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Introduced by SENATOR EDGARDO J. ANdARA 
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Land is vital to the people’s sense of security and quest for a better 
quality of life. However, the security of people’s land tenure can only be 
achieved through an efficient land administration system including efficient 
survey and mapping of land, first-time titling of alienable and disposable 
land, registration of land titles and title transfer and public land 
management. 
The performance of government agencies in undertaking land surveys, 
mapping, classification, disposition and registration is currently hampered by 
fundamental legal and institutional defects in both the structure and 
operations of the land administration system. 
These institutional and structural defects in land administration have 
caused major inefficiencies including extensive delays in the disposition and 
titling of alienable and disposable land, inaccurate and incomplete land 
records, duplicate and fake titles, duplication and overlapping of activities 
between government agencies, and unnecessary costs to both the national 
and local governments and the general public. 
To address these problems, the Government has been undertaking a 
Land Administration and Management Project preparatory to a long-term 
program to fundamentally reform the present land administration system. 
A fundamental prerequisite in the pursuit of the necessary reforms is 
the consolidation and streamlining within a single government agency of land 
administration powers and functions. Currently, this is dispersed across the 
Department of Justice’s Land Registration Authority and Registries of Deeds 
and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Lands 
Management Bureau, Land Management Services in the regional, provincial 
and community offices, National Mapping and Resource Information 
Authority, and CARP Secretariat and its field offices. 
The Philippines is unusual, compared to its neighboring countries, in 
that the government’s land administration functions are currently dispersed 
across multiple agencies. Without integrating these three agencies, it would 
be difficult to undertake the major long term investment of resources that 
will be necessary to implement the required overall reforms. 
The proposed Land Administration Reform Act seeks to enable the 
lands sector to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation. It is 
for these reasons that the consideration and approval of the bill is earnestly 
sought. 
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EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
Senator 


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AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING REFORMS IN LAND 
ADMINISTRATION, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE LAND 
ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippine in Congress assembled: 
ARTICLE I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as "The Land 
Administration Reform Act of 2007." 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to 
institutionalize reforms in land administration to optimize and rationalize 
their contribution to the goals of national development, the eradication of 
poverty and the achievement of social, economic and cultural justice and 
asset reform. 
SECTION 3. Strategies. - To pursue this policy, the State shall adopt 
the following strategies: 
Provide leadership and management of reforms of land administration; 
(a) Survey, map and maintain data base to support the determination 
of specific limits of forest lands and national parks by Congress as 
provided under Section 4, Article XI1 of the Constitution; 
@) Promote the efficient and effective mapping, land survey, 
classification, disposition, valuation and registration of land and 
management of public lands; 
(c) Undertake a comprehensive and continuing land administration 
program, which will make the acquisition and registration of real 
property affordable and expeditious; and assist in the attainment 
of the government's asset reform programs; 
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(d) Adopt workable policies and programs, which will accelerate and 
complete the titling and registration of alienable and disposable 
lands, thereby providing security of land tenure; 
(e) Undertake reforms in land administration and management to 
ensure the equitable distribution and full utilization and 
development of alienable and disposable lands; 
(0 Improve 
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efficiency, 
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transparency 
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accountability of land administration services; 
(g) Establish a sustainable and viable land administration by adopting 
the computerization of the land administration functions and 
removing of overlaps and duplication in the delivery of land 
administration services; 
(h) Establish an administrative system for the cancellation of 
duplicate and fake titles and eradication of land grabbing 
activities. 
(i) Provide accessible, efficient and affordable land administration 
services to the people through the establishment of One-Stop- 
Shops nationwide; 
6 )  Establish an effective land information system and provide easy 
and cheap access to land information by members of the public; 
(k) Work towards the abolition of judicial registration of title in favor 
of more simple administrative processes, subject to rights of appeal 
to the Courts; 
(1) Reform and codify all land administration laws and regulations; 
(m) Rationalize and clarify the entitlements of persons to obtain land 
titles with the intention of making the process of issuing original 
titles fast and low-cost; 
(n) Work towards the establishment of one valuation system for all 
real property taxation purposes; 
(0) Improve the skills of, and career opportunities for, government 
employees engaged in the provision of land administration 
services; 
(p) Promote and support the development of a national land 
administration and management education system; 
(9) Reduce disincentives to the registration of property transactions; 
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(r) Mainstream gender in all aspects of the land administration 
system; 
(s) Recognize, respect, ensure participation and assist in the 
enforcement of the land related rights of men and women of the 
basic sectors, as defined in RA 8425. 
