04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [153] Section 16, R.A. 7492. [154] Section 17, R.A. 7942. [155] Sec. 3(q), Chapter 1, Republic Act No. 7942 (the Philippine Mining Act of 1995). [156] 4 RECORD OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION 37. [157] Sections 7(a) and (b), R.A. 8371. [158] Presidential Decree No. 1151 (1971). [159] Presidential Decree No. 1586 (1978) and DENR Administrative Order No. 37 (1996). [160] Republic Act No. 7160 (1991). [161] Republic Act No. 7942. [162] Petition, Rollo, pp. 23-25. [163] Ramirez v. CA, 248 SCRA 590, 596 (1995). [164] Section 53 (f), R.A. 8371. [165] Section 52, R.A. 8371. [166] Section 53, R.A. 8371. [167] Sections 40, 51, 52, 53, 54, 62 and 66, R.A. No. 8371. [168] Sections 63 and 65, R.A. No. 8371. [169] Section 40. Composition.- The NCIP shall be an independent agency under the Office of the President and shall be composed of seven (7) Commissioners belonging to the ICCs/IPs, one (1) of whom shall be the Chairperson. The Commissioners shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines from a list of recommendees submitted by authentic ICCs/IPs: Provided, That the seven (7) Commissioners shall be appointed specifically from each of the following ethnographic areas, Region I and the Cordilleras; Region II, the rest of Luzon; Island Groups including Mindoro, Palawan, Romblon, Panay and the rest of the Visayas; Northern and Western Mindanao; Southern and Eastern Mindanao; and Central Mindanao: Provided, That at least two (2) of the seven (7) Commissioners shall be women. [170] Section 66. Jurisdiction of the NCIP.- The NCIP, through its regional offices, shall have jurisdiction over all claims and disputes involving rights of ICCs/IPs. Provided, however, That no such dispute shall be brought to the NCIP unless the elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/36882 127/148