Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Registration of Title to Private Forest Land
Republic Act No. 152, enacted on June 14, 1947, amends Section 1829 of the Revised Administrative Code concerning the registration of private forest land titles. It mandates that private landowners with timber and other forest products must register their land titles with the Director of Forestry. The Director will provide a list of these owners, including property boundaries, to the Collector of Internal Revenue, which will be updated as needed. Additionally, the provincial fiscal is required to assist in examining land titles for registration. The Act took effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 152
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 14, 1947
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 152
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
SECTION 1. Section eighteen hundred and twenty-nine of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven as amended, otherwise known as the Revised Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 1829. Registration of title to private forest land. — Every private owner of land containing timber, firewood and other minor forest products shall register his title to the same with the Director of Forestry. A list of such owners, with a statement of the boundaries of their property, shall be furnished by said Director of the Collector of Internal Revenue, and the same shall be supplemented from time to time as occasion may require.
Upon application of the Director of Forestry the fiscal of the province in which any such land lies shall render assistance in the examination of the title thereof with a view to its registration in the Bureau of Forestry." cd i
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 14, 1947
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 43, No. 7, p. 2599 in July 1947
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Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Registration of Title to Private Forest Land, Republic Act No. 152, Jun 14, 1947 (Philippines)
Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Registration of Title to Private Forest Land, Republic Act No. 152 (Phil. 1947)
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