REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM Tunay na Pagbabago sa Repormang Agraryo
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. ___
SERIES OF 2018. SUBJ SU BJEC ECT: T:
2018 OMNI 2018 OMNIBU BUS S SU SUMM MMAR ARY Y RULE RULES S FOR FOR CANC CANCEL ELLA LATI TION ON CASES OF EMANCIPATION PATENTS, CERTIFICATES OF LAND OWNERSHIP AWARDS AND OTHER TITLES ISSUED UNDER ANY AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM.
PREFATORY STATEMENT
An integral component of the thrusts and priorities of President Rodrigo Roa utert uterte e is e!id e!iden entt in his his inst instruc ructi tions ons to all the depar departme tments nts and agencies of the "o!ernment. #he President mandates the reduction of all the re$uir re$uirem emen ents ts and and the proce process ssing ing time time for all all the the appli applicat cation ions s for depa depart rtme ment nt appr appro! o!al al or agen agenc% c% acti action on.. #he #he prio priori rit% t% for for acti action on is to streamline all legal processes in the AR. One area &hich urgentl% re$uires an o!erhaul o!erhaul of the process process is the cancellati cancellation on of Emancip Emancipation ation Patents Patents 'EPs( 'EPs()) *erti *ertific ficate ates s of +and +and O&ne O&nersh rship ip A&ard A&ard '*+OA '*+OAs( s( and and other other title titles s issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program. Repu,lic Act 'R.A.( -o. /) as amended ,% R.A. -o. 00) as &ell as Eecuti!e Order 'E.O.( -o. 22) Presidential ecree 'P..( -o. 2) E.O. -o. 228) R.A. -o. 3844) as amended ,% R.A. -o. 38) and other agrarian la&s pres prescr cri, i,e e the the ma mann nner er of ac$u ac$uis isit itio ion) n) re5d re5dis istr tri, i,ut utio ion) n) and and a&ar a&ard d of agricult agricultural ural lands lands to $ualifie $ualified d farmer5,e farmer5,enefi neficiar ciaries ies &ith correspon correspondin ding g rights and o,ligations. #he a&ards of land to $ualified ,eneficiaries are e!id e!idenc enced ed ,% EPs) EPs) *+OAs *+OAs and and other other title titles s issue issued d under under an% Agrar Agrarian ian Reform Program. Section of R.A. -o. 00 pro!ides that the EPs) *+OAs) and other titles issued ued an% an% Agra Agrari rian an Refo Reform rm Prog rogram ram shall all ,e indefeas feasi, i,lle and and imprescripti,le after one '1( %ear from its registration &ith the Office of the Registr% of eeds) su,6ect to the conditions) limitations and $ualifications of this Act) the propert% registration decree) and other pertinent la&s. #he emancipa emancipation tion patents or the certific certificates ates of land o&nership o&nership a&ard a&ard ,eing ,eing titles ,rought under the operation of the #orrens s%stem) are conferred &ith the same indefeasi,ilit% and securit% afforded to all titles under the said s%stem) as pro!ided for ,% P.. -o. 1/2) as amended ,% R.A. -o. 32. All cases cases in!ol!i in!ol!ing ng the cancell cancellation ation of register registered ed emancip emancipation ation patents patents)) certificates of land o&nership a&ard) and other titles issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program are &ithin the eclusi!e and original 6urisdiction of the Secretar% of the AR.
