An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended
Act No. 1678, enacted on August 8, 1907, amends the procedure for notifying the public about applications for land registration in the Philippines. It mandates that notices be published twice in the Official Gazette in both English and Spanish, replacing previous requirements for newspaper publications. The notice must include details about the application and the date for interested parties to appear in court to contest the application. This act emphasizes the importance of public notification in land registration processes and took effect on October 1, 1907.
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- What is An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended about?
- Act No. 1678, enacted on August 8, 1907, amends the procedure for notifying the public about applications for land registration in the Philippines. It mandates that notices be published twice in the Official Gazette in both English and Spanish, replacing previous requirements for newspaper publications. The notice must include details about the application and the date for interested parties to appear in court to contest the application. This act emphasizes the importance of public notification in land registration processes and took effect on October 1, 1907.
- What type of law is Act No. 1678?
- An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended (Act No. 1678) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended enacted?
- An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended (Act No. 1678) was enacted on Aug 8, 1907.
- What is the citation for An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended?
- An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended, Act No. 1678, Aug 8, 1907 (Philippines)
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August 8, 1907
ACT NO. 1678
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF CERTAIN NOTICES OF THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION AND AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AS AMENDED
Section thirty-one of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, as amended by section six of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and forty-eight, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 31. Upon receipt of the application, certificate, and accompanying papers from the register of deeds, the clerk shall cause notice of the filing of the application to be published twice, in successive issues of the Official Gazette, in both the English and the Spanish languages. The notice shall be issued by order of the court, attested by the clerk, and shall be in form substantially as follows:
"REGISTRATION OF TITLE.
"Province (or city) of ___________________
"COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION.
"To __________________________________________ (here insert the names of all persons appearing to have an interest and the adjoining owners so far as known), and to all whom it may concern:
"Whereas an application has been presented to said court by _________________________________ (name or names, and addresses in full) to register and confirm his (or their) title in the following-described lands (insert description), you are hereby cited to appear at the Court of Land Registration, to be held at ___________, in said Province (or city) of ___________, on the _______________ day of _____________, A.D. nineteen hundred and ____________, at __________ o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any you have, why the prayer of said application shall not be granted. And unless you appear at such court, at the time and place aforesaid, your default will be recorded and the said application will be taken as confessed, and you will be forever barred from contesting said application of any decree entered thereon.
"Witness: ____________________, judge of said court, this ___________ day of __________, in the year nineteen hundred and _______.
"Attest:
[Seal]
_________________________
SECTION 2. The publication in the Official Gazette of the notice provided for in section one of this Act shall be in lieu of the publication thereof in the newspapers as heretofore provided, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. HSAcaE
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on October first, nineteen hundred and seven.
ENACTED, August 8, 1907.
Cite This Law
An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended, Act No. 1678, Aug 8, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended, Act No. 1678 (Phil. 1907)
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