PROVIDING FOR THE PROPER RECORDING AND KEEPING OF MINING INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 513
• Sections: 5

Preamble

WHEREAS, there is a necessity to insure the orderly

recording and keeping of mining instruments and documents required or

allowed to be registered under Commonwealth Act No. 137, as amended, and

its implementing rules and regulations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,

do hereby order and decree:

Section 1

SECTION 1. The registers of deeds as ex-officio mining

recorders under Commonwealth Act No. 137 shall continue to act as such

mining recorders for the registration of mining instruments or

documents, except original declarations of location, pertaining or

relating to, or affecting mining claims located or mining rights

acquired prior to May 18, 1974 under Commonwealth Act No. 137, as

amended, and the implementing rules and regulation thereof, and shall be

responsible for the safekeeping of such recorded instruments or

documents in their custody and the issuance of certified true copies

thereof, subject to the payment of such fees as may be determined by the

Director of Mines with the approval of the Secretary of Natural

Resources. Such fees shall accrue to the province or city concerned and

shall be allocated for the facilities and service that may be required

to keep and maintain the Office of the Mining Recorder.

Section 2

SEC. 2. Mining instruments and documents required or allowed

to be registered under Presidential Decree No. 483 after May 18, 1974,

shall be recorded with the Mines Regional Officers and such other

persons as may be appointed or designated by the Director of Mines. The

Director shall be responsible for the proper recording of such documents

and instruments and shall issue such forms, rules and regulations to

implement this Decree.

Section 3

SEC. 3. Any provisions of existing law, decree, order or

regulation, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or amended

accordingly.

Section 4

SEC. 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of July, 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