Validity of Existing TCTs and Reconstituted Certificates of Title Covering the Banilad Friar Lands Estate in Cebu City
Republic Act No. 9443, enacted on May 9, 2007, affirms the validity of existing Transfer Certificates of Title and Reconstituted Certificates of Title for the Banilad Friar Lands Estate in Cebu, despite lacking certain signatures and approvals. This law recognizes the registered owners as absolute owners, providing them with a title that is binding and conclusive against all parties, including the government, unless fraud is proven. In cases of fraudulent titles, the solicitor general may initiate judicial proceedings for cancellation. The Act also repeals any conflicting laws and takes effect 15 days after publication.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 9443
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
May 9, 2007
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9443
AN ACT CONFIRMING AND DECLARING, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, THE VALIDITY OF EXISTING TRANSFER CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND RECONSTITUTED CERTIFICATES OF TITLE COVERING THE BANILAD FRIAR LANDS ESTATE, SITUATED IN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CEBU
SECTION 1. All existing Transfer Certificates of Title and Reconstituted Certificates of Title duly issued by the Register of Deeds of Cebu Province and/or Cebu City covering any portion of the Banilad Friar Lands Estate, notwithstanding the lack of signatures and/or approval of the then Secretary of the Interior (later Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources) and/or the then Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands (later Director of Public Lands) in the copies of the duly executed Sale Certificates and Assignments of Sales Certificates, as the case may be, now on file with the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO), Cebu City, are hereby confirmed and declared as valid titles and the registered owners recognized as absolute owners thereof. aDSHIC
This confirmation and declaration of validity shall in all respects be entitled to like effect and credit as a decree of registration, binding the land and quieting the title thereto and shall be conclusive upon and against all persons, including the national government and all branches thereof; except when, in a given case involving a certificate of title or a reconstituted certificate of title, there is clear evidence that such certificate of title or reconstituted certificate of title was obtained through fraud, in which case the solicitor general or his duly designated representative shall institute the necessary judicial proceeding to cancel the certificate of title or reconstituted certificate of title as the case may be, obtained through such fraud.
SECTION 2. All laws, decrees, proclamations or issuances contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved: May 9, 2007
Cite This Law
Validity of Existing TCTs and Reconstituted Certificates of Title Covering the Banilad Friar Lands Estate in Cebu City, Republic Act No. 9443, May 9, 2007 (Philippines)
Validity of Existing TCTs and Reconstituted Certificates of Title Covering the Banilad Friar Lands Estate in Cebu City, Republic Act No. 9443 (Phil. 2007)
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