REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

3843

House Bill No.

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN IIL

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Land ownership and its good management promote productivity and ensure the country's
development. With this, the Land Registration Authority (LRA), tasked to see to it that the
laws on land registration are effectively-implemented, has been created. The LRA is
mandated to provide a secure, stable and trustworthy record of land ownership and recorded
interests therein in order to promote social and economic well-being and contribute to
national development.

However, the present state of affairs in registration of land is caught up in bureaucratic and
routine tediousness. More often than not, individuals desiring to have their land registered
have to go through the circuitous and expensive process of complying with each requirement
usually demanded by several government agencies.

Intending to address this pressing problem that greatly affects high-quality land management,
this bill will establish a one-stop action center in every legislative district of the country to
facilitate the registration of land ownership. The establishment of a one-stop shop for
purposes of registration of land titles and the deeds affecting such titles, without necessarily
undermining the objectives of the Land Registration Act, can streamline and simplify existing
systems. Moreover, since the process of registration is made in the province where the land is
located, any alien or encumbrance on the land may be readily known.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is strongly recommended.

MANUE) BOCHAN III
Representati\
Magdalo Para sa Pilipino Party-List


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3843

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN III

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING ONE-STOP ACTION CENTER FOR PURPOSES OF LAND
REGISTRATION IN EVERY LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. There shall be established a one-stop action center for purposes of land
registration in every legislative district throughout the country.

SEC. 2. The one-stop center shall facilitate the processing and documentation of all
requirements pertinent to land registration such as payment of taxes, issuance of permits,
clearances, and other related documents in accordance with the Presidential Decree No. 1529,
otherwise known as the "Property Registration Decree", and other pertinent laws.

SEC. 3. The Department of Justice shall appoint the necessary staff and employees to
operate the one-stop action centers, subject to the civil service laws, rules and regulations.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Justice, in coordination with the Secretary of Finance and
Agrarian Reform, shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective
implementation of this Act.

SEC 5. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act shall be
charged to the current appropriations of the Department of Justice. Thereafter, such sum as
may be necessary for its continued implementation shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in at
least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,