ACQUISITION OF LAND  OWNERSHIP BY PRESCRIPTION

> PD1529 and its amendatory PD1073 didn’t preclude application for registration of alienable lands of the public domain, possession over which commenced only after June 12, 1945, considering Section 14 (2) which governs and authorizes the application of those who have acquired ownership of private lands by
prescription under the provisions of existing laws

> While as a rule, prescription doesn’t run against the State, the exception is when the law expressly provides

> Prescription—mode of acquiring ownership; properties classified as alienable public land may be converted into private property by ordinary prescription of 10 years, or extraordinary prescription of 30 years, without need of title or good faith. With such conversion, such property may now fall within the contemplation
of private lands and may be registered even if the possession commenced after June 12, 1945.