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    This document summarizes Presidential Decree No. 892 from 1976 which discontinued the Spanish mortgage system of land registration in the Philippines and prohibited the use of Spanish land titles as evidence of ownership after 6 months. It aimed to reduce fraudulent land transactions using questionable Spanish titles and simplify the land registration system.

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    This document summarizes Presidential Decree No. 892 from 1976 which discontinued the Spanish mortgage system of land registration in the Philippines and prohibited the use of Spanish land titles as evidence of ownership after 6 months. It aimed to reduce fraudulent land transactions using questionable Spanish titles and simplify the land registration system.

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    Presidential Decree No. 892, s. 1976


    Signed on February 16, 1976 (http://www.o cialgazette.gov.ph/1976/02/16/presidential-decree-no-892-s-1976/)

    MALACAÑANG 
    MANILA
    PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 892

    DISCONTINUANCE OF THE SPANISH MORTGAGE SYSTEM OF REGISTRATION AND OF THE USE OF


    SPANISH TITLES AS EVIDENCE IN LAND REGISTRATION PROCEEDINGS

    WHEREAS, fraudulent sales, transfers, and other forms of conveyances of large tracts of public and
    private lands to unsuspecting and unwary buyers appear to have been perpetrated by unscrupulous
    persons claiming ownership under Spanish titles or grants of dubious origin;

    WHEREAS, these fraudulent transactions have often resulted in con icting claims and litigations between
    legitimate title holders, bona de occupants or applicants of public lands, on the one hand, and the
    holders of, or persons claiming rights under, the said Spanish titles or grants, on the other, thus creating
    confusion and instability in property ownership and threatening the peace and order conditions in the
    areas affected;

    WHEREAS, statistic in the Land Registration Commission show that recording in the system of
    registration under the Spanish Mortgage Law is practically nil and that this system has become obsolete;

    WHEREAS, Spanish titles to lands which have not yet been brought under the operation of the Torrens
    system, being subject to prescription, are now ineffective to prove ownership unless accompanied by
    proof of actual possession;
    WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to discontinue the system of registration under the Spanish
    Mortgage Law and the use of Spanish titles as evidence in registration proceedings under the Torrens
    system;

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested
    in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order;

    Section 1.  The system of registration under the Spanish Mortgage Law is discontinued, and all lands
    recorded under said system which are not yet covered by Torrens title shall be considered as unregistered
    lands.

    All holders of Spanish titles or grants should apply for registration of their lands under Act No. 496,
    otherwise known as the Land Registration Act, within six (6) months from the effectivity of this decree.
    Thereafter, Spanish titles cannot be used as evidence of land ownership in any registration proceedings
    under the Torrens system.

    Hereafter, all instruments affecting lands originally registered under the Spanish Mortgage Law may be
    recorded under Section 194 of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Act 3344;

    Section 2.  All laws, executive orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with the
    foregoing provisions are hereby repealed or accordingly modi ed;

    Section 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

    Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
    seventy-six.

    (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

    By the President:

    (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA


    Presidential Assistant

    Source: Malacañang Records O ce

    RESOURCES
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    (http://www.o cialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/1976/02Feb/19760216-PD-0892-FM.pdf)

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