Appointment of Register of Deeds for Third, Fourth and Fifth-Class Provinces
Commonwealth Act No. 92, enacted on October 27, 1936, amends the Revised Administrative Code regarding the appointment of Registers of Deeds in the Philippines. It establishes the requirement for a Register of Deeds in the City of Manila and first and second-class provinces, while specifying that the Mountain Province will have two Registers. For third, fourth, and fifth-class provinces lacking a designated Register of Deeds, the provincial fiscal will serve in this capacity ex officio. The Act takes effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Commonwealth Act No. 92
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Commonwealth Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 27, 1936
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 92
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH-CLASS PROVINCES
SECTION 1. Section one hundred and ninety two of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by section twenty-eight of Act Numbered Four thousand and seven, is hereby further amended to read as follows: ACTEHI
"SEC. 192. Office of the register of deeds. — There shall be a register of deeds for the City of Manila and one for each of the first and second-class provinces, except the Mountain Province where there shall be two: one for the Subprovince of Benguet, including the City of Baguio, and another for the rest of the province. There shall also be one for any of the other provinces, whenever the Secretary of Justice will certify to the advisability of the appointment in the interest of the public service. In the third, fourth and fifth-class provinces for which no register of deeds has been appointed, the provincial fiscal shall be the register of deeds ex officio of the province."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, October 27, 1936.
Cite This Law
Appointment of Register of Deeds for Third, Fourth and Fifth-Class Provinces, Commonwealth Act No. 92, Oct 27, 1936 (Philippines)
Appointment of Register of Deeds for Third, Fourth and Fifth-Class Provinces, Commonwealth Act No. 92 (Phil. 1936)
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