Technical Services for All Landowners Who File Their Compensation Claims for Land Transfer

May 21, 1983

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1326

 

WHEREAS, the implementation of land transfer under Presidential Decree No. 27 has now reached the stage of land valuation and landowner's compensation;

WHEREAS, as a pre-condition to land compensation, landowners are required to comply with several documentary requirements which entail expenses;

WHEREAS, most of these requirements need action from various government agencies;

WHEREAS, the objectives of Presidential Decree No. 27 may be negated if compliance with these requirements is not facilitated;

WHEREAS, the Government is cognizant of the need to accelerate payment of landholdings covered by Presidential Decree No. 27;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and direct all government offices concerned to render technical services to all landowners who file their respective compensation claims for their lands transferred to agrarian reform beneficiaries, and to assist in the preparation, documentation and completion of all land transfer requirements, free of charge.

DONE in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 21st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Three.