RA 8371 Section 5

Indigenous Concept of Ownership.

Section 5

SEC. 5. Indigenous Concept of Ownership. – Indigenous concept of ownership sustains the view that ancestral domains and all resources found therein shall serve as the material bases of their cultural integrity. The indigenous concept of ownership generally holds that ancestral domains are the ICCs/IPs private but community property which belongs to all generations and therefore cannot be sold, disposed or destroyed. It likewise covers sustainable traditional resource rights.

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CitationRA 8371 Section 5 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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