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AR Administrati!e Order 'A.O.( -o. ) Series of 2011 and AR A.O. -o. ) Series of 2014 as amended ,% AR A.O. -o. 4) Series of 201/ pro!ide for the rules and regulations for the in!oluntar% cancellation of EPs) *+OAs and other titles issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program. AR A.O. -o. 8) Series of 1/ as amended ,% AR A.O. -o. 1) Series of 201 pro!ide for the rules and regulations for the !oluntar% cancellation of EPs) *+OAs and other titles issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program. Finall%) AR A.O. -o. ) Series of 2014 pro!ides for the procedure for the cancellation cancellation of EPs) *+OAs and other titles issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program for the purpose of correcting erroneous technical descriptions. Indispensa,le to the cancellation of EPs) *+OAs and other titles issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program is the case ,uild5up process in the office of the Pro!incial Agrarian Reform Ad6udicator 'PARA( and the case e!aluation and preparation of the draft resolutions ,% the Office of the Assistant Secretar% for +egal Affairs 'A+AO() and the 7ureau of Agrarian +egal Assistance '7A+A(. In the case ,uild5up process) PARAs ma% issue interlocutor% orders to re$uire the petitioner to su,mit all documentar% re$uirements ,efore the cancellation case folder is for&arded to the AR *entral Office. #he A+AO and and the the 7A+A 7A+A ma ma% % lie lie&i &ise se issu issue e inte interl rloc ocut utor or% % orde orders rs for for the the same same purpose. #his arrangement of issuing o!erlapping o!erlapping interlocutor% orders from !arious offices dela%s the resolution of cancellation cases. On the the othe otherr hand hand)) canc cancel ella lati tion on peti petiti tion ons s &hic &hich h are are alre alread ad% % ,ein ,eing g !oluntaril% &ithdra&n ,% the parties are still su,6ect to the case ,uild5up process in the PARA) the 7A+A and the A+AO and are still ele!ated to the Office of the Secretar% for proper disposition due to Section 24 of R.A. -o. /) /) as amend amended ed.. #his #his arrang arrangem emen entt of ele!at ele!atin ing g to the Office Office of the Secretar% petitions &hich could ha!e alread% ,een dismissed at an earlier instance) contri,utes to the clogging of the docets. *urrent procedures in the cancellation of an EP) *+OA or an% other title issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program unnecessaril% afford a losing part% in an Agrarian +a& Implementation 'A+I( case another opportunit% to challenge the !er% outcome of the A+I case during the filing of the petition for cancellation. #his is due to the fact that the losing part% in the A+I case has the second chance to oppose the cancellation of the title ,ased on the !er% same set of arguments and e!idence &hich said part% su,mitted in the decided A+I case. #his results to a repeat of the entire process &hich dela%s the speed% disposition of cancellation cases and contri,utes to the clogging clogging of the docets. #he rules on the cancellation cancellation of EPs) *+OAs and other titles issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program due to the death of the Agrarian Reform 7ene 7enefic ficiar iar% % 'AR7( 'AR7( unnece unnecess ssari aril% l% impos impose e upon upon the the PARA PARA the tas tas of esta,lishing the $ualification of heirs of the AR7. #he PARA is gi!en the tas tas of iden identif tif%i %ing ng the names names of the person person's( 's( &ho &ho &ill &ill appear appear as the the P"+ 2 # 7
registered o&ner's( of the ne& title upon cancellation due to the death of the AR7. #his is a tas reser!ed for the Register of eeds 'RO( and not AR. #his dela%s the cancellation process. Regarding the cancellation of EPs) *+OAs and other titles issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program for the purpose of correcting erroneous technical descriptions e!en &hen there is no issue regarding the identification or the num,er of the AR7s) or the correctness of the co!erage of the landholding or an% portion thereof) the cancellation of the defecti!e title goes through se!eral la%ers for the case ,uild up process. It starts from the Pro!incial Agrarian Reform Program Officer 'PARPO( &hich prepares the report and recommendations. #hese are su,mitted to the Regional irector 'R( for re!ie&. #he 7ureau of +and and #enure Impro!ement '7+#I( then re!ie&s said report and recommendations a second time after &hich the Assistant Secretar% for Field Operations Office 'AFOO( re!ie&s the report and the reco recomm mmen enda dati tion ons s a thir third d time time.. #he #he fina finall re!i re!ie& e& of the the repo report rt and and recomm recommen endat dation ions s is made made ,% the the 9nde 9nderse rsecre cretar tar% % for Field Field Operat Operation ions s Office Office '9FOO '9FOO(( ,efore ,efore e!er% e!er%th thin ing g is su,mit su,mitted ted to the Office Office of the the AR Secretar% &hich maes the final re!ie& and renders the decision. #his fi!e5la%er process in the correction of entries in the EP) *+OA or other titl title e issu issued ed unde underr an% an% Agra Agrari rian an Refo Reform rm Prog Progra ram m dela dela%s %s the the spee speed% d% disposi disposition tion of cancell cancellatio ation n cases cases and contri,utes contri,utes to the clogging clogging of the docets. SECTION 1. COVERAGE.
