[ DAR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 03, S. 2000, August 26, 2000 ]

AMENDING DAR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 9, SERIES OF 1997, "REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS ON A.O. NO. 3, SERIES OF 1996, RE: RECONVEYANCE OF PROPERTIES TURNED OVER TO DAR PURSUANT TO E.O. NO. 407, AS AMENDED, AND LANDS VOLUNTARILY OFFERED UNDER SECTION 19 OF RA NO. 6657 BUT FOUND TO BE OUTSIDE THE COVERAGE OF CARP



In response to present realities and the request of donor agencies and government financial institutions to expedite reconveyance of lands turned over to DAR but found to be outside CARP coverage, Item IV, PROCEDURE, paragraph 3, is hereby amended to read as follows:

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3.      The DARPO, through its designated E.O. No. 407/448 Provincial Action Officer and Chief of Operations for CARP, shall submit any of the following supporting documents to justify the reconveyance:

a.      Joint DAR-LBP Field Investigation Report on the subject landholding indicating areas not suitable for agriculture and which could not be given appropriate valuation by the LBP. For lands declared unproductive/not suitable for agriculture by DAR and LBP, the composite team shall no longer to be convened; or

b.      Certification from the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) that the subject landholding has been reclassified to residential, commercial, industrial or other non-agricultural use prior to the effectivity of R.A. 6657 on June 15, 1988; or

c.       Presidential Proclamation reserving certain areas for non-purposes.

This Order shall take effect ten (10) days after its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation pursuant to Section 49 of R.A. 6657.

Adopted: 26 Aug. 2000

(SGD.) HORACIO R. MORALES JR.
Secretary