josie
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 |  Subject: Any treasure trove law in the Philippines? Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:03 am | |
| Is there any law or site that readers can access so that they will have a guide just in case they decide to MDing in the future in the Philippines? |
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josie
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| | Subject: Re: Any treasure trove law in the Philippines? Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:49 am | |
| For future ref.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_trove
http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_374_1974.html |
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filipinonumismatist
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| | Subject: Re: Any treasure trove law in the Philippines? Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:50 pm | |
| Aside from Presidential Decree 374, there is a Regalian Doctrine that the government has the right to at least half of any treasure that can be excavated from a private land. |
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| | Subject: Re: Any treasure trove law in the Philippines? Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:46 pm | |
| With the regalian doctrine, that technically covers just about anything a commercial (for coin hobbyists) metal detector can, by luck, come up with?  |
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josie
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| | Subject: Re: Any treasure trove law in the Philippines? Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:53 pm | |
| Thank you for the info. FN.
http://books.google.ie/books?id=1h0YAAAAIAAJ&q=regalian+doctrine+treasure&dq=regalian+doctrine+treasure
Yes it the state owns all and in part public and private.
Nice that Philippines can get other material offshore with in its boundaries in contenintal shelf.
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/treasure-quest/treasure-quest.html
For future ref.
Some are scanning the sea bed for minerals and others. |
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