Section 25Sec./Art. 25

Public agricultural lands which are not located within ten (10) kilometers from the boundaries of the city proper in chartered cities or within five (5) kilometers from the municipal hall or town occupants plaza of any municipality may be sold to actual occupants who do not own any parcel of land or whose total land holdings do not exceed five hectares and who comply with the minimum requirements of Commonwealth Act numbered one hundred forty-one, as amended, and who have resided on the land applied for at least two years prior to the date of the application.

All bids must be sealed and addressed to the Director of Lands and must have enclosed therewith cash or certified check, treasury warrant, or post-office money order payable to the order of the Director of Lands for ten per centum of the amount of the bid, which amount shall be retained in case the bid is accepted as part payment of the purchase price: Provided, That no bid shall be considered the amount of which is less than the appraised value of the land.

In addition to existing publication requirements in section twenty-four of Commonwealth Act Numbered one hundred forty-one, as amended, notices and of applications shall be posted for a period of not less than thirty days in at least three conspicuous places in the municipality where the parcel of land is located, one of which shall be at the municipal building, and other, in the barrio council building of the barrio where the land is located.