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ISSUE:
1. WON submission of the original tracing cloth plan is mandatory in land
registration proceedings.
2. WON the prohibition of acquisition by juridical entities under the 1973
Constitution is applicable in the instant case.
HELD:
1. NO. True certified copy of the white paper plan, was sufficient for the purpose
of Identifying the land in question. It was approved by the LRC and re-verified by
the Bureau of lands (now LMB). It contained all the details and information
necessary (location, area, land as plotted, technical descriptions and natural
boundaries) for a proper and definite Identification of the land sought to be
registered, thereby serving the purpose for which the original tracing cloth plan is
required and as such, the probative value is not affected.
Director of lands v. Reyes, 68 SCRA 177 is different it involves a vast tract of land
while in the instant case, it merely involves a comparatively small size of 379sqm
which is more readily Identifiable by reason of its location.