Practice question
Land was recorded under the former Spanish Mortgage Law system but never brought under Torrens. A party says that historical entry necessarily makes113 inapplicable. Which Section3 rule applies?
- Such land is treated as unregistered until brought under the Torrens system
- Every old Spanish-system record is automatically a Torrens certificate
- The historical record abolishes every modern statute
- The owner must abandon the parcel
- 113 applies only to land first discovered this year
Legal references
- PD1529 Property Registration Decree: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html Sections3 and113(a)–(c).
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