Republic Act 3844
REPUBLIC ACT No. 3844
AN ACT TO ORDAIN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE AND TO INSTITUTE LAND REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES, INCLUDING THE ABOLITION OF TENANCY AND THE CHANNELING OF CAPITAL INTO INDUSTRY, PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
PRELIMINARY CHAPTER
TITLE
DECLARATION OF POLICY AND COMPOSITION OF CODE
Section 1. Title - This Act shall be known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code.
Section 2. Declaration of Policy - It is the policy of the State:
(1) To establish owner-cultivator ship and the economic family-size farm as the basis of Philippine agriculture and, as a consequence, divert landlord capital in agriculture to industrial development;
(2) To achieve a dignified existence for the small farmers free from pernicious institutional restraints and practices;
(3) To create a truly viable social and economic structure in agriculture conducive to greater productivity and higher farm incomes;
(4) To apply all labor laws equally and without discrimination to both industrial and agricultural wage earners;
(5) To provide a more vigorous and systematic land resettlement program and public land distribution; and
(6) To make the small farmers more independent, self-reliant and responsible citizens, and a source of genuine strength in our democratic society.
Section 3. Composition of Code - In pursuance of the policy enunciated in Section two, the following are established under this Code:
(1) An agricultural leasehold system to replace all existing share tenancy systems in agriculture;
(2) A declaration of rights for agricultural labor;
(3) An authority for the acquisition and equitable distribution of agricultural land;
(4) An institution to finance the acquisition and distribution of agricultural land;
(5) A machinery to extend credit and similar assistance to agriculture;
(6) A machinery to provide marketing, management, and other technical services to agriculture;
(7) A unified
AN ACT TO ORDAIN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE AND TO INSTITUTE LAND REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES, INCLUDING THE ABOLITION OF TENANCY AND THE CHANNELING OF CAPITAL INTO INDUSTRY, PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
PRELIMINARY CHAPTER
TITLE
DECLARATION OF POLICY AND COMPOSITION OF CODE
Section 1. Title - This Act shall be known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code.
Section 2. Declaration of Policy - It is the policy of the State:
(1) To establish owner-cultivator ship and the economic family-size farm as the basis of Philippine agriculture and, as a consequence, divert landlord capital in agriculture to industrial development;
(2) To achieve a dignified existence for the small farmers free from pernicious institutional restraints and practices;
(3) To create a truly viable social and economic structure in agriculture conducive to greater productivity and higher farm incomes;
(4) To apply all labor laws equally and without discrimination to both industrial and agricultural wage earners;
(5) To provide a more vigorous and systematic land resettlement program and public land distribution; and
(6) To make the small farmers more independent, self-reliant and responsible citizens, and a source of genuine strength in our democratic society.
Section 3. Composition of Code - In pursuance of the policy enunciated in Section two, the following are established under this Code:
(1) An agricultural leasehold system to replace all existing share tenancy systems in agriculture;
(2) A declaration of rights for agricultural labor;
(3) An authority for the acquisition and equitable distribution of agricultural land;
(4) An institution to finance the acquisition and distribution of agricultural land;
(5) A machinery to extend credit and similar assistance to agriculture;
(6) A machinery to provide marketing, management, and other technical services to agriculture;
(7) A unified