#hese Omni,us Rules of Summar% Procedure shall appl% to the cance cancell llati ation on of an EP) EP) *+OA *+OA or other other title title issued issued under under an% an% Agrar Agrarian ian Reform Program arising from an% of the follo&ing: 1.1. An% case that that does does not not ha!e ha!e an% remaining remaining unresol!ed unresol!ed A+I issues. issues. An A+I case &here the ecision has ,ecome final and eecutor%; and is not the su,6ect of an annulment action. 1.2. 1.2. An A+I A+I case case or a *anc *ancel ella lati tion on case case &her &here e the the Peti Petiti tion oner er or all all the the parties &ould lie to &ithdra& the said A+I or *ancellation case. 1.3. A *ancell *ancellation ation case to correct erroneous erroneous technical technical descripti descriptions ons in the EP) *+OA or other title issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program &here the correction of the entries in the title shall not result to an% issue regarding the identification or the num,er of the AR7s) or the correctness of the co!erage of the landholding or an% portion thereof. 1.4. A *ancellati *ancellation on case &ith an appro!ed appro!ed land transfer transfer clearanc clearance e arising from the sale) donation) assignment of rights) succession as &ell as an% an% othe otherr form form of con! con!e% e%an ance ce appr appro! o!ed ed ,% the the AR AR purs pursua uant nt to Section 2 of R.A. -o. /) as amended.
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SECTION 2. PROCESSING OF CASES.
2.1. 2.1.
All case cases s under under Section Section 1 hereo hereoff shall shall ,e commen commenced ced ,% appl applic icati ation on and no longer ,% petition. #he part% re$uesting for the cancellation cancellation of the title shall accomplish *A-*E++A#IO- FOR< -O. 1 attached as Anne A.
2.2. 2.2.
#he #he appl applic icat atio ion n form form for the cance cancell llat atio ion n of the EP) EP) *+OA *+OA or othe otherr title issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program shall ,e accomplished ,% the applicant &ho shall certif% under oath as to the truthfulness of all information supplied and as to the authenticit% of the re$uisite documents to ,e attached) thus: 2.2.1. 2.2.1. For cance cancella llatio tion n actio actions ns ,ased ,ased on a final final and and eecut eecutor% or% A+I ecision: #he *ertificate of Finalit% Finalit% of the A+I ecision as &ell as a *ertified #rue *op% of the Final and Eecutor% ecision to ,e ,oth ,oth issu issued ed ,% the the *our *ourtt or Offi Office ce &hic &hich h rend render ered ed and and promulgated the ecision. 2.2.2. 2.2.2. For cancellati cancellation on actions actions &hich are for dismissal dismissal ,% motion motion of the petitioner's( or ,% the parties: #he
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2.2.. 2.2.. For all cancell cancellation ation actions) actions) an% document documentar% ar% proof that that the regis register tered ed o&ner' o&ner's( s( recei! recei!ed ed a cop% cop% of the the *A-*E *A-*E++A ++A#IO #IOFOR< -O. 1. 2.3. 2.3.
#he #he Appl Applic icat atio ion n for for *anc *ancel ella lati tion on &ith &ith the the re$u re$uis isit ite e docu docume ment nts s attached shall ,e filed &ith the PARPO II of the pro!ince &here the landholding is situated. It is the primar% dut% of the PARPO II to dete determ rmin ine e the the corr correc ectn tnes ess s of the the info inform rmat atio ion n cont contai aine ned d in the the Application Form. #he PARPO II shall not accept the *ancellation Application Form in the follo&ing instances: 2.3.1. 2.3.1. #he #he infor informat mation ion re$uir re$uired ed to ,e pro!i pro!ide ded d in the the Appli Applicat cation ion Form Form is not not supp suppli lied ed or the the appl applic ican ant' t's( s( fail failed ed to sign sign the the Application Application Form. 2.3.2. #he re$uisite documents documents are not attached to the Application. Application.
