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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1314 |
The Director of Lands
The Director of Mines and Geo-Sciences
The Director of Forest Development
The Director of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
The Commissioner on the Settlement of Land Problems
The Commanding-General, PC-INP
All Concerned Agencies
WHEREAS, it is imperative that land disputes be expeditiously resolved in the manner most acceptable to all parties concerned;
WHEREAS, the barangay conciliation system established under P.D. No. 1508, otherwise known as the "Katarungang Pambarangay Law" has in numerous cases rendered unnecessary formal adjudication by the court or government offices of disputes through the effective and speedy settlement of disputes among barangay members;
WHEREAS, the barangay settlement procedures can serve as effective, efficient and expeditious mode of settlement of land disputes;
NOW, THEREFORE, you are hereby directed to desist from receiving any complaint or petition involving land disputes until after the parties have availed themselves of the barangay settlement procedures prescribed by the Katarungang Pambarangay Law.
The Barangay Captain and the Pangkat ng Tagapagkasundo are hereby directed to give preferential attention to land disputes and to expedite settlement thereon.
The PC-INP is hereby directed to render full assistance in the enforcement of settlements effected through barangay conciliation proceedings.
This Order shall be implemented immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-three.
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