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Senate Bill No. 1426 – INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
AN ACT EXTENDING THE PERIOD FOR INDIGENOUS CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO SECURE TITLE TO THEIR
ANCESTRAL LANDS UNDER LAND REGISTRATION ACT 496 AND GRANTING A NEW FIVE (5)
YEAR PERIOD TO THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (NCIP) TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE LEGAL ACTION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED TITLES
WHICH WERE ILLEGALLY ACQUIRED, AMENDING FOR PURPOSE SECTIONS 12 AND 64 OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ACT OF
1997