AGRARIAN LAW AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION

A. Agrarian Law

1. Meaning of Agrarian Law

2. Concept of agrarian reform
2. Existence and concept of agricultural tenancy

Part One – Overview of the Course on Agrarian Law

General Concepts of Agrarian Reform

Historical and Legal Backdrop
Constitutional Basis of Agrarian Reform

Part Two – Legislative Backdrop

Act 4054 – Rice Share Tenancy Act of 1933

RA 1199 – Agricultural Tenancy Act of 1954
RA 3844 – Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963
RA 6389 – Code of Agrarian Reforms of 1971
PD 27 – Tenants Emancipation Decree of 1972
EO 228 – Declaring Full Land Ownership to Qualified Beneficiaries under PD 27
Proc. 131 – Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
EO 229 – Mechanisms for Implementation of CARP
EO 129-A – Modifying EO 129 Reorganizing and Strengthening DAR
RA 6657 – Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program of 1988
RA 8532 – Amending the CARP
RA 9700 – CARPER Law

Part Three – The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1998 (R.A. 6657)

Agrarian Reform Defined – Sec. 3(a), RA 6657

Scope of the Program – Sec. 4, RA 6657
Priorities of Coverage – Sec. 7, RA 6657
Land Acquisition: Compulsory Acquisition – Sec. 16, RA 6657
Land Acquisition: Voluntary Offer to Sell – Sec. 19, RA 6657

Cases:
Association of Small Landowners in the Phils. v. Sec. of Agrarian Reform, GR. No.
79310, July 14, 1989
Roxas v. CA, GR 127876, Dec. 17, 1999
Corporate Landowners: Stock Distribution Option – Sec. 31, RA 6657
Award of Lands to Children of Landowners – Sec. 6, RA 6657
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Issuance: DAR AO 2, S. 2009 – Rules and Regulations on the Acquisition and
Distribution of Agricultural Lands under RA 6657, as amended by RA 9700

Part Four – Retention, Exemption and Exclusions

Retention Rights – Sec. 6, RA 6657

Case: Alita vs. CA, GR 78517, Feb. 27, 1989
Issuance: DAR AO 2, s. 2003 – 2003 Rules of Procedure on Landowners Retention
Rights

Exemptions and Exclusions – Sec. 10, RA 6657

Sec. 3(c) of RA 6657, in relation to DOJ Opinion No. 44 s. 1990 and the case of Natalia
Realty v. DAR, GR 103302, Aug. 12, 1993
Issuances:
DAR AO 13, S. 1990 – Rules and Procedures Governing Exemptions of Lands under
Sec. 10 of RA 6657
DAR AO 4, S. 2003 – 2003 Rules on Exemption of Lands under Sec. 3c, RA 6657 and
DOJ Opinion 44 s. 1990
Cases:
Milestone Farms, Inc., v. Office of the President, GR 182332, Feb. 23, 2011
Luz Farms v. Sec. of Agrarian Reform, GR 86889, Dec. 4, 1990
DAR v. Sutton, GR 162070. Oct. 19, 2005
RA 7881 (1995) Exempting Prawn Farms and Fishponds from CARP
Issuance: DAR AO 3, S. 1995 – Rules and Regulations on the Exemption of Fishponds
from the Coverage of CARL pursuant to RA 7881

Cases:
Central Mindanao University v. DARAB, GR 100091, Oct. 22, 1992
DAR v. DECS, GR 158228, March 23, 2004
Province of Camarines Sur v. CA, GR 103125, May 17, 1993
Roxas & Company, Inc. v. DAMBA-NFSW, GR 149548. Dec. 4, 2009

Part Five – Land Valuation

Land Valuation under Operation Land Transfer pursuant to PD 27

PD 27 and EO 228: Valuation Formula under par. 4 of PD 27 and Sec. 2 of EO 228
Determination of Just Compensation – Sec. 17, RA 6657
Valuation and Mode of Compensation – Sec. 18, RA 6657
Procedure for Acquisition of Private Lands in Case of Landowner’s Rejection or Failure
to Reply – Sec. 16 (d) of RA 6657
Land Valuation and Landowner Compensation, Sec. IV-D of DAR AO 2, S. 2009
Cases:

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Just Compensation as discussed in Association of Small Landowners in the Philippines v.
Secretary of Agrarian Reform, GR 78742, July 14, 1989
Land Bank of the Phils. v. Natividad, GR 127198, May 16, 2005
Land Bank of the Phils. vs. CA, GR 118712, Oct. 6, 1995
Lubrica v. Land Bank of the Phils., GR 170220, Nov. 20, 2006
Issuance: Preliminary Determination of Just Compensation per Rule XIX of the 2009
DARAB Rules of Procedure

Part Six – Land Redistribution

Land Redistribution per Secs. 22 to 27 of RA 6657, as amended

Principle of affordability to the farmers
Case: Land Bank of the Phils. v. Palmares, GR 192890, June 17, 2013
Indefeasibility of Titles
Case: Estribillo v. DAR, GR 159674, June 30, 2006