SECTION 4. Definition of Terms. - For the purpose of this Act, the 
following terms shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the 
following meanings: 
(a) Director General - refers to the person occupying the position of 
Director General of the Land Administration Authority created by 
this Act including any person appointed as Acting Director General. 
(b) Land Administration and Public Land Management- refers to the 
administration of all functions, powers and activities related to the 
mapping, land survey, classification, ownership, disposition, and 
registration of land titles and deeds; and management of public 
lands. 
(c) Lands Management Bureau (LMB) - a staff Bureau of the 
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and, 
for the purposes of this Act, all other land administration and 
management functions and powers heretofore undertaken or 
exercised by that Department at its national, regional , provincial 
and all other levels by any Office of that Department, including the 
Office of the Secretary. 
(d) Lands Management Services (LMS) - refers to the lands 
management sectorloffices of the DENR at the regional, provincial 
and district level. 
(e) Land Registration Authority (LRA) - an attached agency of the 
Department of Justice (DOJ) , including the Register of Deeds 
(ROD). 
(f) National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) - 
refers to the agency known by that name attached to the 
Department of Environment and Natural Resources. 
(g) Classification and Reclassification - refers to the act of Congress in 
setting the specific limits of forestlands and national parks and 
increasing or decreasing their boundaries by law, respectively as 
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provided for in Article XII, Section 4 of the 1987 Philippine 
Constitution. 
ARTICLE I1 
CREATION, MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE LAND 
ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITY 
SECTION 5 Creation of the Land Administration, Authority 
(LAA). ~ To carry out the purposes of this Act, the Land Administration 
Authority, hereinafter referred to as the “Authority”, is hereby created and 
placed under the Office of the President. 
SEC 6. Mandate of the Authority. - The Authority’s mandate is to 
lead and manage the implementation of the policy set forth in SECTION 2 
hereof, through the Strategies set forth in SECTION 3 hereof, and such 
others as may be necessary to carry out its functions. 
The Authority shall be the primary government agency responsible for 
land administration and public land management, especially in surveying, 
mapping and charting, classification, disposition of alienable lands of the 
public domain and patrimonial lands, registration of titles, and resource 
information generation and management in order to ensure that benefits 
therefrom are shared equitably among and by the present and future 
generations; and in a manner that meets the needs of users and the general 
public. 
SECTION 7 Powers and Functions of the Authority. - To 
accomplish its mandate, the Authority shall perform the following powers 
and functions: 
(a) Conduct, integrate and regulate the functions of geodetic and 
geophysical surveys, land classification surveys, mapping, charting 
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management of resource information needed by both public and 
private sectors, and research development thereof in accordance 
with existing laws and internationally accepted noms and 
procedures and standards as provided under Executive Order No. 
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(b) Survey, map and maintain data base to support the determination 
of specific limits of forest lands and national parks by Congress as 
provided under Section 4, Article XI1 of the Constitution; 
(c) Survey, map, maintain database on, administer, manage and/or 
dispose or all alienable and disposable lands of the public domain 
and other lands, including foreshore and marsh lands, under the 
provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended, otherwise 
known as the Public Land Act, and in accordance with existing laws 
such as, but not limited to, RA 8550, RA 7279 and RA 6657; 
(d) Manage, sell and/or dispose the remaining Friar Lands under the 
provisions of Act No. 1120, as amended, and in accordance with 
existing laws; 
(e) Manage and dispose lands of patrimonial property of the National 
Government under the provisions of Act No. 3038, or such other 
Government lands as have not 
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administration, management, control or exclusive use of any other 
Government agency by legislative or executive issuance; 
(f) Execute cadastral surveys in accordance with the provisions of Act 
No. 2259, as amended. and all other kinds of surveys for national 
mapping and land titling purposes; 
(9) Register original titles to land and subsequent dealings in 
registered lands under the provisions of Act No. 496 and 
Presidential Decree No. 1529, otherwise known as the Land 
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(h) Such other functions as are currently undertaken by the LMRoD, 
LMB/LMS, NAMRIA, DENR-CARP National Secretariat under 
P.D. 1529 and C.A 141, as amended; and 
(i) Such other functions as are necessary, proper, and incidental to 
implement the provislons of this Act. 
