accompanying the endorsement. If it approves the claim, the Commission shall direct the
ADO to prepare the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) in the name of the
claimant IP community in a specific location, together with all its necessary annexes. The
CADT shall be issued by the Commission and signed by all the Commissioners. No CADT
shall be issued in the name of a person family, clan or organization.
p) Submission of Maps. The official map of the ancestral domain shall be submitted to the
appropriate government agency for records and control purposes.
Section 5. Validation of Prior Delineation of Ancestral Domains
a) Validation of Certificates of Ancestral Domain Claims (CADCs) ICCs/IP communities
whose ancestral domains have been satisfactorily delineated pursuant to DENR Special Order
No. 31, Series of 1989, as amended, and Administrative Order No. 2, Series of 1993, may
apply for the issuance of a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) over the area
without going through the process prescribed in the Act. Such application shall be made
through the filing of a duly accomplished application form with the NCIP Provincial Office
for the purpose.
b) Turn-Over of Pertinent Records. The NCIP shall cause the turn-over, by the DENR or
other concerned government agency, of all records pertinent to approved applications for
CADCs immediately upon approval of these Rules and Regulations, without prejudice to the
prerogative of the NCIP to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with DENR or other
concerned agency, to ensure a continuous and satisfactory delineation of ancestral
lands/domains. Upon receipt of such records, the NCIP shall require the Provincial Office to
review the same in order to establish the correctness of the delineation made, sufficiency of
proof and regularity of the process undertaken for the purpose.
c) Endorsement to NCIP. Upon favorable findings, the NCIP Provincial Office shall endorse to
the ADO, through the Regional Office, the documents supporting the validation of the CADC
and the subsequent issuance of a CADT.
d) Re-delineation of Areas Covered by CADCs. In case of irregularity in the delineation
process of CADCs granted under DENR DAO No. 2, Series of 1993, the NCIP Provincial
Office shall refer the matter to the NCIP Regional Office for a field investigation and
appropriate re-delineation, if necessary, in accordance with the process hereinabove
described.
e) Other Tenurial Instruments. The NCIP shall conduct a study of other tenurial instruments
issued to members of ICC/IP communities such as, but not limited to, Certificates of Land
Ownership Awards (CLOA) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), and Certificate of
Stewardship Contracts (CSC) of the DENR, in order to determine the feasibility of their
conversion to CADTs or CALTs, and the case may be.
Section 6. Turn-over of Areas within Ancestral Domains. Once an area is certified as
an ancestral domain, the Chairperson of NCIP shall issue a notice to concerned government
agencies, such as but not limited to, the DENR, DAR, DILG, DECS, DOT, DTI, DND, DOH, or
DOE, having jurisdiction over these areas, that the same is within ancestral domains and therefore
falls under the jurisdiction of the concerned ICCs/IPs by operation of law.
The ICCs/IPs and the concerned government agencies may enter into agreements on the
exercise of joint management responsibilities over such areas. Such agreements shall, whenever
possible, incorporate a plan for the eventual transfer of full management powers and
responsibilities to the ICCs/IPs. The NCIP shall exercise visitorial and monitoring powers to
safeguard the rights of the ICCs/IPs under the agreement.
Section 7. Delineation of Ancestral Lands. The procedures for delineation of ancestral
lands shall be undertaken by the NCIP Service Center where the land is located, in accordance
with the following procedures:
a) Identification of Ancestral Lands within Ancestral Domains. The ICCs/IPs, through their
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