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The right to transfer ancestral land or property rights shall be limited to or among the
members of the same ICCs/lPs, subject to customary laws and traditions of the
community coneerned. Accordingly, to protect their ancestral rights, any subsequent
transfer/transaction involving Ancestral Land shall be with a corresponding title the
judicial form of which shall be provided by the NCIP.
21.9 The CADT/CALT shall be approved, signed and issued by the NCIP Chairperson and
Commissioner from the concerned ethnographic region in accordance with its duly
established processes and procedures. TIle CADT/CALT approved by the Commission
and the pertinent papers or instruments shall be submitted to LRA.
21.10 The registration of CADTs straddling one or more provinces andlor cities shall be done
by registering the same with the Registrar of Deeds of all the provinces andlor cities
where the various portions ofthe ancestral domain are loeated.
Thc various portions of the ancestral domain within the jurisdiction of cach province
andlor city shall be technically described with particularity, provided, that the province
andlor city having jurisdiction over the largest portion of the domain shall have custody
of the original CADT; and provided, further, that the other registries will be provided
with certified copies thereof for its reference and file.
21.11 The registration of'CADTs shall be exempt from the payment of the Assurance Fund
pursuant to Memorandum Order No. 179 dated July 05, 2005.
21.12 After registration of the CADT/CALT, the Owner's Duplicate Copy (OCD) and the
certified machine copy of the OCT shall be released to the NClP.
IV. REPORTING AND MONITORING
Sec. 22. Quarterly and Annual Reports. Quarterly and Armual Reports of contentious cases handled by
the Joint Provincial and Regional Committees shall be submitted to the Joint National Steering
Committee. The Special Teams shall likewise submit their Quarterly and Armual Reports.
Sec.23. Submission of Data and Other Documents. The agencies shall submit the following to the JNC
Secretariat within fifteen (I5) days from the approval ofthis Circular:
23.1 NClP - the initial list of contentious areas based on NCIP records, such as the listing of the
CADTs/CALTs that are issued and ADCs/ALCs that are under process, together with the
technical descriptions and other pertinent documents in support thereto, copy of which shall
be furnished DENR, DAR and LRA.
23.2 LRA - a list oftitles issued within these CADT/CALT areas
23.3 DENR- Patents and tenure instruments within these CADT/CALT areas
23.4 DAR - CLOAs and EPs within these CADT/CALT areas
LRA, DENR and DAR may also submit to the JNC Secretariat additional list of contentious areas
together with supporting documents based on their respective office records.
Further, pursuant to Section 21 of the JAO, the NClP, DAR and DENR shall submit to the LRA a
complete list of CADTs/CALTs, CLOAs and EPs, respectively, which shall be subject of the suspension
of registration activities.
Sec. 24. Prompt and Timely Submission of Data and Documentary Requirements. To facilitate the
resolution of conflict issues, the agencies concerned should promptly submit the documents/data required
pursuant to the periods mandated in the JAO. Refusal to submit the same shall be dealt with accordingly
in accordance with the policies to be imposed by the IN C.
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