A View of Past and Present Legislation On Land Registration and Other Pertinent Laws
A View of Past and Present Legislation On Land Registration and Other Pertinent Laws
A View of Past and Present Legislation On Land Registration and Other Pertinent Laws
Cadastral Act
Applies to all types of land
(Act No. 2259) Feb. 11, 1913 - Director of Lands, represented by the
Solicitor General, institutes
registration proceedings by filing a
- President required for public
petition in proper court against
interest that title to any lands be
holders, claimants, possessors or
settled and adjudicated, so the
occupants of such land.
Director of Lands conducts a survey
with notice to all persons claiming
interest therein.
- Notice of filing of petition is
published twice in successive issues
of the Official Gazette
PD NO. 892
February 16, 1976 It was issued decreeing the discontinuance of the system of registration under
the Spanish Mortgage Law and the use of Spanish titles as evidence in land
registration proceedings
Section 1 stated that “All holders of Spanish titles or grants should apply for
registration of their lands under Act No. 496, otherwise known as the Land
Registration Act, within six (6) months from the effectivity of this decree.
Thereafter, Spanish titles cannot be used as evidence of land ownership in any
registration proceedings under the Torrens system. Hereafter, all instruments
affecting lands originally registered under the Spanish Mortgage Law may be
recorded under Section 194 of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by
Act No. 3344.”