QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 572)
To postpone the effectivity of Act No. 496 (the Land Registration Act) from January 1, 1903 to February 1, 1903, by amending Section 128 of Act No. 496.
Section 128 of Act No. 496.
January 1, 1903.
February 1, 1903.
It continued the prior law in force for the month of January 1903, including the first day.
Registration of titles to lands, execution of conveyances, and the duties of notaries public and their appointment.
The transitional period is the month of January 1903; during this period (including Jan. 1), prior law continues to apply until the Land Registration Act takes effect on Feb. 1, 1903.
On its passage.
To avoid disruption and ensure continuity in land registration processes, conveyances, and notarial duties/appointments during the transition.
It directs the striking out of the old Section 128 and the insertion of a revised text setting the new effectivity and transitional rules.
It expedited the passage of the bill in accordance with Section 2 of an earlier Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws.
Primarily it modifies the effectivity of an existing law (Act No. 496) and establishes transitional continuation of prior law.
The law in force prior to January 1, 1903, because Act No. 496 takes effect only on February 1, 1903 and prior law continues throughout January 1903.
February 1, 1903.
It clarifies that the continuation of prior law covers January 1, 1903, not just the rest of the month.