Amendments to Act No. 496 (The Land Registration Act)
Act No. 3300, approved on December 2, 1926, amends specific sections of the Land Registration Act (Act No. 496) in the Philippines. It requires that all voluntary instruments presented for registration include the full name, residence, civil status, and age of both the vendor and the vendee, along with their spouses' names if applicable. It also mandates that any changes in residence be noted by the register of deeds and allows for notices related to registered land to be served via mail to the provided addresses. Additionally, the act stipulates that a register of deeds must maintain an entry book for documenting the reception of all deeds and instruments, which must be registered within fifteen days of filing, or else the entry becomes void. Lastly, it ensures that all relevant records remain accessible to the public, subject to reasonable regulations.
December 2, 1926
ACT NO. 3300
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FIFTY-FOUR AND FIFTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT, PROVIDING THAT THE CIVIL STATUS OF THE VENDOR OR ASSIGNOR SHALL APPEAR ON VOLUNTARY INSTRUMENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section fifty-four of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled the Land Registration Act, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 54. Every deed or other voluntary instrument presented for registration shall contain or have indorsed upon it the full name, place of residence, and post-office address of the vendor or assignor as well as of the vendee or assignee, the civil status of each, whether single, widowed, or married, and in the latter case the full name of the husband or wife, and also whether the purchaser or assignee is of age or not. Any change in the residence or post-office address of such person shall be indorsed by the register of deeds on the original instrument, on receiving a sworn statement of such change. All names and addresses shall also be entered upon all certificates. Notices and process in relation to registered land in pursuance of this Act may be served upon any person in interest by mailing the same to the address so given, and shall be binding whether such person resides within or without the Philippine Islands, but the court may, in its discretion, require further or other notice to be given in any case, if in its opinion the interests of justice so require."
Section fifty-six of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled the Land Registration Act, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 56. Each register of deeds shall keep an entry book in which, upon payment of the filing fee, he shall enter in the order of their reception all deeds and other voluntary instruments, and all copies of writs or other process filed with him relating to registered land. He shall note in such book the year, month, day, hour, and minute of reception of all instruments, in the order in which they are received. They shall be regarded as registered from the time so noted, and the memorandum of each instrument when made on the certificate of title to which it refers shall bear the same date: Provided, however, That no registration, annotation, or memorandum on a certificate of title shall be made unless the fees prescribed therefor by this Act are paid within fifteen days' time after the date of the registration of the deed, instrument, order, or document in the entry book or day book, and in case said fee is not paid within the time above mentioned, such entry shall be null and void: Provided, further, That the Insular Government and the provincial and municipal governments need not pay such fees in advance in order to be entitled to entry or registration.
"Every deed or other instrument, whether voluntary or involuntary, so filed with the register of deeds shall be numbered and indexed, and indorsed with a reference to the proper certificate of title. All records and papers relating to registered land in the office of the register of deeds shall be open to the public, subject to such reasonable regulations as may be prescribed by the Chief of the General Land Registration Office, with the approval of the Secretary of Justice.
"Deeds and voluntary instruments shall be presented with their respective copies and shall be attested and sealed by the register of deeds, and indorsed with the file number, and such attested copies shall be returned to the person presenting the same.
"Certified copies of all instruments filed and registered may be obtained at any time, upon payment of the proper fees."
All acts and provisions of law inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, December 2, 1926.