An Act to Amend Section 9 of Act No. 1120, as Amended
Act No. 3024, enacted on March 8, 1922, amends Section 9 of Act No. 1120 regarding the sale of "friar lands." It allows individuals to purchase up to 100 hectares of these lands, while corporations may acquire up to 1,024 hectares. The Director of Lands is authorized to take possession of unoccupied lands and can lease them for up to three years or sell them, following specified procedures. Notably, these limitations do not apply to sales made to government entities. The act took effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3024
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 8, 1922
ACT NO. 3024
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINE, INCREASING TO ONE HUNDRED HECTARES THE AREA OF LAND OF THE SO-CALLED "FRIAR LANDS" WHICH MAY BE SOLD TO AN INDIVIDUAL
SECTION 1. Section nine of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and twenty, as amended by Acts Numbered Eighteen hundred and forty-seven, Nineteen hundred and twenty-three, Twenty-three hundred and seventy-nine, and Twenty-five hundred and nine, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 9. In the event the Director of Lands should find any of said lands vacant, he is directed to take possession and charge thereof, and he may either lease such unoccupied lands for a term not exceeding three years, or sell same, as may be solicited, and in making such leases or such sales he shall proceed as provided in section eleven of this Act: Provided, however, That the sale made to an individual shall not exceed one hundred hectares and to a corporation shall not exceed one thousand and twenty-four hectares: And provided, further, That this limitation shall not apply to sales made to a provincial or municipal government or to any other branch, subdivision, or entity of the Government."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, March 8, 1922.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Section 9 of Act No. 1120, as Amended, Act No. 3024, Mar 8, 1922 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section 9 of Act No. 1120, as Amended, Act No. 3024 (Phil. 1922)
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