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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2348 - AN ACT TO
AUTHORIZE THE RECONVEYANCE OF LANDS DONATED TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
UNDER COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE
DISPOSITION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
Section 1.
The Director of Lands is hereby authorized to donate
back to the respective provinces, cities and municipalities which
donated the same, such lands to include government buildings and other
installations thereon under Commonwealth Act Numbered Forty-one,
entitled "An Act authorizing the provincial, municipal and city
governments to appropriate funds to purchase real or personal property
and to donate the same to the National Government for the use of the
Philippine Army," which may be declared by the President of the
Philippines as no longer needed for military purposes.cralaw
Sec. 2. The respective provincial and municipal
boards or councils are authorized to dispose of the same by sale to
persons qualified to acquire agricultural public lands under the
provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and forty-one,
commonly known as the Public Land Act, for such price as they may
determine, considering the current market value thereof: Provided,
however, That if the acquisition thereof was by eminent domain, first
priority shall be given to former owners, their heirs or legal
representatives at the same cost when acquired from them, and
thereafter the bona fide occupants of such lands, and war veterans, in
the order named: Provided, further, That should government buildings
and other installations still fit for use and occupation, be still
standing on such lands, the respective provinces, cities or
municipalities, at their discretion, may retain ownership of the
buildings and other installations and so much of the premises as would
be necessary for the use and occupation for governmental purposes, or
convey by sale at a fair market price the land acquired by voluntary
transaction and such buildings and other installations with the land to
the persons hereinbefore named in this section: And provided, finally,
That in cases where the lands used as cadre site were gratuitously
donated by the owner or owners to the municipal, provincial or city
governments which in turn donated same to the National Government, said
lands shall be reconveyed to the respective owner or owners by
gratuitous donation.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 20, 1959 |
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