In order to achieve the Department's commitment to help alleviate poverty through Passive distribution of land titles and to clearly define the delegation of authorities within the Department relative to the issuance/signing of land patents, it is hereby ordered that Henceforth all Regional Executive Directors are given the authority to sign/issue land patents covering an area of not more than three (3) hectares.

In the exercise of the above-cited function/authority, no prior clearance is required from the Central Office.

All Department orders, circulars or instructions inconsistent herewith are repealed, superseded and/or modified accordingly.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 04 Oct. 2002

(SGD.) HEHERSON T. ALVAREZ
Secretary