REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
2/f N. Dela Merced Building, West corner Quezon Avenues
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Administrative Circular No. 1, Series of 2014
THE 2014 REVISED RULES OF PROCEDURE
BEFORE THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
RULE I – PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 1. Title. – This Rules shall be known as “The 2014 Revised Rules of
Procedure before the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples”.
Section 2. Scope, Actions not Covered. – This Rules shall govern the hearing
and disposition of cases filed before the National Commission on Indigenous
Peoples (NCIP) in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function.
Petitions/applications for the delineation, recognition and issuance of Certificate of
Ancestral Domain Titles (CADTs) and Certificate of Ancestral Land Titles (CALTs)
are administrative in nature, hence, are governed by the Revised Omnibus Rules on
Delineation and Recognition of Ancestral Domains and Lands of 2012, and not by
this Rules.
Petitions filed under Section 69 of the Revised Guidelines on Free and Prior
Informed Consent (FPIC) and Related Processes of 2012, and shall be governed by
the rules therein and not by this Rules, hence, shall not be considered as falling
within the ambit of the quasi-judicial jurisdiction of the Commission en banc.
Section 3. Construction, Interpretation, and Application of the Rules. – This
Rules shall be liberally construed to give meaning to the provisions of Republic Act
8371, otherwise known as “The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997”, (IPRA). In
the interpretation of the provisions hereof, the following shall apply:
a. All doubts in the interpretation of the provisions of this Rules or any ambiguity in
their application shall be resolved liberally in favor of Indigenous Cultural
Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs);
b. In applying the provisions of this Rules in relation to other national laws, the
integrity of the ancestral domains, culture, values, practices, institution,
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