FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC
OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
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Sena.te Bill No.
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA
AN ACT
GRANTING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
(NCIP) A NEW TEN (10) YEAR PERIOD WITHIN WHICH TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF OFFICIALLY
DOCUMENTED TITLES WHICH WERE ILLEGALLY ACQUIRED, AS
PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 64 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS "AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE
RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES I INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES, CREATING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE,
ESTABLISHING
IMPLEMENTING
MECHANISMS,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. THE National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is
hereby granted a new ten (10) year period within which to take appropriate legal
action of the cancellation of officially documented titles which were acquired
illegally as provided for under Section 64 of RA Number 8371.
SEC. 2. Effectivity. This act shall take effect upon approval.
Approved,