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Section 14. Who may apply. The following persons may file in the proper Court of First
Instance an application for registration of title to land, whether personally or through their duly
authorized representatives:

(1) Those who by themselves or through their predecessors-in-interest have been in open,
continuous, exclusive and notorious possession and occupation of alienable and disposable
lands of the public domain under a bona fide claim of ownership since June 12, 1945, or
earlier.

(2) Those who have acquired ownership of private lands by prescription under the provision
of existing laws.

(3) Those who have acquired ownership of private lands or abandoned river beds by right of
accession or accretion under the existing laws.

(4) Those who have acquired ownership of land in any other manner provided for by law.

Where the land is owned in common, all the co-owners shall file the application jointly.

Where the land has been sold under pacto de retro, the vendor a retro may file an application for the
original registration of the land, provided, however, that should the period for redemption expire
during the pendency of the registration proceedings and ownership to the property consolidated in
the vendee a retro, the latter shall be substituted for the applicant and may continue the
proceedings.

A trustee on behalf of his principal may apply for original registration of any land held in trust by him,
unless prohibited by the instrument creating the trust.

WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF JURE REGALIA?

(REGALIAN DOCTRINE)
> Generally, under this concept, private title to land must be traced to some grant,
express or implied, from the Spanish Crown or its successors, the American Colonial
Government, and thereafter, the Philippine Republic
> In a broad sense, the term refers to royal rights, or those rights to which the King has
by virtue of his prerogatives
> The theory of jure regalia was therefore nothing more than a natural fruit of conquest
CONNECTED TO THIS IS THE STATE’S POWER OF DOMINUUM

> Capacity of the state to own or acquire property—foundation for the early Spanish
decree embracing the feudal theory of jura regalia
> This concept was first introduced through the Laws of the Indies and the Royal
Cedulas
> The Philippines passed to Spain by virtue of discovery and conquest. Consequently,
all lands became the exclusive patrimony and dominion of the Spanish Crown.
> The Law of the Indies was followed by the Ley Hipotecaria or the Mortgage Law of
1893. This law provided for the systematic registration of titles and deeds as well as
possessory claims
> The Maura Law: was partly an amendment and was the last Spanish land law
promulgated in the Philippines, which required the adjustment or registration of all
agricultural lands, otherwise the lands shall revert to the State

WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF JURE REGALIA?

(REGALIAN DOCTRINE)
> Generally, under this concept, private title to land must be traced to some grant,
express or implied, from the Spanish Crown or its successors, the American Colonial
Government, and thereafter, the Philippine Republic
> In a broad sense, the term refers to royal rights, or those rights to which the King has
by virtue of his prerogatives
> The theory of jure regalia was therefore nothing more than a natural fruit of conquest
CONNECTED TO THIS IS THE STATE’S POWER OF DOMINUUM

> Capacity of the state to own or acquire property—foundation for the early Spanish
decree embracing the feudal theory of jura regalia
> This concept was first introduced through the Laws of the Indies and the Royal
Cedulas
> The Philippines passed to Spain by virtue of discovery and conquest. Consequently,
all lands became the exclusive patrimony and dominion of the Spanish Crown.
> The Law of the Indies was followed by the Ley Hipotecaria or the Mortgage Law of
1893. This law provided for the systematic registration of titles and deeds as well as
possessory claims
> The Maura Law: was partly an amendment and was the last Spanish land law
promulgated in the Philippines, which required the adjustment or registration of all
agricultural lands, otherwise the lands shall revert to the State

Kinds of land under the const. 1. Argicultural 2. Forest/timber 3. Mineral 4 national parks
Under agricultural ay yung commercial, industrial, etc) Jn sa tatlo, yung 2-4 ay public land.
Agricultural lang ang pwede ariin ng private person.