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Act No. 2221 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section one hundred and fourteen, as amended, of the Land Registration Act, is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following paragraphs: "Upon the sale and transfer by the Government of the Philippine Islands of the title to those haciendas and parcels of lands commonly known as the friar lands, or any portion thereof, the sales value of which does not exceed five hundred pesos, the fees of the several registers of deeds for making and entering a new certificate of title, including the issue of one duplicate certificate, and for the registration of same, including entering, indexing, filing and attesting thereof; and also making and attesting copy of memorandum on duplicate certificate shall be as follows, and no others shall be lawful: "When the sale value of the property does not exceed one hundred pesos, fifty centavos. "When the sale value of the property exceeds one hundred pesos but does not exceed three hundred pesos, one peso. "When the sale value of the property exceeds three hundred pesos but does not exceed five hundred pesos, two pesos: "Provided, however, That at the time of making and entering any new certificate of title in any and all sales of a certificate-portion or portions of the friar lands, no fees shall be charged or collected by the several registers of deeds for the necessary indorsements on the certificate or certificates of title retained by the Government of the Philippine Islands."

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CitationAct No. 2221 Section 1 (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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