SECTION 8 Stakeholders’ Advisory Committee. - The Authority 
shall be assisted by the 16-member Stakeholders’ Advisory Committee 
composed of the following: 
(a) The DENR and DAR Secretaries and Heads of the Office of Muslim 
Affairs (OMA), Housing and Urban Development Coordinating 
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Council (HUDCC) and the National Commission for Indigenous 
Peoples (NCIP), or their duly authorized representatives; 
(b) Six (6) Representatives from the Basic Sectors (farmers, fisherfolk, 
urban poor, workers in the informal sector; indigenous peoples and 
NGOs) chosen through the nomination process of the National Anti- 
Poverty Commission (NAPC); 
(c) Two (2) Representatives from the NAPC Women’s Sectoral Council; 
(d)Two Representatives from the private sector such as, but not 
limited to real estate, professionaMpractitioners and academe to be 
chosen by the President; and 
(e) The Director General. 
The President shall designate the Chairperson from among the 
members of the Committee excluding the Director General. 
Members of the Committee, except for the Director General, shall 
receive such allowances and honoraria as are allowed by COA rules and 
regulations for actual attendance at meetings. 
SECTION 9. Functions of the Stakeholders Advisory Committee. 
The Committee shall advise the Authority on national policies and policy 
development pertaining to land administration and public land management 
and shall monitor their implementation. It shall submit, within three months 
following the end of each calendar year, a report to the President on its 
advisory and monitoring activities. 
SECTION 10 Meetings of the Committee. - The Chair of the 
Committee Board shall convene regular meetings of the Board, which shall 
be at least once every quarter. Special meetings may be called by the Chair, 
as he/she may deem necessary, or at the initiative of at least five ( 5 ) 
members. 
SECTION 11 Secretariat and Logistical Support. - The Office of 
the Director General shall provide secretariat and logistical support to the 
Committee. 
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ARTICLE I11 
MANAGEMENT, PERSONNEL, IMPLEMENTING AND 
COORDINATING MECHANISM 
SECTION 12. Structural Organization. - The Authority shall 
consist of: 
(a) The Office of the Director General; 
(b) The Offices of the Deputy Director Generals; 
(c) The Offices of the Assistant Director Generals; and 
(d) Field offices 
SECTION 13. The Director General. - The authority and 
responsibility for the exercise of the mandate of the Authority, the 
accomplishment of its objectives and the discharge of its powers and 
functions shall be vested in the Director General, a Cabinet Rank, who shall 
supervise the Authority and shall be appointed by the President. For such 
purposes, he/she shall have the following functions: 
(a) Advise the President on the promulgation of rules, regulations and 
other issuances relative to land administration and public land 
management; 
(b) Establish policies and standards for the efficient and effective 
operations of the Authority in accordance with the programs of the 
Government; 
(c) Promulgate rules, regulations and other issuances necessary in 
carrying out the Authority’s mandate, objectives, policies, plans, 
programs and project; 
(d) Exercise supervision over all functions and activities of the 
Authority; 
(e) Delegate authority over all powers, functions and activities of the 
Authority; 
(f) Perform other functions as may be provided by law or assigned by 
the President. 
SECTION 14. Office of the Director General. - The Office of the 
Director General shall consist of the Director General and his immediate 
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SECTION 15. Deputy Director Generals. - The Director General 
shall be assisted by at least three (3) Deputy Director Generals, at least one 
of whom shall be a member of the Bar or a Geodetic Engineer with at least 
five (5) years experience in any land administration functions, who shall be 
appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Director 
General. The Director General is hereby authorized to delineate, assign 
and/or reassign the respective functional areas of responsibility of the Deputy 
Director Generals, provided, that such responsibility shall be with respect to 
the mandate and objectives of the Authority; and provided, further, that no 
Deputy Director shall be assigned primarily administrative responsibilities. 
