Article 129Labor and Agrarian Laws and Social Legislation, p. 129

LABOR LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION SPECIAL LAWS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

registration of lands of whatever description and nature

had in relation to cadastral proceedings undertaken by

the National Government, either alone through its offices,

agencies and instrumentalities, or in conjunction with

provincial and municipal governments.

Section 135. Apportionment of Cost of Survey - One-half

of the cost of survey and monumenting and registration

proceedings shall be fully assessed and collected against

each and all of the lots included in cadastral proceedings

and shall be apportioned in accordance with the area

thereof, but in no case shall less than ten pesos be

charged against each lot, the other half being chargeable

to the National Government. The amounts taxed against

each of the lots or parcels of land shall be considered as a

special

assessment

of

taxes

against

the

respective

parcels, shall constitute a first lien upon the land and shall

be

collected

by

the

Director

of

Lands

or

his duly

authorized representatives in equal installments within a

period of three years, bearing interest at the rate of six per

centum per annum. The first installment shall become

due and payable at the same time as the general land

taxes for the year next succeeding the year in which the

assessment of the cost shall be received by the Provincial

Treasurer, and shall be collected in the same manner as

such general taxes. Each succeeding installment shall

become due and payable at the same time as the general

land taxes for the corresponding current year and shall be

collected in the same manner. The Director of Lands shall

for this purpose send to the officer in charge of such

collection a copy of said assessment of costs: Provided,

however, That the amounts representing the proportional

shares of the costs taxed against lots surveyed at the

request and expense of their owner and for which a plan

other than the cadastral plan has been made by a duly

authorized surveyor prior to the decision in the cadastral

proceeding, or which have been registered in accordance

with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred

ninety-six,

entitled

"The

Land

Registration

Act",

or

surveyed, patented, or leased under the Public Land and

Mining

Laws,

prior to the decision in the cadastral

proceeding, or have been declared to the public lands by

the Court, shall not constitute a lien against said lot nor

shall be collected from the owner thereof: Provided,

further, That the owner of any lot may, if he so desires, pay

any installment of the costs taxed against his lot at any

time before the same becomes due.

Section 136. Payment of Costs of Land in Its Entirety in

Case of Transfer of Land - In case of the sale, transfer, or

conveyance,

for

a

pecuniary

consideration,

of

any

property, or part thereof, registered by virtue of a decree

issued in a cadastral proceeding, prior to the payment of

the total amount of the costs taxed against such property

in accordance with the preceding Section endorsed as an

encumbrance or lien upon each cadastral certificate of

title, the vendor or his legal representative shall pay such

costs in their entirety in case the order apportioning the

costs has already been issued in the cadastral proceeding

in which the property being sold, transferred, or conveyed

is included, and the register of deeds concerned shall

demand of the vendor, before registering the deed for

such sale, transfer, or conveyance of said property, that he

exhibit a receipt signed by the Director of Lands or his

duly

authorized

representative

showing

that

such

encumbrance or lien has been paid.

Section 137. Costs of Registration Proceedings - The costs

of the registration proceedings under the provisions of

this Code shall consist of a sum equivalent to ten per

centum of the costs of the survey and monumenting of

the land. The amount of the costs of the proceeding so

taxed shall be for all services rendered by the Land

Registration Commission and the clerk or his deputies in

each

cadastral

proceeding,

and

the

expense

of

publication, mailing, and posting notice, as well as the

notices of the decision and the order apportioning the

cost shall be borne by the Land Registration Commission.

Section 138. Laws Covering Survey and Registration of

Land

in Forces - Unless otherwise provided in this

Chapter, all provisions of law covering the survey and

registration of land shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 139. Revolving Fund - All amounts collected by

the Bureau of Lands or its duly authorized representatives

from

the

owners

of

the

various

lots

as

costs

of

proceedings, survey, and monumenting in relation to the

cadastral survey program herein described shall be paid

into a Special Cadastral Program Revolving Fund to

finance the cadastral land survey and registration of

other unregistered lands.

Section 140. Appropriation - To finance and support the

expanded cadastral land survey and registration program

set forth herein, the amount of one hundred million

pesos is hereby appropriated out of funds in the National

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which amount shall

be paid into a "Special Cadastral Program Revolving

Fund",

to

finance

the

cadastral

land

survey

and

registration of other unregistered areas.

CHAPTER IX COURTS OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS

Section 141. Creation - Courts of Agrarian Relations are

hereby

organized

and

established

throughout

the

Philippines in conformity with the provisions of this

Chapter.

Section 142. Regional Districts - Regional districts for the

Courts

of

Agrarian

Relations

in

the

Philippines

are

constituted as follows:

The first Regional District shall consist of the provinces of

Cagayan, Batanes, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya, with seat in

Tuguegarao, Cagayan for Branch I and in Ilagan, Isabela

for Branch II;

The second Regional District, of the provinces of Ilocos

Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Mountain Province, La Union and

the City of Baguio, with seat in Laoag, Ilocos Norte for

Branch I and in San Fernando, La Union for Branch II;

The third Regional District of the provinces of Pangasinan

and Zambales, and the City of Dagupan, with seat in

Lingayen, Pangasinan for Branch I, in Tayug, Pangasinan

for Branch II and in Iba, Zambales for Branch III;

The fourth Regional District, of the provinces of Nueva

Ecija and Tarlac, and Cabanatuan City, with seat in

Cabanatuan City for Branch I, in Guimba, Nueva Ecija for

Branch II, in Tarlac, Tarlac for Branch III and in Moncada,

Tarlac for Branch IV;

The fifth Regional District, of the provinces of Pampanga,

Bataan and Bulacan, with seat in Malolos, Bulacan for

Branch I, in San Fernando, Pampanga for Branch II, in

Angeles, Pampanga for Branch III and in Balanga, Bataan

for Branch IV;

The sixth Regional District, of the City of Manila, Quezon

City, Pasay City, the province of Rizal, the City of Cavite,

the province of Cavite, the City of Tagaytay, Trece Martires

City, and the province of Palawan, with seat in Manila for

Branch I (Executive Judge), in Cavite City for Branch II and

in Pasig, Rizal for Branch III; The seventh Regional District,

of the province of Laguna, the City of San Pablo, the

province of Batangas, the City of Lipa, and the provinces

of Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro, with seat in

Los Baños, Laguna for Branch I, in Batangas, Batangas for

Branch II and in Mamburao, Mindoro Occidental for

Branch III;

The eight Regional District, of the province of Quezon, the

subprovince of Aurora, the City of Lucena, and the

province of Camarines Norte, with seat in the City of

Lucena for Branch I and in Daet, Camarines Norte for

Branch II;

The ninth Regional District, of the province of Camarines

Sur, Naga City, Legaspi City and the provinces of Albay,

Catanduanes, Sorsogon and Masbate, with seat in Naga

City for Branch I, in Legaspi City for Branch II and in

Sorsogon, Sorsogon for Branch III;

The tenth Regional District, of the province of Capiz,

Roxas City, the provinces of Aklan, Romblon, Marinduque

and Iloilo, the City of Iloilo, and the province of Antique,

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