RA 8978 Section 11

Contracts Over Lands within the PA.

Section 11

SEC. 11. Contracts Over Lands within the PA. - The purchase, sale, encumbrance, mortgage, usufruct or lease of lands within the PA to persons outside the PA not otherwise qualified to hold lands therein shall be invalid unless verified and validated by the PAMB: Provided, That verification and validation by the PAMB shall depend on the subsisting rights to enter into such contract due to vested rights, customary practices or individual ownership prior to the establishment of the area as protected area.

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