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Practice question: Dealings with Unregistered Lands

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Practice question

A registry accepts and records a sufficient deed over unregistered land. The registrant demands an endorsement showing only its chosen later date to improve a private negotiation, despite the Primary Entry Book’s actual receipt timestamp. Which113(c) requirement controls?
  1. The endorsement must reflect the actual date, hour and minute shown in the Primary Entry Book
  2. The registrant’s preferred date controls
  3. Every timestamp is optional
  4. A negotiation purpose authorizes false official entries
  5. The assessor privately supplies a replacement time

Legal references

  • PD1529 Property Registration Decree: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html Sections3 and113(a)–(c).

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