Interior and Local Government, and Department of Justice, the Commissioner of the National Development
Corporation, and any other government agency claiming jurisdiction over the area shall be notified thereof.
Such notification shall terminate any legal basis for the jurisdiction previously claimed;
j) Issuance of CADT . — ICCs/IPs whose ancestral domains have been officially delineated and
determined by the NCIP shall be issued a CADT in the name of the community concerned, containing a list
of all those identified in the census; and
k) Registration of CADTs. — The NCIP shall register issued certificates of ancestral domain titles
and certificates of ancestral lands titles before the Register of Deeds in the place where the property is
situated.
SECTION 53. Identification, Delineation and Certification of Ancestral Lands. —
a) The allocation of lands within any ancestral domain to individual or indigenous corporate (family
or clan) claimants shall be left to the ICCs/IPs concerned to decide in accordance with customs and
traditions;
b) Individual and indigenous corporate claimants of ancestral lands which are not within ancestral
domains, may have their claims officially established by filing applications for the identification and
delineation of their claims with the Ancestral Domains Office. An individual or recognized head of a family or
clan may file such application in his behalf or in behalf of his family or clan, respectively;
c) Proofs of such claims shall accompany the application form which shall include the testimony
under oath of elders of the community and other documents directly or indirectly attesting to the possession
or occupation of the areas since time immemorial by the individual or corporate claimants in the concept of
owners which shall be any of the authentic documents enumerated under Sec. 52 (d) of this Act, including
tax declarations and proofs of payment of taxes;
d) The Ancestral Domains Office may require from each ancestral claimant the submission of such
other documents, Sworn Statements and the like, which in its opinion, may shed light on the veracity of the
contents of the application/claim;
e) Upon receipt of the applications for delineation and recognition of ancestral land claims, the
Ancestral Domains Office shall cause the publication of the application and a copy of each document
submitted including a translation in the native language of the ICCs/IPs concerned in a prominent place
therein for at least fifteen (15) days. A copy of the document shall also be posted at the local, provincial, and
regional offices of the NCIP and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation once a week for
two (2) consecutive weeks to allow other claimants to file opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from the
date of such publication: Provided, That in areas where no such newspaper exists, broadcasting in a radio
station will be a valid substitute: Provided, further, That mere posting shall be deemed sufficient if both
newspapers and radio station are not available;
f) Fifteen (15) days after such publication, the Ancestral Domains Office shall investigate and
inspect each application, and if found to be meritorious, shall cause a parcellary survey of the area being
claimed. The Ancestral Domains Office shall reject any claim that is deemed patently false or fraudulent after
inspection and verification. In case of rejection, the Ancestral Domains Office shall give the applicant due
notice, copy furnished all concerned, containing the grounds for denial. The denial shall be appealable to the