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Official Gazette, and what must be proved is not the content of the
Order published in the Official Gazette but the fact of two-time
publication in successive issues at least 30 days before the hearing
date. The Court further stated therein that it has consistently
accepted the probative value of certifications of the Director of the
National Printing Office in reconstitution cases. The Court even
quoted therein the lower courtÊs observation that the Official
Gazette is an official publication of the government and
consequently, the Court can take judicial notice of its contents.
Same; Same; Same; Same; Official Gazette; The Administrative
Code of 1987 requires publication of laws in the Official Gazette to
take effect.·It will be recalled that the Official Gazette was created
by decree of Act 453, „An Act providing for the publication by the
Insular Government of an Official Gazette, under the general
direction of the Department of Public Instruction,‰ which was
enacted by the Philippine Commission on September 2, 1902, by
authority of the United States of America. Vol. 1, No. 1 of the
Official Gazette came out on September 10, 1902. In March 5, 1903,
Act 664 amended Act 453 to provide for publication of the Official
Gazette weekly in two parts, one part in English and the other in
Spanish, with each part issued separately and containing, among
others, all legislative Acts and resolutions of a public nature of the
Insular Legislature, all executive orders, such as decisions of the
Supreme Court, the Court of Customs Appeals, and the Court of
Land Registration. Subsequently, Commonwealth Act No. 638, „An
Act to provide for the uniform publication and distribution of the
Official Gazette,‰ was passed by the Third Session of the Second
National Assembly on May 22, 1941 and subsequently approved by
President Manuel L. Quezon on June 10, 1941. The Administrative
Code of 1987 requires publication of laws in the Official Gazette to
take effect.
Same; Same; Same; Same; Same; Judicial Notice; Given that
the Official Gazette is the official publication of the government, the
Supreme Court (SC) can take judicial notice thereof pursuant to
Section 2 of Rule 129, Rules of Court.·Given that the Official
Gazette is the official publication of the government, the Court can
take judicial notice thereof pursuant to Section 2 of Rule 129, Rules
of Court, which provides: SEC. 2. Judicial notice, when
discretionary.·A court may take judicial notice of matters which
are of public
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3 Rollo (G.R. No. 202872), pp. 42-49; id., at pp. 28-35. Penned by
Associate Justice Edgardo T. Lloren, with Associate Justices Maria Elisa
Sempio Diy and Jhosep Y. Lopez, concurring.
4 Twenty-Third Division.
5 Also referred to as C.A.-G.R. No. 01642-MIN in other parts of the
Rollo.
6 Hereinafter referred to as Padayhags.
7 Rollo (G.R. No. 206062), pp. 37-39. Penned by Associate Justice
Edgardo T. Lloren, with Associate Justices Jhosep Y. Lopez and Henri
Jean Paul B. Inting, concurring.
8 Rollo (G.R. No. 202872), pp. 52-65. Penned by Executive Judge
Harun Bagis Ismael.
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12 Id., at pp. 43-45; Rollo (G.R. No. 206062), pp. 29-31.
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3. By posting.·
The Commissioner of Land Registration shall also cause a
duly attested copy of the notice of initial hearing to be posted
by the sheriff of the province or city, as the case may be, or by
his deputy, in a conspicuous place on each parcel of land
included in the application and also in a conspicuous place on
the bulletin board of the municipal building of the
municipality or city in which the land or portion thereof is
situated, fourteen days at least before the date of initial
hearing.
The court may also cause notice to be served to such other
persons and in such manner as it may deem proper.
The notice of initial hearing shall, in form, be substantially
as follows.
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passage of PD 1529.
As proof of the publication in two successive issues of the
Official Gazette of the Notice of Initial Hearing for
Cadastral Case No. N-17, LRC Cadastral Record No. N-
468, the Padayhags submitted to the Court microfilm
printouts of the issues of the Official Gazette on October 24
and 31, 1966, Volume 62, Number 43, pages 8044 to 8047,
and Number 44, pages 8312 to 8315 certified by the
University of the Philippines Library, Media Service
Section, Diliman, Quezon City. Adriano Arang, Mangacap
Ampato, and Federico Padayhag, Jr. appear in the said
issues among the many claimants of the 1,409 lots with a
combined area of 236,6925 hectares situated in the then
Municipality of Pagadian, Province of Zamboanga del Sur
and
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50 Id., at p. 52.
51 317 Phil. 653; 247 SCRA 551 (1995).
52 SEC. 13. The court shall cause a notice of the petition, filed
under the preceding section, to be published, at the expense of the
petitioner, twice in successive issues of the Official Gazette, and to be
posted on the main entrance of the municipality or city in which the land
is situated, at the provincial building and of the municipal building at
least thirty days prior to the date of hearing. The court shall likewise
cause a copy of the notice to be sent, by registered mail or otherwise, at
the expense of the petitioner, to every person named therein whose
address is known, at least thirty days prior to the date of hearing. x x x
The petitioner shall, at the hearing, submit proof of
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61 See Far Eastern Surety and Insurance Co., Inc. v. People, 721 Phil.
760, 769; 710 SCRA 358, 367 (2013)
62 Id.
63 Rules of Court, Rule 45, Sec. 1.
64 Rollo (UDK 14834), pp. 2-5.
65 Id. (unnumbered); Rollo (G.R. No. 206062), p. 178.
66 Id. (unnumbered); id., at p. 179.
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578 (2013).
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