February 17, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 NN/12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

There are ten (10) items to this assigned task; each item
is worth ten (10) points. Explain your answers comprehensively citing the
pertinent laws, jurisprudence, and other legal bases to get full credit.

IMPORTANT:

(1) THE ANSWERS MUST BE HANDWRITTEN USING YELLOW PAD PAPERS. Write
legibly.
(2) UPLOAD (here in the Google Classroom) the clear scanned copy of your answer sheets NOT
LATER THAN Saturday, February 17, 2024, | and 1:30 PM. Submissions automatically close
after the due date (1:30 PM). Late submissions may not be accepted.

QUESTIONS:

a. Can a piece of land be acquired by occupation? Why?

b. What is acquisitive prescription?
c. What are the lands that may be acquired by prescription?
d. Is a registered land subject to prescription?

Explain fully. (10 points)

II

What is the right of the owner of a piece of land? What are the limitations of such a right? Cite the
legal basis. (10 points)

III

a. What is land registration?

b. What is the objective of land registration?

(10 points)

IV

Is land registration a mode of acquiring ownership? Explain and cite the legal basis. (10 points)

a. What is Presidential Decree 892?

b. Prior to the enactment of
Presidential Decree 892, what were the systems of registration of real property
or rights in the Philippines?
 (10 points)

VI

What is Presidential No. 1529 and what is the objective of this law?

(10 points)

VII

Is land registration or recording indispensable to prove ownership? Give the facts, issues, and ruling in
the case of Alo vs. Rocamora, GR No. L-2440, April 27, 1906.

- https://jurisprudence.ph/jurisprudence/digest/alo-v-rocamora

(10 points)

VIII

What is the system of land registration used in the Philippines? Explain fully its concept and
origin. Does the land registration system guarantee the conclusiveness of the certificate of
registration? Does the registration of a piece of land under this system create or vest title?

(10 points)

IX

Is the title similar to the certificate of title? Cite the pertinent facts, issues, and ruling in the
case of Castillo vs. Escutin, GR No. 171056,
March 13, 2009.

(10 points)

What is the purpose of the land registration system? Cite the pertinent facts, issues, and ruling
in the case of Legarda vs. Saleeby, 31
Phil. 590, GR L-8936?

(10 points)