Public Land Act (Republic Act No. 2874). Country/Territory Philippines Document type Legislation Date 1919 (1929) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to Amend and Compile the Laws Relative to Lands of the Public Domain, and for other purposes. Subject Land & soil Keyword Basic legislation Public land Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Concession Land-use planning Survey/mapping Classification/declassification Agricultural land Authorization/permit Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 1 July 1919. Abstract This Act, consisting of 129 sections divided into seven Titles, establishes the requirements to be met by Lands of the Public Domain. It specifies that timber and mineral lands shall be governed by special laws and nothing in this Act provided shall be understood or construed to charge or-modify the government and disposition of the lands commonly called "friar lands" and those which, being privately owned, have reverted to or become the property of the Philippine Government, which administration and disposition shall be governed by the laws. For the purposes of their government and disposition, the lands of the public domain alienable or open to disposition shall be classified, according to the use or purposes to which such lands are destined, as follows: a) Agricultural; b) Commercial, industrial, or for similar productive purposes; c) Educational, charitable, and other similar purposes; d) Reservations for town sites, and for public and quasi-public uses. The Act is divided as follows: Title and Application of the Act, Lands to which it refers and Classification, Delimitation, and Survey thereof for Concession (Title I); Agricultural Public Lands (Title II); Lands for Commercial or Industrial purposes and other similar productive purposes (Title III); Lands for Educational, Charitable, and other similar Purposes (Title IV); Reservations (Title V); General Provisions (Title VI); and Final Provisions (Title VII). Full text English Website lawphil.net References - Legislation Amended by Agricultural Free Patent Reform Act (Republic Act No. 11231). Legislation | Philippines | 2018 Keyword: Public land, Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX