DECISION WHICH SHALL BECOME FINAL THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE RENDITION OF SAME, AND PROVIDING, FURTHER, THAT THE CIVIL STATUS OF THE CLAIMANTS BE STATED IN SUCH DECISION

Be it enacted  by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature  assembled and by the authority of the same:SECTION 1. Section eleven of Act Numbered Twenty-two hundred and  fifty-nine,  entitled "The Cadastral  Act" is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:

  "Provided, however, That in deciding a  cadastral  case, the court shall set aside from the cadastral proceeding all lots that have not been contested and shall award such lots to the claimants in a decision which shall become final thirty days after the rendition of the  same, without prejudice to going on with the proceeding as regards the contested lots. Every  decision shall  set forth  the civil status  of the respective claimant,  the name of the spouse if married, the age if a minor, and  if under disability the nature of such disability."

SEC.  2.  This Act shall take effect on its approval.Approved, March 16, 1923.

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