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    Be It Enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of The Philippine Congress Assembled

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    The document outlines provisions for issuing free patents to residential lands, including qualifications for applicants, coverage of lands eligible, and a process for application within 120 days which is reviewed by the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office and Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office. It establishes rules for implementation and repeals any conflicting laws.

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    Be It Enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of The Philippine Congress Assembled

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    The document outlines provisions for issuing free patents to residential lands, including qualifications for applicants, coverage of lands eligible, and a process for application within 120 days which is reviewed by the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office and Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office. It establishes rules for implementation and repeals any conflicting laws.

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    The document outlines provisions for issuing free patents to residential lands, including qualifications for applicants, coverage of lands eligible, and a process for application within 120 days which is reviewed by the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office and Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office. It establishes rules for implementation and repeals any conflicting laws.

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    Section 3.

     Application. - The application on the land applied for shall be


    supported by a map based on an actual survey conducted by a licensed
    geodetic engineer and approved by the Department of Environment and
    Natural Resources (DENR) and a technical description of the land
    applied for together with supporting affidavit of two (2) disinterested
    Fourteenth Congress persons who are residing in the barangay of the city or municipality where
    Third Regular Session the land is located, attesting to the truth of the facts contained in the
    application to the effect that the applicant thereof has, either by himself or
    through his predecessor-in-interest, actually resided on and continuously
    possessed and occupied, under a bona fide claim of acquisition of
    ownership, the land applied for at least ten (10) years and has complied
    Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of with the requirements prescribed in Section 1 hereof.
    July, two thousand nine.
    Section 4. Special Patents. - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
    REPUBLIC ACT No. 10023 contrary and subject to private rights, if any, public land actually occupied
    and used for public schools, municipal halls, public plazas or parks and
    other government institutions for public use or purpose may be issued
    AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF FREE PATENTS TO
    special patents under the name of the national agency or LGU
    RESIDENTAL LANDS
    concerned: Provided, That all lands titled under this section shall not be
    disposed of unless sanctioned by Congress if owned by the national
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the agency or sanctioned by the sanggunian concerned through an approved
    Philippine Congress Assembled: ordinance if owned by the LGU.

    Section 1. Qualifications. - Any Filipino citizen who is an actual occupant Section 5. Removal of Restrictions. - The restrictions regarding
    of a residential land may apply for a Free Patent Title under this Act: encumbrances, conveyances, transfers or dispositions imposed in
    Provided; That in highly urbanized cities, the land should not exceed two Sections 118, 119,121, 122 and 123 of Chapter XII, Title VI of
    hundred (200) square meters; in other cities, it should not exceed five Commonwealth Act No. 141 as amended, shall not apply to patents
    hundred (500) square meters; in first class and second class issued under this Act.
    municipalities, it should not exceed seven hundred fifty (750) square
    meters; and in all other municipalities, it should not exceed one thousand
    Section 6. Period for Application. - All applications shall be filed
    (1,000) square meters; Provided, further, That the land applied for is not
    immediately after the effectivity of this Act before the Community
    needed for public service and/or public use.
    Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of the DENR. The
    CENRO is mandated to process the application within one hundred and
    Section 2. Coverage. - This Act shall cover all lands that are zoned as twenty (120) days to include compliance with the required notices and
    residential areas, including townsites as defined under the Public Land other legal requirements, and forward this recommendation to the
    Act; Provided, That none of the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 705 Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), who
    shall be violated. shall have five (5) days to approve or disapprove the patent. In case of
    approval, patent shall be issued; in case of conflicting claims among
    Zoned residential areas located inside a delisted military reservation or different claimants, the parties may seek the proper judicial remedies. 1avvphi1

    abandoned military camp, and those of local government units (LGUs) or


    townsites which preceded Republic Act No. 7586 or the National Section 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Director of the
    Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) law, shall also be covered by Land Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural
    this Act. Resources (DENR) shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out
    the provisions of this Act, and shall see to it that such are gender
    responsive.

    Section 8. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive order,


    executive issuance's or letters of instruction, rules and regulations or any
    part thereof inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act are
    hereby deemed repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

    Section 9. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason or reasons, any part
    or parts of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by any
    competent court, other parts of this Act shall be thereby shall continue to
    be in full force and effect.

    Section 10. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen days
    (15) after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general
    education.

    Approved

    (Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE (Sgd.) PROSPERO C.


    President of the Senate NOGRALES
    Speaker of the House of
    Representatives

    This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 5618 and Senate Bill
    No. 3429 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and
    Senate on December 18, 2009.

    (Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES (Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-


    Secretary of Senate YAP
    Secretary General
    House of Representatives

    Approved: March 9, 2010

    (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
    President of the Philippines
    of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, before the effectivity of this
    Act shall be removed and are hereby immediately lifted: Provided, That
    nothing in this Act shall affect the right of redemption under Section 119
    of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, for transactions made in
    good faith prior to the effectivity of this Act.

    Seventeenth Congress Section 5. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or
    unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall
    Third Regular Session remain in full force and effect.

    Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, Section 6. All laws, decrees, orders, rules, regulations, circulars and
    two thousand eighteen. other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are
    hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
    REPUBLIC ACT No. 11231
    Section 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
    An Act Removing the Restrictions Imposed on the Registration, in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
    Acquisition, Encumbrance, Alienation, Transfer and Conveyance of
    Land Covered by Free Patents Under Sections 118, 119 and 121 of Approved,
    Commonwealth Act No. 141, Otherwise Known as "The Public Land
    Act", as Amended GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
    Speaker of the House of Representatives
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    Philippine Congress Assembled: VICENTE C. SOTTO III
    President of the Senate
    Section 1. This Act shall be known as the "Agricultural Free Patent
    Reform Act". This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1454 and House Bill
    No. 8078 was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives
    Section 2. It is the declared policy of the State to remove the restrictions on December 6, 2018 and December 10, 2018, respectively.
    on free patents to allow the efficient and effective utilization of these
    lands in order to contribute to wealth creation, entrepreneurship, and DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
    economic development. Acting Secretary General
    House of Representatives
    Section 3. Agricultural public lands alienated or disposed in favor of
    qualified public land applicants under Section 44 of Commonwealth Act  
    No. 141, as amended, shall not be subject to restrictions imposed under
    Sections 118, 119 and 121 thereof regarding acquisitions, MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
    encumbrances, conveyances, transfers, or dispositions. Agricultural free Secretary of the Senate
    patent shall now be considered as title in fee simple and shall not be
    subject to any restriction on encumbrance or alienation.
    Approved: February 22, 2019
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    Section 4. This Act shall have retroactive effect and any restriction
    (Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
    regarding acquisitions, encumbrances, conveyances, transfers, or
    President of the Philippines
    dispositions imposed on agricultural free patents issued under Section 44

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