Extending The Period Of Filing Applications For Administrative Legalization (Free Patent) And Judicial Confirmation Of Imperfect And Incomplete Titles To Alienable And Disposable Lands In T

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Summary of Presidential Decree No. 1073

Extension of Period for Filing Applications for Administrative Legalization and Judicial Confirmation of Titles
- Extends the period for filing applications for free patent and judicial confirmation of imperfect and incomplete titles to alienable and disposable lands in the public domain under Chapters VII and VIII of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, for eleven (11) years commencing January 1, 1977. (Section 1, Section 2)
- The time fixed for filing applications in the entire Archipelago shall not extend beyond December 31, 1987, except in certain provinces where the President shall determine or fix the time beyond which the filing shall not extend. (Section 1)
- The extension applies only where the area applied for does not exceed 144 hectares. (Section 2)

Judicial Confirmation of Incomplete Titles Based on Unperfected Spanish Grants
- Judicial confirmation of incomplete titles to public land based on unperfected Spanish grants, such as applications for purchase, composition, or other forms of grant under Spanish laws and royal decrees, shall no longer be allowed. (Section 3)
- However, this does not prohibit a person claiming the same land from acting under Sections 48(b) and 48(c) if they meet the conditions prescribed for judicial confirmation of their incomplete title thereunder. (Section 3)

Amendments to Sections 48(b) and 48(c) of the Public Land Act
- Sections 48(b) and 48(c) shall apply only to alienable and disposable lands of the public domain which have been in open, continuous, exclusive, and notorious possession and occupation by the applicant or their predecessor-in-interest, under a bonafide claim of acquisition of ownership, since June 12, 1945. (Section 4)

Repealing Clause and Effectivity
- Any law or executive order or part thereof contrary to or inconsistent with this Decree is hereby amended or repealed accordingly. (Section 5)
- This Decree shall take effect upon its promulgation. (Section 6)