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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Sections one and two of Republic Act Numbered One thousand two hundred sixty-eight are hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The Director of Lands is hereby directed to sell to actual occupants the portions of land and all dried esteros and/or reclaimed esteros belonging to the Republic of the Philippines, situated at the northeast and southeast intersections of Quezon Boulevard and C. Lerma Street in the City of Manila: Provided, however, That all lots bordering Quezon Boulevard and C. Lerma Street shall be sold and used for commercial purposes: Provided, further, That the area of each lot to be sold to the actual occupant thereof shall not exceed two hundred square meters.

"SEC. 2. The Director of Lands shall cause the property mentioned in Section one to be sub-divided into lots corresponding to the areas actually occupied by the present occupants, giving allowance for such alleys of two meters wide as may be deemed necessary for fire escape and other purposes, the cost of the survey and subdivision to be considered as part of the purchase price to be paid by the occupants for their respective lots: Provided, however, That the areas in excess of two hundred square meters occupied by the present occupants shall be available to the other actual occupants whose lots will be reduced in area by the construction of the necessary alleys and/or to the adjoining actual occupants occupying lots less than two hundred square1 meters in area."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon  its approval.

Enacted without Executive approval, June 19, 1960.