Article 111Labor and Agrarian Laws and Social Legislation, p. 111

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

lessor

or

his

authorized

representative,

before

two

witnesses, to be chosen by each party. If the agricultural

lessee does not know how to read, the contents of the

document shall be read and explained to him by his

witness. The contracting parties shall acknowledge the

execution of the contract before the justice of the peace

of the municipality where the land is situated. No fees or

stamps of any kind shall be required in the preparation

and acknowledgment of the instrument. Each of the

contracting parties shall retain a copy of the contract. The

justice of the peace shall cause the third copy to be

delivered to the municipal treasurer of the municipality

where the land is located and the fourth copy to the

Office of the Agrarian Counsel.

Except in case of mistake, violence, intimidation, undue

influence, or fraud, an agricultural contract reduced in

writing and registered as hereinafter provided, shall be

conclusive

between

the

contracting

parties,

if

not

denounced or impugned within thirty days after its

registration.

Section 18. Registration of Leasehold Contract - The

municipal treasurer shall, upon receipt of his copy of the

contract, require the agricultural lessee and agricultural

lessor to present their respective copies of the contract,

and shall cause to be annotated thereon the date, time

and place of registration as well as its entry or registration

number.

Section 19. Registry of Agricultural Leasehold Contracts -

The Municipal Treasurer of the municipality wherein the

land is situated shall keep a record of all such contracts

drawn and executed within his jurisdiction, to be known

as "Registry of Agricultural Leasehold Contracts". He shall

keep this registry together with a copy of each contract

entered therein, and make annotations on said registry of

all subsequent acts relative to each contract, such as its

renewal, novation, cancellation, etc. No registration fees

or

documentary

stamps

shall

be

required

in

the

registration of said contracts or of any subsequent acts

relative thereto.

Section 20. Memorandum of Loans - No obligation to pay

money on account of loans including interest thereon

obtained by the agricultural lessee from the agricultural

lessor or his representative shall be enforceable unless

the same or a memorandum thereof be in writing in a

language or dialect known to the agricultural lessee, and

signed or thumb-marked by him, or by his agent.

Section 21. Exemption from Lien and/or Execution - The

following shall be exempt from lien and/or execution

against the agricultural lessee:

(1) Twenty-five per centum of the entire produce of the

land under cultivation; and

(2) Work animals and farm implements belonging to the

agricultural lessee: Provided, That their value does not

exceed one thousand pesos. But no article or species of

property mentioned in this Section shall be exempt from

execution issued upon a judgment recovered for its price

or

upon

a

judgment

of

foreclosure of a mortgage

thereon.

Section 22. Use of Accepted Standards of Weights and

Measures - In all transactions entered into between the

agricultural lessee and the agricultural lessor concerning

agricultural products the official or, upon agreement of

the

parties, the accepted standards of weights and

measures shall be used.

Section 23. Rights of Agricultural Lessee in General - It

shall be the right of the agricultural lessee:

(1) To have possession and peaceful enjoyment of the

land;

(2) To manage and work on the land in a manner and

method of cultivation and harvest which conform to

proven farm practices;

(3) To mechanize all or any phase of his farm work; and

(4) To deal with millers and processors and attend to the

issuance of quedans and warehouse receipts for the

produce due him.

Section 24. Right to a Home Lot - The agricultural lessee

shall

have

the

right

to

continue

in

the

exclusive

possession and enjoyment of any home lot he may have

occupied upon the effectivity of this Code, which shall be

considered as included in the leasehold.

Section 25. Right to be Indemnified for Labor - The

agricultural lessee shall have the right to be indemnified

for the cost and expenses incurred in the cultivation,

planting or harvesting and other expenses incidental to

the improvement of his crop in case he surrenders or

abandons his landholding for just cause or is ejected

therefrom. In addition, he has the right to be indemnified

for one-half of the necessary and useful improvements

made by him on the landholding: Provided, That these

improvements are tangible and have not yet lost their

utility at the time of surrender and/or abandonment of

the landholding, at which time their value shall be

determined

for

the

purpose

of

the

indemnity

for

improvements.

Section 26. Obligations of the Lessee - It shall be the

obligation of the agricultural lessee:

(1) To cultivate and take care of the farm, growing crops,

and other improvements on the landholding as a good

father of a family and perform all the work therein in

accordance with proven farm practices;

(2) To inform the agricultural lessor within a reasonable

time of any trespass committed by third persons upon

the farm, without prejudice to his direct action against

the trespasser;

(3) To take reasonable care of the work animals and farm

implements delivered to him by the agricultural lessor

and see that they are not used for purposes other than

those

intended

or

used

by

another

without

the

knowledge

and

consent

of

the

agricultural

lessor:

Provided, however, That if said work animals get lost or

die, or said farm implements get lost or are destroyed,

through the negligence of the agricultural lessee, he shall

be held responsible and made answerable therefor to the

extent of the value of the work animals and/or farm

implements at the time of the loss, death or destruction;

(4) To keep his farm and growing crops attended to

during

the

work

season.

In

case

of

unjustified

abandonment or neglect of his farm, any or all of his

expected produce may, upon order of the Court, be

forfeited in favor of the agricultural lessor to the extent of

the damage caused thereby;

(5) To notify the agricultural lessor at least three days

before the date of harvesting or, whenever applicable, of

threshing; and

(6) To pay the lease rental to the agricultural lessor when

it falls due.

Section 27. Prohibitions to Agricultural Lessee - It shall be

unlawful for the agricultural lessee:

(1) To contract to work additional landholdings belonging

to

a

different

agricultural

lessor

or

to

acquire and

personally

cultivate

an

economic

family-size

farm,

without the knowledge and consent of the agricultural

lessor with whom he had entered first into household, if

the first landholding is of sufficient size to make him and

the members of his immediate farm household fully

occupied in its cultivation; or

(2) To employ a sub-lessee on his landholding: Provided,

however, That in case of illness or temporary incapacity

he

may

employ

laborers

whose

services

on

his

landholding shall be on his account.

Section 28. Termination of Leasehold by Agricultural

Lessee During Agricultural Year - The agricultural lessee

may terminate the leasehold during the agricultural year

for any of the following causes:

(1)

Cruel,

inhuman

or

offensive,

treatment

of

the

agricultural lessee or any member of his immediate farm

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