Land Transfer to Cultural Center of the Philippines

The creation and purposes of the Cultural Center of the Philippines are anchored on Presidential Decree No. 15 dated October 5, 1972.
The decree recognizes that Presidential Decree No. 15 previously granted the Center parcels of public-domain land and that titles were already issued in favor of the Center.
The decree is implemented through an additional conveyance to support the Center’s established purposes and objectives.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines was created to construct, establish and maintain in a single site facilities including a national theatre, national music hall, art gallery, and other buildings and facilities for conferences, seminars, concerts and the like.
Additional land is conveyed to enable the Center to effectively and fully carry out the purposes for which it was created.
A described parcel adjacent to the Center’s previously granted area has been surveyed as a conference center site to meet the Center’s increasing needs.

The decree conveys land in fee simple to the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
The land conveyed consists of certain parcels of land of the public domain situated in the City of Pasay (Island of Luzon).
The decree specifically describes the lands by reference to survey plans and metes-and-bounds descriptions labeled Swo-04-000078 and Swo-04-000141.
The decree conveys not only the land but also governs the fate of improvements on the land after the Center meets the decree’s conditions on reversion.

One parcel is designated by survey plan Swo-04-000078 and covers one hundred four thousand seven hundred and seventeen (104,717) square meters.
The Swo-04-000078 parcel is bounded by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and public land (reclaimed area), with boundary courses tied to Lot 2-B (Bsd-04-000009) and other reclaimed areas, as described by the decree.
Another parcel is designated by survey plan Swo-04-000141 and covers four hundred thousand (400,000) square meters.
The Swo-04-000141 parcel is bounded by the Republic of the Philippines (Dept. of Public Highways, RL-04-000001), Manila Bay, Manila International Conference Center, existing road, and Roxas Boulevard, as described by the decree.
Both parcels’ boundary points are tied to monuments and ground markers stated in the decree, including specific reference points like C.B.M. No. 2, Cad-13, Manila Cadastre and survey approval details.

The decree assigns, transfers and conveys in fee simple the described parcels of public domain land to the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
The conveyance is made to support the Center’s functions as a single-site national cultural facility.
The decree’s conveyance is effected through the land descriptions contained in the decree for Swo-04-000078 and Swo-04-000141.
The decree establishes that the lands and associated improvements follow the decree’s reversion rule after obligations are met.

The lands granted, all improvements thereon, and all other properties of the Center are required to revert to the Government of the Philippines after the payment of obligations.
Reversion to the Government occurs when and if the Center ceases to exist.
The reversion obligation applies to the granted lands and the Center’s other properties, not only to the conveyed parcels.

The decree states that the survey was executed in accordance with law and existing regulations.
Proceso M. Calpo, Geodetic Engineer executed the survey on August 6, 1975.
The survey for the described lands was approved on August 7, 1975.
Boundary bearings are declared “true”, and points referenced are stated as marked on the ground.