PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 907 - AN ACT TO
AMEND Sec. ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED
"AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF LOTS COMPRISED IN THE TONDO FORESHORE
LAND TO LESSEES OF SAID LOTS OR TO BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS THEREOF" |
Section 1.
Section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and fifty-nine, is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: "Section 1.
Notwithstanding the provisions of 'The Public Land Act,' as amended,
and proclamation Numbered One hundred eighty-seven of the President of
the Philippines dated June seventeen, nineteen hundred and fifty, the
Director of Lands, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture
and Natural Resources, is hereby authorized and directed to sell
without delay and without the necessity of public bidding all the lots
and/or parcels of land in the district of Tondo, City of Manila, known
as the 'Tondo Foreshore Land' which extends from the Manila Abattoir to
the site of the Philippine Manufacturing Company and which includes the
community known as 'The Barrio Fugoso' to the lessees of said lots or
to the bona fide occupants thereof at the time of the approval of this
Act if duly qualified to acquire public land, or, in the case of vacant
lots, to persons who are not disqualified to acquire public lands:
Provided, That such lessees, occupants or persons do not own any
residential lot in the cities of Manila, Quezon and Pasay or their
suburbs.
"No person shall be entitled to purchase more than one lot, and any person who purchases a lot in behalf of another who is not disqualified as hereinabove provided to acquire a lot in the 'Tondo Foreshore Land' shall lose his rights and interests in the land and forfeit all amounts paid on account of said land. "The selling price of each lot shall be fixed by a committee composed of the City Assessor, a representative of the Bureau of Lands, and a representative of the 'Tondo Foreshore Land Tenants Association,' but in no case shall such selling price be less than five pesos nor more than ten pesos per square meter." Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 20, 1953 |