PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 239

: The authority to approve original survey plans of lands intended for original registration purposes was withdrawn from the Land Registration Commission.
: Paragraph 3, Section 34-A of Republic Act No. 3844, as inserted by Section 6 of Republic Act No. 6389, was repealed in this regard.
: To facilitate the expropriation by the Government of big landed estates intended for distribution and resale at cost to tenant-farmers under the Agricultural Land Reform Code.
: Because under Presidential Decree No. 27 of October 21, 1972, tenant tillers of rice and corn lands have already been declared as owners of the lands they till.
: It resulted in wasteful overlapping or duplication of functions, deterioration of surveying standards, and confusion in land survey records.
: The Bureau of Lands was designated to centralize the verification and approval of original survey plans.
: The Land Registration Commissioner had to turn over all survey returns submitted to his office to the Bureau of Lands for verification and appropriate action.
: Yes, no decision shall be rendered until the Director of Lands submits his report and recommendation.
: Any law or regulation contrary or inconsistent with the decree is repealed or amended accordingly.
: It took effect immediately upon issuance on July 9, 1973.