The evaluation shall serve as basis for an assessment of the authenticity of the application and/or for requesting additional requirements and other relevant information to be provided by the applicant. If assessed to be authentic, the applicant, upon receipt of the assessment shall, with the assistance of NCIP, complete all relevant information. If found to be dubious or fraudulent, the NCIP shall deny the application and give notice with an explanation of the basis to the applicant. 2. If necessary, the evaluation shall be followed by the conduct of field-based verification by the Verification and Validation Team (VVT), which shall be constituted by the Provincial Office or CSC Head. The verification/validation shall be undertaken within fifteen (15) days; 3. After the evaluation or field verification and validation, the VVT shall submit its report with recommendations, if any, to the PO or CSC Head, copy furnished the applicant. If satisfied, the PO or CSC Head shall make his/her endorsement to the RD, through the Chief, Technical Management Services Division, copy furnished the Commissioner from the Ethnographic Region, for review and appropriate action. If after reviewing the report and the RD finds the same incomplete, he/she shall return the same to the PO or CSC Head, as the case may be, for completion. If he/she finds the application fraudulent, he/she shall endorse the same to the Regional Attorney for investigation and recommendation. 4. In the case of the Registration of IPOs, the RD shall review the report and if he/she finds the same to be meritorious, a COR shall be issued to the applicant IPO and copies furnished to the Commission through the OEHR; 5. In the case of an application of an IPS for Confirmation, the RD shall review the report and after finding the same to be meritorious, with the concurrence of the Commissioner from the Ethnographic Region, he/she shall endorse the same to the NCIP, through the OEHR, for appropriate action. Section 17. Issuance and Release of En Banc Resolution and Certificate of Confirmation. The En Banc Resolution and Certificate of Confirmation shall be issued, through the OEHR, to the applicant IPS and copies thereof be furnished to the concerned offices. Section 18. Renewal of Registration. The IPO registration shall be renewable every after two (2) years. ARTICLE V EFFECT OF IPO REGISTRATION Section 19. The registration of the IPO with the NCIP confers to it a juridical personality to represent the ICCs/IPs in pursuing and securing their collective rights over their ancestral domains. ARTICLE VI SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF THE IPO REGISTRATION Section 20. Suspension and Revocation of IPO Registration. In addition to grounds as provided in the IPO internal rules and grounds for voluntary dissolution, the Regional Office, upon recommendation of the IPS, may suspend or revoke the CoR of any IPO, after due investigation, based on the following grounds: 1. Unauthorized negotiation with natural or juridical persons relative to land development, resource use, harvest and exploitation of natural resources; 2. Misrepresentation and entering into agreement or compromise with investors without community consultation; 3. Accepting bribes such as project contracts, gifts, or donations in exchange of favors; Page 7 of 9 NCIP Administrative Order No. 2, Series of 2012 (Confirmation of IPS & Registration of IPOs)