Article 108Labor and Agrarian Laws and Social Legislation, p. 108

LABOR LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION SPECIAL LAWS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby

repealed or amended accordingly.

Section 77. Separability Clause . — If, for any reason,

any section or provision of this Act is declared null and

void, no other section, provision, or part thereof shall be

affected and the same shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 78. Effectivity Clause . — This Act shall take

effect immediately after publication in at least two (2)

national newspapers of general circulation.

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Provisions under RA No 9700,

August 7,

2009

Section 26. Congressional Oversight Committee . - A

Congressional Oversight Committee on Agrarian Reform

(COCAR) is hereby created to oversee and monitor the

implementation of this Act. It shall be composed of the

Chairpersons of the Committee on Agrarian Reform of

both Houses of Congress, three (3) Members of the House

of Representatives, and three (3) Members of the Senate

of the Philippines, to be designated respectively by the

Speaker

of

the

House

of

Representatives

and

the

President of the Senate of the Philippines.

The Chairpersons of the Committees on Agrarian

Reform of the House of Representatives and of the

Senate of the Philippines shall be the Chairpersons of the

COCAR. The Members shall receive no compensation;

however, traveling and other necessary expenses shall be

allowed.

In order to carry out the objectives of this Act, the

COCAR

shall

be

provided

with

the

necessary

appropriations for its operation. An initial amount of

Twenty-five

million

pesos

(P25,000,000.00)

is

hereby

appropriated for the COCAR for the first year of its

operation and the same amount shall be appropriated

every year thereafter.

The term of the COCAR shall end six (6) months after

the expiration of the extended period of five (5) years.

Section 27. Powers and Functions of the COCAR . -

The

COCAR

shall

have

the

following

powers

and

functions:

(a) Prescribe and adopt guidelines which shall govern

its work;

(b)

Hold

hearings

and

consultations,

receive

testimonies

and

reports

pertinent

to

its

specified

concerns;

(c) Secure from any department, bureau, office or

instrumentality of the government such assistance as

may

be

needed,

including

technical

information,

preparation and production of reports and submission of

recommendations or plans as it may require, particularly

a yearly report of the record or performance of each

agrarian reform beneficiary as provided under Section 22

of Republic Act No. 6657, as amended;

(d) Secure from the DAR or the LBP information on

the amount of just compensation determined to be paid

or which has been paid to any landowner;

(e) Secure from the DAR or the LBP quarterly reports

on the disbursement of funds for the agrarian reform

program;

(f) Oversee and monitor, in such a manner as it may

deem

necessary,

the

actual

implementation

of

the

program and projects by the DAR;

(g) Summon by subpoena any public or private

citizen to testify before it, or require by subpoena duces

tecum to produce before it such records, reports, or other

documents as may be necessary in the performance of its

functions;

(h) Engage the services of resource persons from the

public and private sectors as well as civil society including

the various agrarian reform groups or organizations in the

different regions of the country as may be needed;

(i) Approve the budget for the work of the Committee

and

all

disbursements

therefrom,

including

compensation of all personnel;

(j) Organize its staff and hire and appoint such

employees

and

personnel

whether

temporary,

contractual or on constancy subject to applicable rules;

and

(k) Exercise all the powers necessary and incidental to

attain the purposes for which it is created.

Section 28. Periodic Reports . - The COCAR shall

submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives

and to the President of the Senate of the Philippines

periodic reports on its findings and recommendations on

actions to be undertaken by both Houses of Congress, the

DAR, and the PARC.

Section

29.

Access

to

Information .

-

Notwithstanding the provisions of Republic Act No. 1405

and other pertinent laws, information on the amount of

just compensation paid to any landowner under Republic

Act No. 6657, as amended, and other agrarian reform laws

shall be deemed public information.

Section 30. Resolution of Case . - Any case and/or

proceeding

involving

the

implementation

of

the

provisions of Republic Act No. 6657, as amended, which

may remain pending on June 30, 2014 shall be allowed to

proceed to its finality and be executed even beyond such

date.

RA No 3844 | Code of Agrarian Reforms

Previously, the Agricultural Land Reform Code, as

amended by PD Nos 239, 251, 444, 1039, and 1817, RA

Nos 4366, 4886, 5984, 6389, 6657, 7907, 9700, 10374,

10874, and 10878

August 8, 1963

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 Code of

Agrarian Reforms of the Philippines.

Section 2. Declaration of Policy . — It is the policy of the

State:

(1) To establish cooperative-cultivatorship among those

who

live

and

work

on

the

land

as

tillers,

owner-cultivatorship 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 income through a cooperative system of

production, processing, marketing, distribution, credit

and services;

(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;

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