~l?l1lltl;' SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES SIXTEENTH CONGRESS First Regular Session (Ilth" ,,( iii' ,:t>m,tar, ) ) ) '13 AUG 29 P4 :40 SENATE Senate Bill No. 1426 Introduced by SENATOR JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO AN ACT EXTENDING THE PERIOD FOR INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO SECURE TITLE TO THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS UNDER LAND REGIS'tRATION ACT 496 AND GRANTING A NEW FIVE (5)YEAR PERIOI) TO THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (HCIP) TO TAKE APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED TITLES WHICH WERE ILLEGALLY ACQUIRED, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE StcTIONS 12 AND 64 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ACT OF 1997" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. The option to secure a Certificate of Title under Commonwealth Act 141, as amended, or the Land Registration Act 496 as provided for under Section 12 of Republic Act No. 8371 is hereby extended for another twenty (20) years effective upon the expiration of the first period. SECTION 2. The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is hereby granted a new five (5)-year period within which to take appropriate legal action for the cancellation of officially documented titles which were acquired illegally, as provided for under Section 64 of Republic Act No. 8371. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in any newspaper of general circulation. Approved,