Presidential Decree No. 1311 (PD 1311) — Amending Presidential Decree No. 1271 Entitled "An Act Nullifying Decrees of Registration and Certificates of Title Covering Lands Within the Baguio Townsite Reservation Issued in Civil Reservation Case No. 1, Glro Record No. 211 Pursuant to Republic Act No. 931, as Amended, but Considering as Valid Certain Titles of Such Lands That Are Alienable and Disposable Under Certain Conditions and for Other Purposes."
WHEREAS, the period fixed under PD No. 1271 within which
manifestations of intention to validate titles to lands within the Baguio
Townsite Reservation shall be filed shall expire on March 22, 1978;
WHEREAS, most landowners affected are still unaware of the
provisions of said Decree for reasons not attributable to them;
WHEREAS, prospective applicants find it difficult to comply
with the requirements imposed by the Decree for validation of titles
thereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in by the constitution, do hereby
order and decree the following:
SECTION 1. Section 1, paragraph b, of Presidential Decree
No. 1271 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"b. Payment by the present title-holder to the Republic of the Philippines of
an amount equivalent to fifteen per centum (15%) of the assessed value of the
land whose title is voided as of revision period 1973 (P.D. 76), the amount
payable as follows: within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Decree, the
holders of the titles affected shall manifest their desire to avail of the
benefits of this provision and shall pay ten per centum (10%) of the above
amount and the balance in two equal installments, the first installment to be
paid within the second year of the effectivity of this Decree and the second
installment within a year thereafter."
SECTION 2. A new paragraph is hereby added to section 1
which shall be denominated paragraph c :
"c. Submission by the applicant, together with his application, of the
following documents:
The owner's copy of the title or documents of transfer of ownership, or
certified xerox copy thereof;
Certified xerox copy of 1973 Tax Declaration; and
Certified xerox copy of the official receipt showing payment of 10% of 15%
of the assessed value of the land."
SECTION 3. Section 3 is also hereby amended by changing the
phrase "within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Decree" to "within
one (1) year from the effectivity of this Decree.
SECTION 4. Section 4 is likewise hereby amended by changing
the phrase "Ninety (90) days after the effectivity of this Decree" to the phrase
"One year after the effectivity of this Decree."
SECTION 5. All laws, decrees, orders, letters of
instructions, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, contrary to or
inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
SECTION 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of March, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive
Assistant
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