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AGRARIAN REFORM LAWSNAME OF LAW /

CONSTITUTION FEATURES

AUTHOR OF THE

LAW1899 Constitution(Malolos) Philippine Bill (1902) Limited private ownership of land to 16 hectares US Colonial Govt

Limited corporate ownership of land up to 1,024hectares

Allowed Americans to take control of vast tracks oflands in the Philippines

Land Registration Act (1902) Required people to acquire Torrens titles for their lands US Colonial Govt

Friar Lands Act (1903) US government acquired 166,000 hectares of friar landsfor $ 7 million US Colonial Govt

Said lands were sold back to 60,000 tenants at cost plusinterest

Public Lands Act (1903) Established a homestead program awarding 16 hectaresof uncultivated/undeveloped public lands for eachapplicant

US Colonial Govt

Rice Tenancy Act/Act No. 4054(1933)

Legalized the 50-50 sharing system between thelandlord and the tenant

Limited loan interests to tenants to only 10%

Expropriation of LandedEstates (1933)

Government acquired haciendas for re-sale or lease totenants.


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Sugar Tenancy Act/Act No.4113 (1934)

Regulated the relationship between the landowners andtenants in sugar lands

1935 Constitution(Commonwealth)

Commonwealth Act No.278(1938)

Authorized the president to buy farms and large estatesfor subletting to bona fide occupants who were entitled tolease the lands for twenty-five years with an option to buythru the National Land Settlement Administration(NLSA).

President Manuel L.Quezon

Power of NLSA was taken over by the Rural ProgressAdministration (RPA).

Republic Act No. 34 Established the 70-30 sharing arrangements andregulating share-tenancy contracts.

President Manuel Roxas

Republic Act No. 55 Provided for a more effective safeguard againstarbitrary ejectment of tenants.

President Manuel Roxas

Executive Order No. 355

Replaced the National Land Settlement Administration

with Land Settlement Development Corporation(LASEDECO) which takes over the responsibilities of theAgricultural Machinery Equipment Corporation and theRice and Corn Production Administration.

President Elpidio Quirino

Commonwealth Act No. 103 Creation of Court of Industrial Relations (CIR).


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Commonwealth Act No. 213 Amendatory act which deals with the right to formlegitimate labor organizations and to enter into collectivebargaining agreement between management and labor

Commonwealth Act No. 178,461, and 608.

Improved the provisions of Rice Share Tenancy Act

Republic Act No. 1160 (1954) Abolished the LASEDECO and established the NationalResettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) toresettle dissidents and landless farmers. It was particularlyaimed at rebel returnees providing home lots andfarmlands in Palawan and Mindanao.

President RamonMagsaysay

Agricultural Tenancy Act/RA1199 (1954)

Lowered to 30-70 the sharing system in favor of thetenant.


Land Reform Act/RA 1400(1955) Government to acquire haciendas with tenants


Limited retention area for landowners to 300 hectaresand 600 hectares for corporations

Required that majority of the tenants in the hacienda

apply for coverage under the program

Republic Act No. 821 Creation of Agricultural Credit Cooperative FinancingAdministration


Provided small farmers and share tenants loans with lowinterest rates of six to eight percent.

Republic Act No. 1267 Creation of the Court of Agrarian Relations


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Land Reform Code/RA 3844(1963) Replaced sharing system with leasehold system

President DiosdadoMacapagal

Set fixed rents at 25% of normal production lessproduction expenses

Retention limit was lowered to 75 hectares

Lands acquired and distributed were payable for 25years with 6% interest per annum

1973 Constitution

RA 6389/Amendment to RA3844 (1971) Leasehold arrangements were to automatically replaceall sharing arrangements

President Marcos

Further lowered retention limits from 75 hectares to 24hectares

But still just covered rice and corn lands

Created the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)

RA 6390/Agrarian ReformSpecial Fund Act

Provided for a special account and financial support forthe implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program

President Marcos

PD 2 (1972) Declared the country under land reform program President Marcos

Enjoined all agencies and offices of the government toextend full cooperation and assistance to the DAR.

Activated the Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council

PD 27 (1972) Declared all rice and corn lands with tenants as coveredby the new agrarian reform law President Marcos

Further lowered the retention area from 24 to 7 hectares


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PD 1066 (1976) Exempted sugar lands that have been planted to riceand corn and other crops President Marcos

PD 1942 Exempted lands that were planted to rice and corn afterenactment of PD 27

President Marcos

1987 Constitution

(Present) Executive Order No. 228 (1987) Declared full ownership to qualified farmer-beneficiaries

covered by PD 27.

President Corazon C.Aquino

Determined the value remaining unvalued rice and cornlands subject of PD 27 and provided for the manner ofpayment by the FBs and mode of compensation tolandowners.

Executive Order No. 229 (1987) Provided mechanism for the implementation of theComprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)


Proclamation No. 131 (1987) Instituted the CARP as a major program of thegovernment. It provided for a special fund known as theAgrarian Reform Fund (ARF), with an initial amount ofPhp50 billion to cover the estimated cost of the programfrom 1987-1992.


Executive Order No. 129-A(1987)

Streamlined and expanded the power and operations ofthe DAR.



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Creation of the Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board.

CARL/RA 6657 (1988) Covered all agricultural lands except agricultural landsused for livestock, swine and poultry raising on or before

July 15, 1988.


Also provided for support services delivery fordistributed lands.

Set the retention limit to 5 hectares Covered all lands not yet subjected to CARP and landswithin the retention areas under the leaseholdarrangement.

Set a10-year period for the implementation of CARP.

RA 7881/Amending CARL(1995)

Exempted fishponds & prawn farms from the coverageof CARL. President Fidel V. Ramos

RA 7905/Amending CARL(1995)

Authorized the PARCCOM to process applications forlease back arrangements, jointventure agreements andother schemes that will optimize the operating size foragricultural production and also promote both security oftenure and security of income to farmer beneficiaries.

President Fidel V. Ramos

Executive Order No. 363 (1997) Limits the type of lands that may be converted bysetting conditions under which limits the type of lands thatmay be converted by setting conditions under whichspecific categories of agricultural land are either absolutelynon-negotiable for conversion or highly restricted forconversion.



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RA 8435 (1997)/Agricultureand Fisheries ModernizationAct AFMA

Plugged the legal loopholes in land use conversion. President Fidel V. Ramos

RA 8532 (1998)/AgrarianReform Fund Bill

Extended funding support for CARP for another 10 yearsand allocated another P50 billion to the Agrarian ReformFund


Executive Order N0.151/Farmer's Trust Fund(1999)

Allowed the voluntary consolidation of small farmoperation into medium and large scale integratedenterprise that can access long-term capital.

President Joseph E.Estrada

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