An Act Restoring to the Court of Land Registration Jurisdiction Over Lands Situated in the Moro Province and in the Province of Palawan, Formerly Known as Paragua, Anything in Act Numbered Twelve Hundred and Twenty-Four to the Contrary Notwithstanding

December 22, 1905

ACT NO. 1428

AN ACT RESTORING TO THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION JURISDICTION OVER LANDS SITUATED IN THE MORO PROVINCE AND IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PARAGUA, ANYTHING IN ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING

SECTION 1. Jurisdiction is hereby restored to the Court of Land Registration to take cognizance of, hear, and determine applications for the registration of titles to lands or buildings, or an interest therein, under the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, entitled "The Land Registration Act," and the amendments thereof, in any case where the lands or buildings are situated in the Moro Province, or in the Province of Palawan, formerly known as Paragua, anything in Act Numbered Twelve hundred and twenty-four to the contrary notwithstanding.

As to the cases which were instituted in the Court of Land Registration relating to lands within the Moro Province, or within the Province of Palawan, formerly known as Paragua, before the passage of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and twenty-four, it shall not be necessary that new proceedings be instituted. The Court of Land Registration is hereby authorized to proceed with such cases to final hearing and judgment in the same manner as though Act Numbered Twelve hundred and twenty-four had not been enacted.

SECTION 2. 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.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, December 22, 1905.