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Congress of the PhilippinesTwelfth Congress REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9161December 22, 2001 AN ACT ESTABLISHING REFORMS IN THE REGULATION OF RENTALS OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, PROVIDING THE MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. Short Tittle. This ACT shall…

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8368     AN ACT REPEALING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 772, ENTITLED “PENALIZING SQUATTING AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTS.” Section 1. Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Anti-Squatting Law Repeal Act of 1997.”  Sec. 2. Repeal. — Presidential Decree No. 772, entitled “Penalizing Squatting and Other Similar Acts” is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. Effect on…

RIGHT TO OWN  1. General Rule – Only Filipino Citizens and corporations or partnerships with at least 60% of the capital which is owned by Filipinos are entitled to acquire land in the Philippines.  2.  As an exception to the general rule, alien acquisition of real estate in the Philippines is allowed in the following cases:   a…..

Topical Index (The Topical Index presents in outline form the manner by which the Law on Sales is discussed in the book, and serves as a syllabus for classroom discussions. The x’s in the outline represent cases which need no extended discussions either because the essence of their rulings are already summarized in the outline…