Practice question
An applicant relies on amended PD 1529, Section 14(1), but the parcel is already covered by a valid existing certificate of title. The applicant invokes twenty years of possession as automatically sufficient for that public-domain confirmation route. Which is correct?
- The period automatically cancels every existing title
- Section 14(1) expressly concerns the stated lands not covered by existing certificates or patents, so the claimed period alone does not establish that route
- Existing titles are legally irrelevant
- A new application automatically replaces all prior rights
- Only the applicant’s preferred map controls
Legal references
- RA 11573, July 16, 2021: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11573_2021.html; Section 6, amended PD 1529 Section 14(1).
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