2.4. .4.
#he PAR PARPO II shall all ass assign a *anc ancellati ation App Applicati ation -um, um,er indicating the time of receipt of the Application Form and shall gi!e the applicant an Acno&ledgement Receipt indicating &hat has ,een su,m su,mit itte ted d and and the the time time of su,m su,mis issi sion on &hic &hich h is desi design gnat ated ed as *A-*E++A#IO- FOR< -O. 2 herein attached as Anne 7.
2./.
For cance cancellat llation ion action actions s ,ased ,ased on a final final and and eecuto eecutor% r% A+I ecis ecision ion)) for cancellation actions for dismissal ,% motion of the petitioner's( or the the partie parties) s) and for cance cancella llatio tion n action actions s &ith &ith an appro! appro!ed ed land land transfer clearance) the PARPO II shall su,mit the Application Form as &ell as the re$uisite documents '*A-*E++A#IO- FOR< -O. 1( together &ith the Acno&ledgement Receipt '*A-*E++A#IO- FOR< -O. 2( to the 9ndersecretar% for +egal Affairs Office '9+AO(. #he PARP PARPO O II shal shalll su,m su,mit it his> his>he herr reco recomm mmen enda dati tion on to the the 9+AO 9+AO accomp accomplis lishin hing g *A-*E+ *A-*E++A# +A#IOIO- FOR< FOR< -O. -O. 3 herei herein n attach attached ed as Anne *.
2..
For cance cancellat llation ion action actions s ,ased ,ased on the the correct correction ion of entries entries in in the title) title) the the PARP PARPO O II shal shalll su,m su,mit it the the Appl Applic icat atio ion n Form Form as &ell &ell as the the re$uisite documents documents '*A-*E++A#IO- FOR< -O. 1( together together &ith the Acno& Acno&le ledg dgeme ement nt Recei Receipt pt '*A-*E '*A-*E++A ++A#IO #IO- FOR< FOR< -O. -O. 2( to the the 9nderse 9ndersecret cretar% ar% for Field Field Operatio Operations ns Office Office '9FOO(. '9FOO(. #he PARPO PARPO II shall su,mit his>her recommendation to the 9FOO accomplishing *A-*E++A#IO- FOR< -O. 3A herein attached as Anne .
2.. 2..
#he #he 9+AO 9+AO 'or the 9FOO 9FOO in case case of erron erroneou eous s techn technic ical al descri descripti ption( on( shall re!ie& all the documents and prepare the Order of *ancellation of #itle #itle designa designated ted as *A-*E++A *A-*E++A#IO#IO- FOR< -O. 4 herein herein attache attached d as Anne E. #he Order of *ancellation once accomplished shall ,e su,mitted to the Office of the AR Secretar% for final appro!al. #he Order Order of *ance *ancell llati ation on shall shall incl include ude the the set set of instr instruct uction ions s to the the concerned PARPO II on the implementation of the cancellation action. P"+ # 7
2.8.
#he dul% dul% appro!ed appro!ed Order of *ancell *ancellatio ation n shall ,e su,mit su,mitted ted to the concerned PARPO II. A cop% of the Order of *ancellation shall ,e furnished to the Agrarian Reform 7eneficiaries ad!ersel% affected ,% the the canc cancel ella lati tion on.. Othe Other& r&is ise) e) the the PARP PARPO O II shal shalll unde undert rta ae e the the *ancellation *ancellation of the EP) *+OA or other title issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program in accordance &ith the instructions in the Order of *ancellation.
2.. 2..
Shoul Should d there there ,e other other relief reliefs s necess necessar% ar% for the the enforce enforcemen mentt of rights rights ,ased on the ne&l% issued EP) *+OA or other title issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program) the concerned part% shall ha!e recourse through the commencement of the proper A+I case; or through the comme ommen ncemen ment of the prop roper 6udi udicial act action ion in the the cour ourt of competent 6urisdiction if the case is cogni?a,le ,% regular courts.
