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CA 57 Section 46

Ejectment of occupants of seized property.

Section 46

SEC. 46. Ejectment of occupants of seized property.—After the expiration of ninety days from the date of the publication of the notice of delinquency provided for in the next preceding section, the city treasurer, or his deputy, may issue to the Mayor or to other officers authorized by law to execute and enforce the laws a certificate describing the parcel of real estate on which the taxes have been declared delinquent, stating the amount of taxes due, together with all the penalties and costs accrued by reason of the delinquency, and praying him to eject from said property all the tenants and occupants thereof. Upon receiving such certificate, the Mayor or any other officer authorized to enforce the law, shall forthwith have all the tenants and occupants expelled from the property in question, by the city police, and may use the necessary force for this purpose: Provided, however, That if the property so seized is or includes, a residential home, the occupants thereof shall be given an extension of time not exceeding ten days from the date of the notice of ejectment.

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CitationCA 57 Section 46 (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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