Republic Act No. 1954: An act to amend subsection (b) of section forty-eight of commonwealth act numbered one hundred forty-one, otherwise known as the public land act

Republic Act No. 1954

An act to amend subsection (b) of section forty-eight of commonwealth act numbered one hundred forty-one, otherwise known as the public land act

An Act to Amend Subsection (b) of Section Forty-Eight of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Act

In plain language

Amends subsection (b) of section 48 of Commonwealth Act 141 to revise the possession requirements for confirmation of title.

Subsection (b) of section 48 amended to require at least thirty years of open, continuous, exclusive, and notorious possession, with presumption of meeting all government grant conditions.

Land Reform

Public Land Act

Amendment

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1954

AN ACT GRANTING GRATUITY TO THE WIDOW OR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF THE LATE LEODEGARIO FRANCISCO VICTORINO, DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Section 1

In consideration of the highly meritorious services rendered by the late Leodegario Francisco Victorino, Division Superintendent of Schools at the time of his death on July thirty, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, who died without receiving any benefit from any retirement or pension law, his widow or, in her default, his legitimate children, shall be paid a gratuity in the amount of seven thousand five hundred pesos.

Section 2

The sum of seven thousand five hundred pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purpose of this Act.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 22, 1957

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