Anti-Squatting Law Repeal Act of 1997
Republic Act No. 8368, known as the "Anti-Squatting Law Repeal Act of 1997," repeals Presidential Decree No. 772, which penalized squatting and similar acts. As a result, all pending cases under the repealed decree will be dismissed once the Act takes effect. However, the repeal does not affect the provisions of Republic Act No. 7279 regarding professional squatters and squatting syndicates. The Act will take effect 30 days after its publication in two national newspapers.
October 27, 1997
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8368
AN ACT REPEALING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 772, ENTITLED 'PENALIZING SQUATTING AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTS'
SECTION 1. Title. — This Act shall be known as the "Anti-Squatting Law Repeal Act of 1997."
SECTION 2. Repeal. — Presidential Decree No. 772, entitled "Penalizing Squatting and Other Similar Acts" is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. Effect on Pending Cases. — All pending cases under the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 772 shall be dismissed upon the effectivity of this Act.
Effect on Republic Act No. 7279. — Nothing herein shall be construed to nullify, eliminate or diminish in any way Section 27 of Republic Act No. 7279 or any of its provisions relative to sanctions against professional squatters and squatting syndicates.
SECTION 5. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication in two (2) newspapers of national circulation.
Approved: October 27, 1997
Published in Malaya and Manila Chronicle on November 7, 1997. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 94 No. 5 page 710 on February 2, 1998.