A.
Original and Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Regional Hearing Office:
1. Cases involving disputes and controversies over ancestral lands/domains of
ICCs/IPs, except those which involve oppositions to pending applications for
CALT and CADT;
2. Enforcement of compromise agreements or decisions rendered by ICCs/IPs;
3. Actions for redemption/reconveyance under Section 8 (b) of R.A. 8371;
4. Interpretation, implementation, or enforcement of Memorandum of Agreements
(MOA) entered into by parties as a result of the Free Prior and Informed Consent
(FPIC) process;
5. Cases involving Projects, Programs, Activities within ancestral lands/domains
being implemented without the required FPIC of the affected/host IPs/ICCs;
6. Petitions for annotation on CADTs and CALTs or cancellations thereof, except
notice of lis pendens and those that will result to transfer of ownership;
7. Actions for damages including, but not limited to, claims for royalties and other
benefits.
8. Cases affecting property rights, claims of ownership, hereditary succession, and
settlement of land disputes, between and among ICCs/IPs that have not been
settled under customary laws; and
9. Such other cases analogous to the foregoing.
B. Original and Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Commission En Banc:
1. Petition for cancellation of registered CADTs and CALTs alleged to have been
fraudulently acquired by, and issued to, any person or community as provided for
under Section 54 of R.A. 8371, provided that such action is filed within one (1)
year from the date of registration;
2. Actions for cancellations of Certification Precondition (CP), Certificate of NonOverlap (CNO), issued by the NCIP, as well as, rescissions of FPIC-MOA; and
3. Any other case that deems to vary, amend, or revoke previously issued rulings,
resolutions, or decisions of the Commission en banc.
Section 2. Filing of Cases Directly with the Commission en banc Not
Allowed. – No case shall be brought directly to the Commission en banc except for
cases outlined in Section 1, Paragraph B, Rule III, of this Rules.
Section 3. Rule on Criminal Actions. – For purposes of imposing the penal
sanctions provided for under Section 72 of R.A. No. 8371 that require criminal
proceedings and offenses in violation of Sections 10, 21, 24, 33 and 59 of the same
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