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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 323, March 19, 1972 ]

CONDONING ALL BACK RENTALS, PENALTIES AND SURCHARGES, IF ANY, DUE FROM TENANTS AND OCCUPANTS OF THE C. LERMA AND R. PAPA SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MANILA

WHEREAS, the former alien-owned property “better known as the C. LERMA and R. PAPA SUBDIVISION, (LRC) Psd-98921, Sampaloc District, in the City of Manila, is a national government subdivision under the administration of the Bureau of Building and Real Property Management, Department of General Services;

WHEREAS, the said property was transferred from the Government of the United States to the Republic of the Philippines for a nominal cash consideration, pursuant to the provisions of the Philippine Property Act of 1946 of the United States Congress;

WHEREAS, as a matter of policy in the disposition of the subject property under the provisions of RA No. 477, as amended, the survey and road construction costs shall be added to the appraised value of the land to determine the purchase price of each lot;

WHEREAS, the non-payment of back rentals due from the tenants up to and including April 30, 1968, have accumulated not through their own making but largely due to the delay in the final approval of the subdivision scheme by the proper authorities concerned;

WHEREAS, Section 7, Rule III of Department Order No, 3, series of 1968, of the Department of General Services, expressly provides in part to wit: “However no contract shall be prepared unless back rentals if any, are fully paid;”

WHEREAS, the outstanding rentals including interest have accumulated to such an extent as to be beyond the capacity of the tenants to pay, which will hamper the early execution of the corresponding Deeds of Sale in their favor; and

WHEREAS, for the expeditious execution of the Contract of Sale over the subject residential lots, tenants request the condonation of all back rentals, penalties and surcharges which have become due;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law; and the best interest of the Government so requiring, do hereby order that all unpaid rentals, penalties, surcharges and interest, if any, of the tenants and occupants of said subdivision up to and including April 30, 1968, are hereby condoned and said persons relieved therefrom.£A⩊phi£

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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