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"Art. 12. A custom must be proved as a fact, according to the rules of
evidence."
[219] Article 78 on marriages between Mohammedans or pagans who live in the non-
Christian provinces-- this is now Art. 33 of the Family Code; Art. 118, now Art. 74 of
the Family Code on property relations between spouses; Art. 577 on the
usufructuary of woodland; Art. 657 on easement of right of way for passage of
livestock; Arts. 678, 1315, 1376, 1522, 1564 and 1577. Please see Aquino, Civil
Code, vol. 1, p. 25.
[220] Castle Bros. v. Gutierrez Hermanos, 11 Phil. 629 [1908]; In Re: Firm Name of
Ozaeta Romulo, 92 SCRA 1 [1979]; Yao Kee v. Sy-Gonzales, 167 SCRA 736 [1988];
Please see Aquino, Civil Code, vol. 1, p. 26 for a list of other cases.
[221] This situation is analogous to the Muslim code or the Code of Muslim Personal
Laws (P.D. 1083) which took effect on February 4, 1977 despite the effectivity of the
Civil Code and the Family Code. P.D. 1083 governs persons, family relations and
succession among Muslims, the adjudication and settlement of disputes, the
organization of the Shari'a courts, etc.
[222] Mariflor P. Pagusara, The Kalinga Ili:
Cultural-Ecological Reflections on
Indigenous Theora and Praxis of Man-Nature Relationship, Dakami Ya Nan Dagami,
p. 36, Papers and Proceedings of the 1st Cordillera Muti-Sectoral Land Congress, 1114 March 1983, Cordillera Consultative Committee [1984].
[223] Section 2, Article XII.
[224] A "co-production agreement" is defined as one wherein the government
provides input to the mining operation other than the mineral resource-- Section 26
(b), R.A. 7942, the Philippine Mining Act of 1995.
[225] A "joint venture agreement" is one where a joint-venture company is organized
by the government and the contractor with both parties having equity shares, and
the government entitled to a share in the gross output-- Section 26 (c), R.A. 7942.
[226] A mineral "production-sharing agreement" is one where the government grants
to the contractor the exclusive right to conduct mining operations within a contract
area and shares in the gross output. The contractor provides the financing,
technology, management and personnel necessary for the implementation of the
agreement-- Section 26 (a), R.A. 7942.
[227] Section 26, R.A. 7942.
[228] Section 3 [d], People's Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991 (R.A. 7076) provides:
"Sec. 3 [d] 'Small-scale mining contract' refers to co-production, joint venture or
mineral production sharing agreement between the State and a small-scale mining
contractor for the small-scale utilization of a plot of mineral land."
[229] Section 3 [b], R.A. 7076.
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