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Act No. 1680 Section 17

Act No. 1680 Section 17

Section 17

SEC. 17. The Court of Land Registration, in all matters over which it has jurisdiction, may enforce its orders, judgments or decrees of the same manner as orders, judgments, and decrees, are enforced in the Courts of First Instance, including a writ of possession directing the governor or sheriff of any province, or the sheriff of the city of Manila, to place the applicant in possession of the properly covered by a decree of the court in his favor; and upon the request of the judge of the Court of Land Registration, the governor or sheriff of any province, or the sheriff of the city °i Manila, as the case may be, shall assign a deputy to attend the sittings of any province or city; and for the purpose of attending the sessions of the court and enforcing good order in and about the court room, the provincial governor is hereby authored to designate a provincial guard or a member of the municipal police of the town in which the court is held; or if none such is available, to appoint a bailiff at a salary not to exceed twenty-five pesos per month, to be paid from the provincial treasury, for such time as the court may be in session in said province. "The Court of Land Registration. in all matters over which it has jurisdiction, may issue an injunction for the protection of either or any of the parties in interest, in the following cases: "(1) When it appears by the application, by verified petition, or by affidavits that the commission or continuance of some act during the proceedings for registration of title would produce waste or great or irreparable injury to the subject-matter of the registration proceedings. "(2) When it appears during the pendency of the proceedings that either or any of the parties in interest is doing, or is about to do, or is threatening to do or is procuring or suffering to be done, some act in violation or to the prejudice of the rights of another party to the action respecting the subject-matter of the proceedings and tending to render the judgment ineffectual. "Except as herein provided, preliminary and permanent injunctions shall be obtained, enforced, dissolved, or modified in the same manner as such injunctions are obtained, enforced, dissolved, or modified under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure."

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CitationAct No. 1680 Section 17 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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