Reiterating LRC Circular No. 176, S. 1968

August 15, 1984

LRC CIRCULAR NO. 053-84

 

Reiterating hereunder is LRC Circular No. 176 dated May 28, 1968, to wit:

"To forestall attempts by unscrupulous persons to falsify decisions and orders for issuance of decrees in land registration and cadastral cases, the attention of all Clerks of Courts is invited to the provisions of the "Manual of Instructions to be Observed by Clerks of Courts of First Instance in Ordinary and Cadastral Land Registration Cases," particularly to the following paragraphs thereof:

Part 1 — In Ordinary Land Registration Cases

35. Copies of decisions, orders, petitions, etc. to be forwarded to the Land Registration Commission. — To forward immediately and without fail to the Commission two legible copies of all decisions, orders, resolutions, actos, minutes, notifications, and other processes after their issuance by the Court, and all answers and petitions and their enclosures as soon as they are filed.

36. Papers to be sent to the Land Registration Commission to be certified, signed and sealed. — All pares and documents called for in the preceding paragraphs shall be certified true copies of their originals, duly signed on every page thereof by the Clerk of Court or his deputy authorized to do so, and sealed with the seal of the Court. In this connection, Clerks of Courts are required to submit to this Commission a list, in triplicate, of their deputies authorized to certify and sign true copies, together with the specimens of their signatures.

40. Marking of papers forwarded to the Land Registration Commission. — To mark the front pages of all papers and documents forwarded to the Land Registration Commission with a rubber stamp bearing the inscription "DUPLICATE FOR LRC RECORD," so that they may be distinguished from the papers coming from private parties.

PART II — In Cadastral Land Registration Cases.

51. Land Registration Commission to be furnished with copies of all documents and processes filed or issued duly certified. — To forward immediately and without fail to the Commission two legible copies of all decisions, orders, resolutions, actos, minutes, notifications, and other processes after their issuance by the Court, and of all petitions and their enclosures as soon as they are filed, which shall be duly certified, signed by the certifying officer on all pages thereof, and sealed with the seal of the Court.

The Clerk of Court shall also stamp on the front pages of all papers and documents forwarded to this Commission a rubber stamp bearing the inscriptions: "DUPLICATE FOR LRC RECORDS."

In connection with paragraphs 36 and 51, Clerks of Courts are hereby directed to submit to this Commission an up-to-date list, in quadruplicate, of their deputies authorized to certify and sign true copies, together with the specimens of their signatures. The list must be certified by the Clerk of Court. In case of changes, a new list must be submitted to this Commission.

All copies of decisions and orders for the issuance of the decree intended for this Commission shall be transmitted by registered mail. Hand carrying by interested parties shall not be allowed.

Strict compliance herewith is enjoined.

SGD. GREGORIO BILOG, JR.

Attention is invited to Paragraph 35 and the last paragraph of the above-quoted circular for strict compliance.

OSCAR R. VICTORIANOActing Commissioner