Article 93Labor and Agrarian Laws and Social Legislation, p. 93

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

VI.

Agrarian Law

Title

Reference No

Date

Revised Guidelines and

Procedures Governing

the Substitution of

Beneficiaries of Lands

within Landed Estates

Acquired by the

Department of

Agrarian Reform under

Republic Act No. 3844,

as Amended, and for

Other Purposes

DAR AO No

08-08

2008-09-25

Rules and Regulations

Implementing Section

19 of R.A. No. 9700

(Jurisdiction on and

Referral of Agrarian

Dispute)

DAR AO No

04-09

2009-10-15

Implementing Rules

and Regulations on

Support Services

Delivery Under

Republic Act No. 9700

DAR AO No

05-09

2009-10-28

Guidelines on the

Investigation and

Referral of Cases to the

Department of

Agrarian Reform

Pursuant to Section 19

of Republic Act No.

9700

DOJ

Department

Circular No.

040-10

2010-06-07

Implementing Rules

and Regulations on the

Provision of

Agricultural Support to

and Liberalization of

Access to Credit by

Agrarian Reform

Beneficiaries Under

Republic Act No. 9700

DAR AO No

03-10

2010-06-24

Revised Rules and

Regulations

Implementing Section

19 of R.A. No. 9700

(Jurisdiction on and

Referral of Cases that

Are Agrarian in Nature)

DAR AO No

03-11

2011-17-19

Guidelines Governing

the Completion of

Distribution and Titling

of Landed Estates

under RA No. 3844, as

Amended, Turned-Over

by the Land Bank of

the Philippines to the

Department of

Agrarian Reform

DAR AO No

08-16

2016-08-26

RA No 6657 | Comprehensive Agrarian

Reform Law of 1988

As amended by RA Nos 7881, 8532, 9700

June 10, 1988

AN ACT INSTITUTING A COMPREHENSIVE

AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM TO

PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND

INDUSTRIALIZATION, PROVIDING THE

MECHANISM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION,

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be

it

enacted

by

the

Senate

and

House

of

Representatives

of

the

Philippines

in

Congress

assembled:

CHAPTER I Preliminary Chapter

Section 1. Title . — This Act shall be known as the

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 .

Section 2. Declaration of Principles and Policies . —

It is the policy of the State to pursue a Comprehensive

Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The welfare of the

landless farmers and farmworkers will receive the highest

consideration to promote social justice and to move the

nation

toward

sound

rural

development

and

industrialization,

and

the

establishment

of

owner

cultivatorship of economic-size farms as the basis of

Philippine agriculture.

The State shall promote industrialization and full

employment based on sound agricultural development

and agrarian reform, through industries that make full

and efficient use of human and natural resources, and

which are competitive in both domestic and foreign

markets: Provided , That the conversion of agricultural

lands into industrial, commercial or residential lands shall

take into account, tillers' rights and national food security.

Further ,

the

State

shall

protect

Filipino

enterprises

against unfair foreign competition and trade practices.

The

State

recognizes

that

there

is

not

enough

agricultural land to be divided and distributed to each

farmer and regular farmworker so that each one can own

his/her economic-size family farm. This being the case, a

meaningful agrarian reform program to uplift the lives

and economic status of the farmer and his/her children

can

only

be

achieved

through

simultaneous

industrialization aimed at developing a self-reliant and

independent national economy effectively controlled by

Filipinos.

To this end, the State may, in the interest of national

welfare or defense, establish and operate vital industries.

A more equitable distribution and ownership of land,

with due regard to the rights of landowners to just

compensation,

retention

rights

under

Section

6

of

Republic Act No. 6657, as amended, and to the ecological

needs of the nation, shall be undertaken to provide

farmers

and

farmworkers

with

the

opportunity

to

enhance their dignity and improve the quality of their

lives through greater productivity of agricultural lands.

The agrarian reform program is founded on the right

of farmers and regular farmworkers, who are landless, to

own directly or collectively the lands they till or, in the

case of other farmworkers, to receive a just share of the

fruits thereof. To this end, the State shall encourage and

undertake the just distribution of all agricultural lands,

subject to the priorities and retention limits set forth in

this Act, taking into account ecological, developmental,

and equity considerations, and subject to the payment of

just compensation. The State shall respect the right of

small

landowners,

and

shall

provide

incentive

for

voluntary land-sharing.

As much as practicable, the implementation of the

program shall be community-based to assure, among

others, that the farmers shall have greater control of

farmgate prices, and easier access to credit.

The

State

shall

recognize

the

right

of

farmers,

farmworkers and landowners, as well as cooperatives and

other independent farmers’ organizations, to participate

in the planning, organization, and management of the

program,

and

shall

provide

support

to

agriculture

through

appropriate

technology

and

research,

and

adequate

financial, production, marketing and other

support services.

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