Section 11June 10, 1988, Sec./Art. 11

Commercial Farming. Commercial farms, which are private agricultural lands devoted to commercial livestock, poultry and swine raising, and aquaculture including saltbeds, fishponds and prawn ponds, fruit farms, orchards, vegetable and cut-flower farms, and cacao, coffee and rubber plantations, shall be subject to immediate compulsory acquisition and distribution after (10) years from the effectivity of the Act.n the case of new farms, the ten-year period shall begin from the first year of commercial production and operation, as determined by the DAR.

During the ten-year period, the government shall initiate the steps necessary to acquire these lands, upon payment of just compensation for the land and the improvements thereon, preferably in favor of organized cooperatives or associations, which shall hereafter manage the said lands for the worker-beneficiaries.

If the DAR determines that the purposes for which this deferment is granted no longer exist, such areas shall automatically be subject to redistribution.

The provisions of Section 32 of the Act, with regard to production-and income-sharing, shall apply to commercial farms.

CHAPTER III

Improvement of Tenurial and Labor Relations