Presidential Decree No. 457 (PD 457) — Authorizing the University of the Philippines at Los Baños to Acquire by Negotiated Sale or by Expropriation Certain Private Properties for the Expansion of Agricultural Research Programs and Appropriating the Necessary Funds Therefor.
WHEREAS, the University of the Philippines at Los Baños
(UPLB) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are in
urgent need of additional lands for the expansion of their agricultural
research programs especially on rice and multiple cropping;
WHEREAS, the present world food crisis which affects the
Philippine economy demands that the University of the Philippines at Los
Baños and the International Rice Research Institute intensify their
research projects to increase food production;
WHEREAS, there are private agricultural lands adjacent to
the research center of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños
and the International Rice Research Institute which are suitable for the
purpose and listed in Schedule "A" of this Decree.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution,
do hereby decree and order the following as part of the law of the land:
SECTION 1. The University of the Philippines at Los Baños
is hereby authorized to acquire by negotiated sale or by expropriation
the private agricultural properties described in Schedule "A" of this
Decree for the expansion of the agricultural research programs of the
University and the International Rice Research Institute.
SEC. 2. The acquisition cost of the properties including
existing permanent trees shall, in case of negotiated sale, be in the
amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred (P12,500.00) Pesos per hectare
while permanent buildings shall be compensated in accordance with the
market value fixed by the Provincial Assessor, the provisions of
Presidential Decree No. 76 notwithstanding, and if by expropriation
proceedings, such cost for the lands and buildings shall be in
accordance with Presidential Decree No. 76. In both cases, for the
dispossession of the bona-fide tenant-tillers from their farmholdings
they shall be compensated in the amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred
(P12,500.00) Pesos per hectare and they shall be given a free homelot of
Five Hundred (500) square meters each to be located in the barrio site
to be set aside by the University of the Philippines at Los Baños. The
other landless occupants in the area shall be given the option to
purchase in the barrio site a homelot of not more than Five Hundred
(500) square meters each at One Peso and Twenty Five Centavos (P1.25)
per square meter.
SEC. 3. In the event of acquisition by expropriation the
University of the Philippines at Los Baños shall take immediate
possession of the properties involved as soon as the requisites of
Presidential Decree No. 42 are complied with.
SEC. 4. The Bureau of Lands shall execute the subdivision
survey of the homelots of the tenant-tillers mentioned in Section 2
hereof on the basis of a subdivision survey to be prepared by the
University of the Philippines at Los Baños. The University shall upon
approval of the subdivision survey, immediately execute the
corresponding deeds of conveyances of the homelots to the tenant-tillers
and shall at its own expense cause the registration thereof in the name
of the tenant-tillers and landless occupants who opted to buy homelots
The Department of Agrarian Reform, the Department of Social Welfare, the
National Cottage Industries Development Authority, the Presidential
Assistant on Housing Resettlement Agency, and the Armed Forces of the
Philippines shall extend full assistance in the relocation and
rehabilitation of the tenant-tillers and the landless occupants who
opted to buy homelots.
SEC. 5. The University of the Philippines at Los Baños shall
be exempt from registration fees for the acquisition of titles to the
properties as well as for the issuance of individual Titles to the
tenant-tillers and landless occupants who opted for homelots. Should
expropriation proceeding in resorted to, the University shall likewise
be exempt from all court fees.
SEC. 6. The landowners are hereby exempted from payment of
capital gains tax and the tenant-tillers from any tax on the
compensation prescribed in this Decree.
SEC. 7. There is hereby appropriated the sum of Eight
Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P8,500,000.00) to carry out the
purposes of this Decree.
SEC. 8. The University of the Philippines at Los Baños shall
promulgate the rules and regulations to implement this Decree.
SEC. 9. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations contrary to
or inconsistent herewith are hereby amended or repealed accordingly.
SEC. 10. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of May in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES TO BE ACQUIRED BY
NEGOTIATED SALE OR BY
EXPROPRIATION FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS
OF THE UPLB-IRRI.
Name of Owner
TCT No.
Lot No.
Area in Sq.m.
Location
1.
LUIS A. YULO
a)
(T-53322)
C-2-A-1-B
49,892
Bay, Laguna
.
T-7787
b)
(T-53323)
C-2-A-1-C
318,777
Bay, Laguna
T-7788
2.
EDMUNDO E. LOPEZ
a)
(T-42480)
B-2-D-3-C
2,500
Bay, Laguna
T-10037
b)
(T-18685)
C-2-B-2
206,667
Bay, Laguna
T-2763
c)
(T-42472)
D-2-C-3
30,729
Los Baños
T-10029
d)
(T-42475)
D-2-C-6
30,729
Los Baños
T-10032
3.
JOSE R. LOPEZ
a)
(T-18684)
C-2-B-1
206,676
Bay, Laguna
T-2762
b)
(T-42481)
B-2-D-3-D
2,500
Bay, Laguna
T-10038
c)
(T-42470)
D-2-C-1
30,729
Los Baños
T-10027
d)
(T-42474)
D-2-C-5
30,730
Los Baños
T-10031
4.
EUGENIA R. LOPEZ
a)
(T-42478)
B-2-D-3-A
2,500
Bay, Laguna
T-10035
b)
(T-42474)
D-2-C-2
30,729
Los Baños
T-10028
c)
(T-42476)
D-2-C-7
30,729
Los Baños
T-10033
d)
(T-25410)
B-2-D-2
10,000
Bay, Laguna
T-12998
e)
(T-18687)
B-2-A
40,002
Bay, Laguna
T-2764
5.
FRANCISCO R. LOPEZ
a)
(T-24279)
D-2-D-3-B
2,500
Bay, Laguna
b)
(T-18686)
C-2-B-3
206,663
Bay, Laguna
c)
(T-42473)
D-2-C-4
30,729
Los Baños
T-10030
d)
(T-42477)
D-2-C-8
30,729
Los Baños
T-10034
6.
LUCIA HERBOSA
LUIS HERBOSA
LUCINA V. VDA DE HERBOSA
(T-50243)
T-23128
B-2-E-1
260,000
Bay, Laguna
7.
MARIANO HERBOSA
(T-69731)
B-2-E-A
130,000
Bay, Laguna
T-26862
8.
ENRIQUE HERBOSA
(T-69733)
B-2-E-3-A
137,929.50
Bay, Laguna
T-26864
9.
ESTANISLAO HERBOSA
(T-69732)
B-2-E-2-B
130,000
Bay, Laguna
T-26863
10.
FRANCISCO HERBOSA
(T-26865)
B-2-E-3-B
137,929.50
Bay, Laguna
11.
MRS. CARIDAD CRUZ-SYQUIA
(T-54033)
D-1
799,998
Bay, Laguna
12.
MRS. YOLANDA BATISTA-YATCO
(T-32452)
C-2-A-2-B
99,775
Bay, Laguna
13.
MRS. TERESITA BATISTA-ESTRELLA
(T-32451)
C-2-A-2-A
99,775
Bay, Laguna
14.
TAGALOG EQUIPMENT AND TRADING CORP
(T-34302)
C-2-A-3
199,551
Bay, Laguna
15.
KASAGANAAN DEV. CORP.
(T-70100)
B-2-B
40,000
Los Baños
16.
FE CRUZ VDA. DE GONZALES
(T-41678)
C-2-A-1-A
30,881
Bay, Laguna
T-18490
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