Within his functional area of responsibility, a Deputy Director General shall 
have the following functions: 
(a) Advise the Director General in the promulgation of department 
orders, administrative orders and other issuance, with respect to 
his area of responsibility; 
(b) Exercise supervision over the offices, departments, operating units 
and officers and employees under his responsibility; 
(c) Promulgate rules and regulations, consistent with Department 
policies that will efficiently and effectively govern the activities of 
units under his responsibility; 
(d) Coordinate the functions and activities of the units under his 
responsibility with those of other units under the responsibility of 
other Deputy Director Generals; 
(e) Exercise authority on substantive and administrative matters 
related to the functions and activities of units under his 
responsibility as may be delegated by the Director General; and 
(f) Perform other functions as may be provided by law or assigned by 
the Director General. 
SECTION 16. Assistant Director Generals. - The Director General 
and Deputy Director Generals shall be assisted by five (5) Assistant Director 
Generals in the formulation, management and implementation of land 
administration and public land management laws, policies, plans and 
programs and projects. 
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SECTION 17. Authority Functions. The Director General, Deputy 
Director Generals and Assistant Director Generals shall oversee day-to-day 
administration and supervision of all activities necessary for undertaking the 
Authority’s powers and functions including, but not limited to, the following: 
legal affairs; legislative liaison; sectoral and community relations and public 
affairs; financial services; general services; human resources development; 
policy development and evaluation; planning and programs and projects 
development, monitoring and evaluation; public land management and 
utilization; mapping services; cadastral surveys; land registration services; 
land information services; remote sensing; and coast surveys, oceanography 
and charting. 
SECTION 18. Field Offices of the Authority.- The Authority shall 
establish field offices at such levels as it may determine to be required for the 
efficient and effective delivery of its services. 
The field offices shall undertake, among others, the following 
functions: 
(a) Implement laws, policies, plans, programs, projects, rules and 
regulations of the Authority on land administration and public land 
management; 
(b) Provide efficient and effective delivery of services to the people; 
(c) Coordinate with field offices of other agencies, departments, offices 
in the region and local government units in the enforcement of land 
administration and public land management laws and regulations 
and in the formulation and implementation of programs and 
projects; 
(d) Recommend and, upon approval, implement programs and projects 
on land administration and management and related concerns; 
(e) Conduct comprehensive inventory of alienable and disposable lands 
of the public domain and of patrimonial properties and formulate 
districtlprovinciallregional short and long term development plans 
for the management/administration/utilization/disposition of such 
toward national development; 
(0 Perform other functions as may be assigned by the Director General 
andlor as provided by law. 
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ARTICLE IV 
ADMINISTRA TIVE ADJUDICATION 
SECTION 19. Quasi-Judicial Powers of the Authority. - The 
Authority is hereby vested with the primary jurisdiction to determine and 
adjudicate land administration and public land management matters and 
shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over all matters involving the 
implementation of laws, rules and regulations on land administration and 
public land management. 
It shall not be bound by technical rules of procedure and evidence but 
shall proceed to hear and decide all cases, disputes or controversies in a most 
expeditious manner, employing all reasonable means to ascertain the facts of 
every case in accordance with justice and equity and the merits of the case. 
Toward this end, it shall adopt a uniform rule of procedure to achieve a just, 
expeditious and inexpensive determination for every action or proceeding 
before it. 
It shall have the power to investigate and resolve questions, 
complaints and issues involving maps, survey plans and certificate of land 
titles including the power to confiscate patently fake and spurious certificates 
of land title and declare their nullification in summary proceedings. 
It shall have the power to correct a clerical or typographical errors 
committed in writing, copying, transcribing or typing an entry in the maps, 
survey plans and certificate of land titles. 
It shall have the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, take 
testimony, require submission of reports, compel the production of books and 
documents and answers to interrogatories and issue subpoena, and subpoena 
duces tecum, and enforce its writs through sheriffs or other duly deputized 
officers. It shall likewise have the power to punish direct and indirect 
contempt in the same manner and subject to the same penalties as provided 
in the Rules of Court. 
Responsible persons shall be allowed to represent themselves or their 
organizations in any proceedings before the Authority: Provided, however, 
That when there are two or more representatives for any individual or group, 
the representatives should choose only one among themselves to represent 
such party or group before any Authority proceedings. 
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Notwithstanding an appeal to the Court of Appeals, the decision of the 
Authority shall be immediately executory. 
