Preamble
WHEREAS, there is a need to update the Land Registration Act and to codify the various laws relative to registration of property in order to facilitate effective implementation of said laws; WHEREAS, to strengthen the Torrens system, it is deemed necessary to adopt safeguards to prevent anomalous titling of real property, and to streamline and simplify registration proceedings and the issuance of certificates of title; WHEREAS, the decrees promulgated relative to the registration of certificates of land transfer and emancipation patents issued pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 27 to hasten the implementation of the land reform program of the country form an integral part of the property registration laws; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following: GENERAL PROVISIONS THE LAND REGISTRATION COMMISSION AND ITS REGISTRIES OF DEEDS ORIGINAL REGISTRATION I. ORDINARY REGISTRATION PROCEEDINGS A. APPLICATIONS CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SUBSEQUENT REGISTRATION I. VOLUNTARY DEALINGS WITH REGISTERED LANDS GENERAL PROVISIONS REGISTRATION OF JUDGMENTS; ORDERS; PARTITIONS ASSURANCE FUND REGISTRATION OF PATENTS CERTIFICATE OF LAND TRANSFER, EMANCIPATION PATENT, AFFIDAVIT OF NON-TENANCY PETITIONS AND ACTIONS AFTER ORIGINAL REGISTRATION SCHEDULE OF FEES: SPECIAL FUND FORMS USED IN LAND REGISTRATION AND CONVEYANCING DEALINGS WITH UNREGISTERED LANDS REGISTRATION OF CHATTEL MORTGAGES CONSULTAS FINAL PROVISIONS