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Section 7. Findings. Where the CADT or CALT:
(a) appear to be regular in form and content and supported by complete and substantial
documentation, including the required proofs, updated census of claimants-owners, proof of fact
of publication, approved survey plan, and other requirements and there are no pending protests
or unresolved conflicts, the committee shall cause the conduct of ocular inspection, verification
of survey monuments, and verification of identity of rightful claimants-owners named in the
CADT or CAL T and thereafter prepare the CADT or CALT using the new form and submit the
same to the Commission for approval and signature;
(b) lacks certain requirements which are not material nor substantial, the committee shall first require
the claimant-owner to comply with the requirements before proceeding as prescribed in the
paragraph (a) hereof;
(c) lacks an approved survey plan, the application shall be returned to the Ancestral Domains Office
for the completion of the process which includes the execution of the survey, verification and
approval of survey returns, and publication. Thereafter, the ADO shall endorse the same to the
committee for the preparation of the CADT or CAL T and submission to the Commission for
approval and signature;
(d) covers an ancestral domain/land entirely or partially involved in an unresolved protest or
boundary conflict, the application shall be returned to the Ancestral Domains Office for proper
resolution in accordance with the guidelines on conversion or new application, whichever is
applicable, if the procedure for conflict resolution or due process had not been observed during
the earlier state of conflict. However, in cases where protestants may be estopped or had
defaulted or had been negligent in asserting their rights, no protest shall be entertained and the
committee shall proceed in accordance with these ru1es;.
(e) has material defects or infirmities, such as, but not limited to absence of required proofs, inability
to determine the identity of ancestral domain/land, or questionable or doubtful identity of
claimants, the application shall be recommended to the Commission for revocation with due
notice to the claimant and claimant may be advised to re-apply. However, the claimant has the
right to be heard and may file with the Commission within fifteen (15) days from receipt of such
notice a motion for reconsideration, explanation, position paper or any brief; or
(f) was secured through fraud, force, intimidation, misrepresentation, or financial inducement the
committee shall recommend to the Commission the revocation or rejection thereof. The
claimant shall be notified by the Commission in writing of the reasons for the revocation or
rejection. The claimant may opt to exercise his/her right to be heard as prescribed in paragraph
(e) hereof.
Section 8. Funding. Where the ancestral domain/land covered by the CADT or CALT under
review and verification is included in the NCIP compliance with the SNA Pledge of her Excellency President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo or under any special project, all expenses shall be charged to funds for such
projects, otherwise, it shall be funded de the regular NCIP-ADO program.
Section 9. Separability Clause. In case any clause, sentence, section, provision r any po ion hereof
is declared unconstitutional or invalid by a competent court, the