SECTION 20, Finality of Determination. - Any case or controversy 
before it shall be decided within thirty (30) days after it is submitted for 
resolution. Only one (1) motion for reconsideration shall be allowed. Any 
order, ruling or decision shall be final after the lapse of fifteen (15) days from 
receipt of a copy thereof. 
SEC 21. Frivolous Appeals. - To discourage frivolous or dilatory 
appeals from the decisions or orders, the Authority may impose reasonable 
penalties including, but not limited to, fines or censures upon erring parties. 
ARTICLE V 
JUDICIAL REVIEW 
SECTION 22. Certiorari. - Any decision, order, award or ruling of 
the Authority on any dispute or on any matter pertaining to the application, 
implementation, enforcement, or interpretation of this Act and other 
pertinent laws on land administration and public land management may be 
brought to the Court of Appeals by certiorari within fifteen (15) days from the 
receipt of a copy thereof. 
The findings of fact of the Authority shall be final and conclusive if 
based on substantial evidence. 
SECTION 23. No Restraining Order or Preliminary Znjunction. - 
No court in the Philippines shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining 
order or writ of preliminary injunction against the Authority or any of its 
duly authorized or designated offices in any case, dispute or controversy 
arising from, necessary to, or in connection with the application, 
implementation, enforcement, or interpretation of this Act and other 
pertinent laws on land administration and public land management. 
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ARTICLE VI 
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS 
SECTION 24. Transfer of Powers. All powers to perform the 
functions of the Authority heretofore vested by law in the DENR, DOJ, 
LRNRoD, LMBLMS, NAMRIA and DENR-CARP National Secretariat, or in 
any Office within or attached to these agencies, are hereby transferred to and 
vested in the Office of the Director General of the Authority. 
SECTION 25. Creation of Interim Offices. Pending approval of a 
long-term organizational structure for the Authority, there are hereby 
created three (3) Offices within the Authority, namely: a) the Lands 
Management Office, to perform the functions through the structures of the 
former LMBILMS; b) the Land Registration Office, to perform the functions 
through the structures of the former LRNRoD; and c) the National Mapping 
and Resource lnformation Office, to perform the functions through the 
structures of the former NAMRIA. These interim offices shall continue until 
the long-term organizational structure for the Authority has been approved. 
SECTION 26. Organization of the Authority. - The Authority's 
organizational and administrative structure and functions and staffing 
pattern, including the personnel's duties and responsibilities and the 
appropriate Compensation package shall be submitted by the Director 
General for approval of the President within six (6) months from the 
effectivity of this Act and shall be fully implemented within a period of three 
(3) months after such approval is given. 
SECTION 27. Transfer of Personnel.- To ensure a smooth 
transition, all incumbent personnel of the DENRs LMB/LMS, NAMRIA, 
DENR-CARP National Secretariat and its field offices, and LAMP; the DOJ's 
LRNRoD shall continue to perform their present duties and functions as 
interim personnel of the Authority until such time, being not later than 
twelve (12) months from the effectivity of this Act, that they have been 
appointed as regular staff of the Authority based on the new staffing pattern, 
or separated from the service: Provided, That such personnel shall be 
appointed by the Director General, or hislher duly authorized representative, 
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on the basis of merit and fitness: Provided further, That only personnel who 
are not offered appointment under the new staffing pattern of the Authority 
on at least equivalent terms and conditions as their present employment 
within twelve months of this Act’s effectivity shall be entitled to a gratuity at 
a rate equivalent to three (3) months’ salary for every year of continued and 
satisfactory service rendered, or the equivalent nearest fraction thereof 
favorable to them on the basis of highest salary received, in addition to the 
retirement benefits or pensions under existing retirement law. 
SECTION 28. Abolition of LM73LMS, NAMRIA, DENR-CARP 
National Secretariat and LRA/RoD. -The DENRs Lands Management 
Bureau, Land Management Services, National Mapping and Resources 
Information Authority and CARP National Secretariat and its field offices; 
and the DOJ’s Land Registration Authority and Register of Deeds, are hereby 
abolished. 
SECTION 29. Unexpended Appropriations and Transfer of 
Assets. ~ The unexpended balances of appropriations in the current General 
Appropriations Act and other Acts in force upon approval hereof, pertaining 
to, held or used by, or available to the LRA and ROD, NAMRIA, LMB, LMS, 
DENR-CAW National Secretariat and its field offices, and the Land 
Administration and Management project (LAMP), are hereby transferred to 
the Authority. 