2.10. .10. A pers perso on &hos &hose e rig rights ha!e a!e ,een !iolat olate ed as a res result ult of the *anc *ancel ella lati tion on of the the EP) EP) *+OA *+OA)) or othe otherr titl title e issu issued ed unde underr an% an% Agrarian Reform Program ma% as for a Re!ocation of the Order of *ancellation on the ground that the Order of *ancellation &as issued due to etrinsic fraud) lac of 6urisdiction) 6urisdiction) or lac of due process. #he aggrie!ed part% shall eecute a s&orn affida!it stating the reason's( or ,asis for the re!ocation of the Order of *ancellation. #he person shall immediatel% file the s&orn affida!it to the 9+AO &hich shall e!alu e!aluate ate the the affida affida!i !itt and recomm recommend end action action to the the Office Office of the Secretar%. #he Office of the Secretar% shall issue the order on the grant or denial of the re$uest for re!ocation. SECTION . TRANSITORY PROVISIONS.
3.1. 3.1.
All peti petitio tions ns for *anc *ancell ellati ation on of the EP) EP) *+OA) *+OA) or other other title title issue issued d under an% Agrarian Reform Program ,ased on a final and eecutor% 6udgment in an A+I case pending pending ,efore the PARA shall ,e transferred to the concerned PARPO II for processing in accordance &ith these rules) &ith notice to all the parties.
3.2. 3.2.
All peti petitio tions ns for *anc *ancell ellati ation on of the EP) EP) *+OA) *+OA) or other other title title issue issued d unde underr an% an% Agra Agrari rian an Refo Reform rm Prog Progra ram m &ith &ith an unre unreso sol! l!ed ed A+I A+I compon componen entt pend pendin ing g ,efor ,efore e the PARA PARA shall shall ,e trans transfer ferred red to the the concerned PARO II to process ,ased on the pertinent rules for A+I cases) &ith notice to all the parties.
3.3. 3.3.
All peti petitio tions ns for *anc *ancell ellati ation on of the EP) EP) *+OA) *+OA) or other other title title issue issued d under an% Agrarian Reform Program ,ased on a final and eecutor% 6udgment in an A+I case pending pending ,efore the 7A+A or A+AO shall ,e processed in accordance &ith these rules.
3.4. 3.4.
All peti petitio tions ns for *anc *ancell ellati ation on of the EP) EP) *+OA) *+OA) or other other title title issue issued d unde underr an% an% Agra Agrari rian an Refo Reform rm Prog Progra ram m &ith &ith an unre unreso sol! l!ed ed A+I A+I P"+ ! # 7
compon componen entt pendin pending g ,efor ,efore e the 7A+A 7A+A or A+AO A+AO shall shall ,e proce processe ssed d ,ased on the pertinent rules for A+I cases. SECTION !. REPEALING CLAUSE.
All AR Rules and Procedures on *ancellation of EPs) *+OAs and other titles issued under an% Agrarian Reform Program) including AR A.O. -o. 8) Series of 1/) are here,% modified in accordance &ith this A.O. AR A.O. -o. ) Series of 2011; AR A.O. -o. ) Series of 2014; AR A.O. -o. 1) Series of 201; as &ell as AR A.O. -o. ) Series of 2014) are here,% repealed. All other AR issuances inconsistent &ith this A.O. are here,% accordingl% repealed) modified and>or amended. SECTION ". SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
An% 6udicial pronouncement declaring as unconstitutional an% pro!ision of this A.O shall ha!e no effect on the !alidit% of the other pro!isions not affected there,%. SECTION #. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE.
#his A.O. shall tae effect ten '10( da%s after its pu,lication pu,lication in t&o '2( ne&spapers of general circulation.
Fe,ruar% 14) 2018) iliman) @ue?on *it%.
ATTY. JOHN R. CASTRICIONES Secretary
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