BSGE 2 First Semester

This course is designed for undergraduate geodetic engineering students who has little or no background of land laws in the Philippines. It focuses on the legal aspect of land registration and titling, as well as their current procedures and proceedings. The first part of the course recalls the branches of Philippine government and name designation of laws of different administration, which then later connected to succeeding topics. The evidence and proof of ownership is discussed with the aid sample copy of muniments of titles such as tax declaration and certificate of title. The original registration under Property Registration Decree, Public Land Act, and Cadastral Act, and their amendments are practically covered. Also, subsequent registration of deeds, attachments, and titles, and title reconstitution are discussed. The last part of the course deals with the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act which deals with registration of lands of the indigenous peoples.