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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 27
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 27 -
DECREEING THE EMANCIPATION OF TENANTS FROM THE BONDAGE OF THE SOIL,
TRANSFERRING TO THEM THE OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND THEY TILL AND PROVIDING
THE INSTRUMENTS AND MECHANISM THEREFOR
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Inasmuch as the old concept of land
ownership by a few has spawned valid and legitimate grievances that
gave rise to violent conflict and social tension,
The redress of such legitimate grievances being one of the fundamental
objectives of the New Society, chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Since Reformation must start with the emancipation of the tiller of the
soil from his bondage,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and
General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended do hereby
decree and order the emancipation of all tenant farmers as of this day,
October 21, 1972;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
This shall apply to tenant farmers of private agricultural lands
primarily devoted to rice and corn under a system of sharecrop or
lease-tenancy, whether classified as landed estate or not;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The tenant farmer, whether in land classified as landed estate or not,
shall be deemed owner of a portion constituting a family-size farm of
five (5) hectares if not irrigated and three (3) hectares if irrigated;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
In all cases, the landowner may retain an area of not more than seven
(7) hectares if such landowner is cultivating such area or will now
cultivate it;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
For the purpose of determining the cost of the land to be transferred
to the tenant-farmer pursuant to this Decree, the value of the land
shall be equivalent to two and one-half (2 ½) times the average
harvest of three normal crop years immediately preceding the
promulgation of this Decree;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The total cost of the land, including interest at the rate of six (6)
per centum per annum, shall be paid by the tenant in fifteen (15) years
of fifteen (15) equal annual amortizations;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
In case of default, the amortizations due shall be paid by the farmers'
cooperative in which the defaulting tenant-farmer is a member, with the
cooperative having a right of recourse against him;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The government shall guaranty such amortizations with shares of stock
in government-owned and government-controlled corporations;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
No title to the land owned by the tenant-farmers under this Decree
shall be actually issued to a tenant-farmer unless and until the
tenant-farmer has become a full-fledged member of a duly recognized
farmer's cooperative;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Title to land acquired pursuant to this Decree or the Land Reform
Program of the Government shall not be transferable except by
hereditary succession or to the Government in accordance with the
provisions of this Decree, the Code of Agrarian Reforms and other
existing laws and regulations;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The Department of Agrarian Reform through its Secretary is hereby
empowered to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of
this Decree.
All laws, executive orders, decrees and rules and regulations, or parts
thereof, inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed and or
modified accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-two.
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