Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Qualifications of Registers of Deeds
Republic Act No. 4217, enacted on June 19, 1965, amends the qualifications for the position of Register of Deeds as outlined in the Revised Administrative Code. The law stipulates that appointees must be admitted to the practice of law in the Philippines and have at least three years of legal practice or five years of relevant government experience in property registration prior to joining the bar. However, temporary appointees are exempt from these requirements. Additionally, current officeholders lacking these qualifications may continue to serve until their term ends according to existing laws. The act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on May 23, 1966.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 4217
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 19, 1965
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4217
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETY-TWO (c) OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, RELATIVE TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF REGISTERS OF DEEDS
SECTION 1. Section one hundred ninety-two (c) of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, otherwise known as the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 192 (c). Qualifications of registers of deeds. — No person shall be appointed to the Office of Register of Deeds unless he has been admitted to the practice of law in the Philippines and shall have actually engaged in such practice for at least three years or has been employed for a like period following his membership in the Philippine Bar or for at least five years immediately preceding such membership, in some branch of the Government the functions of which include the registration of property. This qualification shall, however, not be required in the case of officers designated temporarily to perform the duties of registers of deeds." casia
SECTION 2. This Act shall be without prejudice to the rights of the present incumbents who may lack the qualifications herein provided for to continue in office until their services shall be terminated in accordance with law.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 19, 1965
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 62, No. 21, p. 3546 on May 23, 1966
Cite This Law
Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Qualifications of Registers of Deeds, Republic Act No. 4217, Jun 19, 1965 (Philippines)
Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Qualifications of Registers of Deeds, Republic Act No. 4217 (Phil. 1965)
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