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Section 12October 23, 1989, Sec./Art. 12
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(A) Within one (1) year from its organization, the Cordillera Assembly shall create a Cordillera Commission on Customary Laws which shall have the following functions:
(a) Assist the Cordillera Assembly in the codification of indigenous laws on personal, family, tribal and property relations, ancestral lands, land use and land tenure;
(b) Identify, classify, and demarcate ancestral lands owned by specific indigenous communities, families or clans; and
(c) Perform such other functions as may be provided by regional law.
(B) The Cordillera Commission on Customary Laws shall, within five (5) years from its establishment, submit its final report to the Cordillera Assembly which shall enact a law to be known as the Cordillera Code of Customary Laws.
(C) The composition, qualifications, manner of appointment, compensation and term of office of the members of the Commission shall be determined by regional law.
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