Such other unexpended balances of appropriations as may be deemed 
appropriate by the Department of Budget and Management for transfer to 
the Authority shall be so transferred. 
All real and personal properties, assets, liabilities, records, documents, 
positions, appropriations, contracts, and agreements which, upon the 
effectivity of this Act, are vested in, or owned, by the LMBILMS, NAMRIA, 
DENR-CARP National Secretariat and its Field Offices, LMRoD, and 
LAMP, are hereby transferred to the Authority. 
SECTION 30. Preservation of Records. - Pending a written notice of 
receipt issued by a duly authorized officer of the Authority, it shall be the 
explicit duty of any and all personnel responsible for, or in possession of 
records relating to the affairs of the LMB, LMS, NAMRIA, the DENR-CARP 
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National Secretariat and its field offices, the LRA and the RoDS to protect 
and preserve such records. 
Without prejudice to any other penalties provided for by law, any 
person who fails to fulfill hidher duty pursuant to the above paragraph, shall 
be guilty of an offense against the provisions of this Act, punishable by a fine 
of not more than One million Pesos (PliP 1,000,000.00) or imprisonment of 
not more than five years, or both, upon the discretion of the Courts. He/She 
shall also be removed from the office, forfeit all retirement benefits, except for 
accumulated leave credits and be perpetually disqualified from holding any 
public office. 
SECTION 31. Sauing Clause. - All orders, determination, rules, 
regulations, permits, certificates, licenses and privileges which have been 
issued, made, or granted effective by the former LMB, LMS, NAMRIA, LRA, 
RoDS, DENR-CARP National Secretariat and its field offices, and LAMP or 
their predecessors shall continue to be in effect according to their terms until 
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or repealed. 
No suit, action or other proceeding commenced by or against any 
officer in his official capacity as an officer of any division or unit of the former 
LMB, LMS, NAMRIA, LRA, RoDS, DENR-CARP National Secretariat and its 
field offices, and LAMP, the functions of which are transferred by this Act to 
the Authority shall abate by reason of this Act. In like manner, no cause of 
action by or against such division or unit or by or against any officer thereof 
in his official capacity shall abate by reason of the enactment of this Act. 
Causes of actions, suits, or other proceedings may be asserted for or against 
the Authority or such official of the Authority as may be appropriate. 
ARTICLE VI1 
MISCELLANEOUS PR 0 VISIONS 
SECTION 32. Use of income. - There is hereby established a trust 
fund to be known as Land Administration Authority Fund for purposes of 
financing projects of the Authority. The Authority may solicit and receive 
donations, endowments, and grants in the form of contributions, which shall 
all be exempted from income or gift taxes and all other taxes, charges or fees 
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Fifty percent (50%) of all revenue derived by the Authority from all 
fees, charges and other sources shall directly accrue to the Fund, and may be 
utilized directly by the Authority for the above purpose. 
Provided, however, That no provision of this Act shall be interpreted as 
amending, revoking or modifying any of the provisions of the Indigenous 
Peoples Rights Act (RA 8371), Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act 
(RA 8435), Urban Development and Housing Act (RA 7279) and the 
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Act (RA 6657). 
SECTION 33. Exemption from the Salary Standardization Law 
aid Attrition Law. The Authority is hereby exempted from the provisions of 
R.A. 6758, otherwise known as the Salary Standardization Law, and R.A. 
7430, known as the Attrition Law. 
SECTION 34. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The 
Authority shall prepare, promulgate and adopt the implementing rules and 
regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act not later than 90 days after 
the effectivity of this Act. 
SECTION 35. Separability Clause. - Should any provision of this 
Act or any part thereof be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court, the 
other provisions hereof which are not affected thereby, shall remain in force 
and effect. 
SECTION 36. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, 
instructions, proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof, including 
pertinent provisions of Executive Order No. 192 and its related rules and 
regulations; EO 469 dated February 11, 1981 and the subsequent 
Presidential Memorandum Circular dated 30 September 1988 and their 
related rules and regulations; and the Administrative Code of 1987, which 
are inconsistent with any provision of this Act, are hereby repealed, modified 
or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 37. Effectiuity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of 
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