MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Memorandum Order No. 39, October 19, 2001 ]
DIRECTING THE INSTITUTION OF CADASTRAL REGISTRATION PROCEEDINGS OVER THE UNREGISTERED LANDS OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION LOCATED ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES
WHEREAS, Section 47 of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 provides that, among others, the real properties of the National Power Corporation shall be privatized;
WHEREAS, a great number of the real properties of the National Power Corporation are still unregistered and/or have not been segregated and have no certificates of title;
WHEREAS, under the Property Registration Decree (Presidential Decree No. 1529), as amended, when the public interest requires that title to any unregistered land be settled and adjudicated, the President may direct and order the institution of cadastral registration proceedings over the lands involved.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. Cadastral Survey. – The Lands Management Bureau is hereby directed to immediately conduct a cadastral survey of all unregistered properties of the National Power Corporation (NPC), in accordance with Section 35 of the Property Registration Decree, as amended.1aшphi1
Section 2. Proceedings. – The Office of the Solicitor General shall immediately institute the necessary cadastral proceedings before the proper courts for and on behalf of the NPC and shall secure the appropriate order for the registration of the lands involved therein.
Section 3. Registration. – The Land Registration Authority shall issue the corresponding decrees of registration and certificates of title in favor of the NPC on the lands involved in the foregoing cadastral proceedings, and shall transmit the same immediately for entry in the registration book of the proper Register of Deeds where the lands involved are situated.
Section 4. Effectivity. – This Memorandum Order shall, Jake effect immediately upon approval.
City of Manila, October 19, 2001.
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary
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