REGISTRATION IS NOT A MODE OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP

> Registration doesn’t vest title
> Merely evidence of such a title over a particular property
> Not a mode of acquiring ownership but is merely a PROCEDURE to establish evidence of title over realty
> Where a petitioner’s registration of their deed of sale was done in bad faith, it is as if no registration was made at all insofar as private respondent is concerned.
> Registration under Act No. 496 or PD No. 1529 doesn’t vest in the registrant private or public ownership of the land—it is merely evidence of ownership but is not a mode of acquiring ownership