04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [35] Id. at 103. [36] Id. at 104. [37] Rollo, pp. 14-15. [38] Supra note 10, at 664. [39] Rollo, pp. 14-15. [40] Declaring Ancestral Lands Occupied and Cultivated by National Cultural Communities as Alienable and Disposable, and for Other Purposes. [41] Creating the Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems; among the provisions of this law are: xxxx WHEREAS, land problems are frequently a source of conflicts among small settlers, landowners and members of cultural minorities; xxxx Sec. 3. Powers and Functions. - The Commission shall have the following powers and functions: 1. Coordinate the activities, particularly the investigation work, of the various government offices and agencies involved in the settlement of land problems or disputes, and streamline administrative procedures to relieve small settlers and landholders and members of cultural minorities of the expense and time-consuming delay attendant to the solution of such problems or disputes; x x x. [42] Cruz v. Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, G.R. No. 135385, December 6, 2000, 347 SCRA 128, Separate Opinion of Associate (now Chief) Justice Reynato S. Puno, p. 193. [43]Executive Order No. 561 (1979), Sec. 3, par. 2. [44] Supra note 10, at 670-671. [45] Rollo, pp. 11, 33. [46] Civil Code, Art. 5. [47] Civil Code, Art. 7. [48] Civil Code, Art. 2254; Philippine National Bank v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 108870, July 14, 1995, 246 SCRA 304; Heirs of Gabriel Zari v. Santos, Nos. L-21213 & L-21214, March 28, 1969, 27 SCRA 651. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/46133 13/15