RA 8371 Section 1

Short Title.

Section 1

SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as "The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997."

Other provisions in RA 8371

Section 2: Declaration of State Policies.
Section 3: Definition of Terms.
Section 4: Concept of Ancestral Lands/Domains.
Section 5: Indigenous Concept of Ownership.
Section 6: Composition of Ancestral Lands/Domains.
Section 7: Rights to Ancestral Domains.
Section 8: Rights to Ancestral Lands.
Section 9: Responsibilities of ICCs/IPs to their Ancestral Domains.
Section 10: Unauthorized and Unlawful Intrusion.
Section 11: Recognition of Ancestral Domain Rights.

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CitationRA 8371 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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