Section 1
SECTION 1. Declaration of a Total of One Hundred Twenty (120) Hectares of the Tala Estate as Alienable and Disposable and their Conversion into Housing Sites. — Of the eight hundred eight (808) hectares of the Tala Estate located in Kalookan City which were reserved under Presidential Proclamation No. 843 for Tala Leprosarium and settlement site for hansenites and their families; a pilot housing development project; a civic center; welfare projects; and for other housing and urban development purposes, the following areas are hereby declared and/or converted as follows: Seventy (70) hectares of the one hundred thirty (130) hectares reserved for the leprosarium and settlement site of the hansenites and their families under Proclamation No. 843 are hereby declared alienable and disposable for use as a housing site for the bona fide residents, hansenites and their immediate families and for qualified employees of the Department of Health: Provided, That if the said beneficiary is an employee of the Department of Health, the said employee must have been assigned in the Tala Leprosarium and must have been a resident thereat for at least five (5) years: Provided, further, That the residential lot awarded to the beneficiaries under this Act shall not be transferred, conveyed or assigned to any other person for a period of twenty-five (25) years, except to legal heirs by way of succession; and The fifty (50) hectares reserved for the plants, installations and pilot housing project of the National Housing Corporation, as provided in the same proclamation, are hereby declared as alienable and disposable: Provided, That twenty-nine (29) hectares of the said fifty (50) hectares shall be converted into a housing site exclusively for the bona fide and qualified residents of the area.