REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1240 - AN
ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT
NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, BY PROVIDING THAT WHEN THE POWER TO
SIGN PATENTS OR CERTIFICATES FOR LAND GRANTED UNDER SAID ACT IS
DELEGATED BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE SECRETARY AND UNDER-SECRETARY OF
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, SUCH PATENTS OR CERTIFICATES SHALL
BEAR THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL
RESOURCES INSTEAD OF THE GREAT SEAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES |
Section 1.
Section one hundred seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred
forty-one, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred
seventy-two, is amended to read as follows: "Section 107.
All patents or certificates for land granted under this Act shall be
prepared in the Bureau of Lands and shall be issued in the name of the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines under the signature of
the President of the Philippines: Provided, however, That the President
of the Philippines may delegate to the Undersecretary of Agriculture
and Natural Resources the power to sign patents or certificates
covering lands not exceeding one hundred forty-four hectares in area,
and to the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources the power to
sign patents or certificates covering the lands exceeding one hundred
forty-four hectares, in area, in which case such patents or
certificates shall bear the official seal of the Department of
Agriculture and Natural Resources instead of the great seal of the
Republic of the Philippines. Such patents or certificates shall be
effective only for the purposes defined in section one hundred and
twenty-two of the Land Registration Act, and actual conveyance of the
land shall be effected only as provided in said section. Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 7, 1955 |