AGRARIAN REFORM LAWS

NAME OF LAW / CONSTITUTION 1899 Constitution (Malolos)

Philippine Bill (1902)

FEATURES
Limited private ownership of land to 16 hectares Limited corporate ownership of land up to 1,024 hectares Allowed Americans to take control of vast tracks of lands in the Philippines

AUTHOR OF THE LAW

US Colonial Govt

Land Registration Act (1902)

Required people to acquire Torrens titles for their lands US government acquired 166,000 hectares of friar lands for $ 7 million Said lands were sold back to 60,000 tenants at cost plus interest Established a homestead program awarding 16 hectares of uncultivated/undeveloped public lands for each applicant Legalized the 50-50 sharing system between the landlord and the tenant Limited loan interests to tenants to only 10% Government acquired haciendas for re-sale or lease to tenants.

US Colonial Govt

Friar Lands Act (1903)

US Colonial Govt

Public Lands Act (1903)

US Colonial Govt

Rice Tenancy Act/Act No. 4054 (1933)

Expropriation of Landed Estates (1933)

Sugar Tenancy Act/Act No. 4113 (1934)

Regulated the relationship between the landowners and tenants in sugar lands

1935 Constitution (Commonwealth)

Commonwealth Act No. 278(1938) Authorized the president to buy farms and large estates for subletting to bona fide occupants who were entitled to lease the lands for twenty-five years with an option to buy thru the National Land Settlement Administration(NLSA). Power of NLSA was taken over by the Rural Progress Administration (RPA). Republic Act No. 34 Established the 70-30 sharing arrangements and regulating share-tenancy contracts. Provided for a more effective safeguard against arbitrary ejectment of tenants. Replaced the National Land Settlement Administration with Land Settlement Development Corporation (LASEDECO) which takes over the responsibilities of the Agricultural Machinery Equipment Corporation and the Rice and Corn Production Administration. Creation of Court of Industrial Relations (CIR). President Manuel Roxas President Manuel L. Quezon

Republic Act No. 55

President Manuel Roxas

Executive Order No. 355

President Elpidio Quirino

Commonwealth Act No. 103

Commonwealth Act No. 213

Amendatory act which deals with the right to form legitimate labor organizations and to enter into collective bargaining agreement between management and labor Improved the provisions of Rice Share Tenancy Act

Commonwealth Act No. 178, 461, and 608.

Republic Act No. 1160 (1954)

Abolished the LASEDECO and established the National Resettlement and Rehabilitation Administration (NARRA) to resettle dissidents and landless farmers. It was particularly aimed at rebel returnees providing home lots and farmlands in Palawan and Mindanao. Lowered to 30-70 the sharing system in favor of the tenant.

President Ramon Magsaysay

Agricultural Tenancy Act/RA 1199 (1954) Land Reform Act/RA 1400 (1955)

President Ramon Magsaysay President Ramon Magsaysay

Government to acquire haciendas with tenants Limited retention area for landowners to 300 hectares and 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 Financing Administration Provided small farmers and share tenants loans with low interest rates of six to eight percent.

President Ramon Magsaysay

Republic Act No. 1267

Creation of the Court of Agrarian Relations

Land Reform Code/RA 3844 (1963)

Replaced sharing system with leasehold system Set fixed rents at 25% of normal production less production expenses Retention limit was lowered to 75 hectares Lands acquired and distributed were payable for 25 years with 6% interest per annum

President Diosdado Macapagal

1973 Constitution
RA 6389/Amendment to RA 3844 (1971) Leasehold arrangements were to automatically replace all sharing arrangements Further lowered retention limits from 75 hectares to 24 hectares But still just covered rice and corn lands Created the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Provided for a special account and financial support for the implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program Declared the country under land reform program Enjoined all agencies and offices of the government to extend full cooperation and assistance to the DAR. Activated the Agrarian Reform Coordinating Council Declared all rice and corn lands with tenants as covered by the new agrarian reform law Further lowered the retention area from 24 to 7 hectares President Marcos

RA 6390/Agrarian Reform Special Fund Act PD 2 (1972)

President Marcos President Marcos

PD 27 (1972)

President Marcos

PD 1066 (1976)

Exempted sugar lands that have been planted to rice and corn and other crops Exempted lands that were planted to rice and corn after enactment of PD 27

President Marcos

PD 1942

President Marcos

1987 Constitution (Present)

Executive Order No. 228 (1987) Declared full ownership to qualified farmer-beneficiaries covered by PD 27. Determined the value remaining unvalued rice and corn lands subject of PD 27 and provided for the manner of payment by the FBs and mode of compensation to landowners. Provided mechanism for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Instituted the CARP as a major program of the government. It provided for a special fund known as the Agrarian Reform Fund (ARF), with an initial amount of Php50 billion to cover the estimated cost of the program from 1987-1992. Streamlined and expanded the power and operations of the DAR. President Corazon C. Aquino

Executive Order No. 229 (1987)

President Corazon C. Aquino

Proclamation No. 131 (1987)

President Corazon C. Aquino

Executive Order No. 129-A (1987)

President Corazon C. Aquino

 Creation of the Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board. Covered all agricultural lands except agricultural lands used for livestock, swine and poultry raising on or before July 15, 1988. Also provided for support services delivery for distributed lands. Set the retention limit to 5 hectares Covered all lands not yet subjected to CARP and lands within the retention areas under the leasehold arrangement. Set a10-year period for the implementation of CARP. Exempted fishponds & prawn farms from the coverage of CARL. President Corazon C. Aquino

CARL/RA 6657 (1988)

RA 7881/Amending CARL (1995)

President Fidel V. Ramos

RA 7905/Amending CARL (1995)

Authorized the PARCCOM to process applications for lease back arrangements, jointventure agreements and other schemes that will optimize the operating size for agricultural production and also promote both security of tenure and security of income to farmer beneficiaries. Limits the type of lands that may be converted by setting conditions under which limits the type of lands that may be converted by setting conditions under which specific categories of agricultural land are either absolutely non-negotiable for conversion or highly restricted for conversion.

President Fidel V. Ramos

Executive Order No. 363 (1997)

President Fidel V. Ramos

RA 8435 (1997)/Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act AFMA RA 8532 (1998)/Agrarian Reform Fund Bill Executive Order N0. 151/Farmer's Trust Fund (1999)

Plugged the legal loopholes in land use conversion.

President Fidel V. Ramos

Extended funding support for CARP for another 10 years and allocated another P50 billion to the Agrarian Reform Fund Allowed the voluntary consolidation of small farm operation into medium and large scale integrated enterprise that can access long-term capital.

President Fidel V. Ramos

President Joseph E. Estrada