An Act to Provide that Certain Claims to Parcels of Land that have been Declared Public Land may be Filed in the Proper Court within the Period of One Year, under Certain Conditions
Act No. 3059, enacted on September 16, 1923, allows individuals who missed the deadline to file claims for parcels of land declared as public land to petition for a reopening of judicial proceedings within one year. This provision applies specifically to lands that have not been alienated by the government and were involved in cadastral proceedings within the ten years preceding the Act's approval. Upon the President's approval, the Governor-General will announce the Act's effectiveness. The Act aims to provide a remedy for claimants affected by procedural lapses in land claims.
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- What is An Act to Provide that Certain Claims to Parcels of Land that have been Declared Public Land may be Filed in the Proper Court within the Period of One Year, under Certain Conditions about?
- Act No. 3059, enacted on September 16, 1923, allows individuals who missed the deadline to file claims for parcels of land declared as public land to petition for a reopening of judicial proceedings within one year. This provision applies specifically to lands that have not been alienated by the government and were involved in cadastral proceedings within the ten years preceding the Act's approval. Upon the President's approval, the Governor-General will announce the Act's effectiveness. The Act aims to provide a remedy for claimants affected by procedural lapses in land claims.
- What type of law is Act No. 3059?
- An Act to Provide that Certain Claims to Parcels of Land that have been Declared Public Land may be Filed in the Proper Court within the Period of One Year, under Certain Conditions (Act No. 3059) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act to Provide that Certain Claims to Parcels of Land that have been Declared Public Land may be Filed in the Proper Court within the Period of One Year, under Certain Conditions enacted?
- An Act to Provide that Certain Claims to Parcels of Land that have been Declared Public Land may be Filed in the Proper Court within the Period of One Year, under Certain Conditions (Act No. 3059) was enacted on Sep 16, 1923.
- What is the citation for An Act to Provide that Certain Claims to Parcels of Land that have been Declared Public Land may be Filed in the Proper Court within the Period of One Year, under Certain Conditions?
- An Act to Provide that Certain Claims to Parcels of Land that have been Declared Public Land may be Filed in the Proper Court within the Period of One Year, under Certain Conditions, Act No. 3059, Sep 16, 1923 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3059
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 16, 1923
ACT NO. 3059
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN CLAIMS TO PARCELS OF LAND THAT HAVE BEEN DECLARED PUBLIC LAND MAY BE FILED IN THE PROPER COURT WITHIN THE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
SECTION 1. All persons claiming property rights to parcels of land that have been the object of cadastral proceedings, who have for any reason been unable to file their claim in the proper court during the time limit established by law, in case such parcels of land, on account of their failure to file such claim, have been, or are about to be, declared land of the public domain, by virtue of judicial proceedings instituted within the ten years last preceding the approval of this Act, are hereby granted the right to petition for a reopening of the judicial proceedings under the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-two hundred and fifty-nine, as amended, only with respect to such of said parcels of land as have not been alienated or otherwise disposed of by the Government, within one year after the date on which this Act shall take effect, and the competent Court of First Instance, upon receiving such petition, shall order said judicial proceedings reopened as if no action had been taken on such parcels. aAHDIc
SECTION 2. Upon the express or implicit approval of this Act by the President of the United States, as provided in the Act of Congress approved on August twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act to declare the purpose of the people of the United States as to the future political status of the people of the Philippine Islands, and to provide a more autonomous government for those Islands", the Governor-General shall so announce forthwith, by means of a proclamation, and this Act shall take effect on the date of such proclamation. 1
Effective, September 16, 1923.
Footnotes
1. Declared in force by Proclamation No. 57 (1923).
Cite This Law
An Act to Provide that Certain Claims to Parcels of Land that have been Declared Public Land may be Filed in the Proper Court within the Period of One Year, under Certain Conditions, Act No. 3059, Sep 16, 1923 (Philippines)
An Act to Provide that Certain Claims to Parcels of Land that have been Declared Public Land may be Filed in the Proper Court within the Period of One Year, under Certain Conditions, Act No. 3059 (Phil. 1923)
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