Part Seven- Land Tenure Improvement

Determination of Lease Rentals – Sec. 12, RA 6657

Leasehold Relationship
Cases:
Caballes v. DAR, GR 78214, Dec. 5, 1988
Gabriel v. Pangilinan, GR L-27797, Aug. 26, 1974
Gelos v. CA, GR 86186, May 8, 1992
Issuance: AO 2, s. 2006 – Revised Rules and Procedures Governing Leasehold
Implementation in Tenanted Agricultural Lands

Production-Sharing – Sec 32, RA 6657

Agribusiness Venture Arrangements (AVAs) in Agrarian Reform Areas per DAR AO 09-
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MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Part Eight – Conversion of Agricultural Lands

Conversion of Lands – Sec 65, RA 6657

Conversion of Agricultural Lands: Difference among Exemption, Conversion and
Reclassification
Cases:
CREBA v. Secretary of Agrarian Reform, GR 183409, June 18, 2010
Ros v. DAR, GR 132477, Aug. 31, 2005
Land Reclassification – Sec. 20 of RA 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991
Issuances:

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MC 54, s. 1993 from the Office of the President – Prescribing the Guidelines governing
Sec. 20 of RA 7160 Authorizing Cities And Municipalities to Reclassify Agricultural
Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
DAR AO 1-02 – The 2002 Comprehensive Rules on Land Conversion
Case: Fortich v. Corona, GR 131457, April 24, 1998 – Decision, Opinion and Resolution
of the Motion for Reconsideration with the Decision of the Office of the President (OP)
on the Sumilao Case

Part Nine – Mechanisms for Program Implementation

Presidential Agrarian Reform Council – Secs. 41, 42, 43, 49, RA 6657
Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee – Secs. 44 and 45, RA 6657
Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee – Secs. 46 to 48, RA 6657
Department of Agrarian Reform – EO 129-A dated July 26, 1987
Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) – Sec. 13, EO 129-A

Part Ten – Financing the Program

Funding Source per Sec. 63 of RA 6657 and Financing under Secs. 21 and 22 of EO 229
(1987)
RA 8532 (1998) Providing Augmentation Fund for the CARP with an Additional
Amount of Fifty Billion Pesos
Additional Funding Source – Sec. 21 of RA 9700, amending Sec. 63 of RA 6657

Part Eleven – Agrarian Justice or the Resolution of Agrarian Disputes

Administrative Adjudication – Secs. 50-53 of RA 6657

DAR AO 3, S. 2003 – 2003 Rules on Agrarian Law Implementation [ALI] Cases
The 2009 DARAB Rules of Procedure
Case: Vda. de Tangub vs. CA, UDK 9864, Dec. 3, 1990
Award to Beneficiaries – Sec. 9 of RA 9700 amending Sec. 24 of RA 6657
Issuance: DAR AO 3, S. 2009 – Rules and Procedures Governing the Cancellation of
Registered CLOAs, EPs and Other Titles Issued under Any Agrarian Reform Frogram
Case: DAR v. Cuenca, GR 154112. Sept. 23, 2004

Exclusive Jurisdiction on Agrarian Dispute – Sec. 19, RA 9700 amending Sec. 50-A, RA
6657
Issuance: DAR AO 4, S. 2009 – Rules and Regulations Implementing Sec. 19 of RA
9700 (Jurisdiction on and Referral of Agrarian Disputes)

Special Agrarian Courts – Sec 57, RA 6657

Cases:

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 Land Bank of the Phils. v. CA, GR 128557, Dec. 29, 1999
Land Bank of the Phils. v. Celada, GR 164876, Jan. 23, 2006
Land Bank of the Phils. v. Heirs of Eleuterio Cruz, GR 175175, Sept. 29, 2008
Land Bank of the Phils. v. Martinez, GR 169008, Aug. 14, 2007
Phil. Veterans Bank v. CA, GR 132767, Jan. 18, 2000
Modes of Appeal / Review from the DARAB
Rule 43 of the Rules of Court (1997 Rules of Civil Procedure)
Certiorari – Sec. 54 of RA 6657 and Rule 65 of the Rules of Court
Part Twelve – Jurisdiction on Agrarian Disputes

Updates on Laws on Rules of Procedure of DARAB

Jurisprudence on Jurisdiction over Agrarian Cases
Cases:

DAR v. Paramount Holdings Equities, Inc., GR 176838, June 13, 2013

Del Monte Phils. Inc. Employees Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative
(DEARBC) v. Sangunay, GR 180013, Jan. 31, 2011
Part Thirteen – Support Services

Support Services to Stakeholders – Secs. 36 to 29, RA 6657

Prohibited Acts and Omissions under Sec. 73 of RA 6657

SOCIAL LEGISLATION

B. Social Legislation
- Concept
- Purpose

B.1 Employment of Women (Art. 130 (132)Labor Code)

B.2 Employees Compensation and State Insurance Fund (Labor Code)

1. Contributions
2. Medical Benefits
3. Disability Benefits
4. Income Benefit
5. Disability and death benefits
6. Philippine Overseas Employment Administration-Standard Employment Contract

B.3 Retirement from the Service

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B.4 Social Security System Law
1. Coverage and exclusions
2. Dependents and beneficiaries
3. Benefits

B.5 Government Service Insurance System Law

1. Coverage and exclusions
2. Dependents and beneficiaries
3. Benefits

B.5 Limited Portability Law

B.6 Solo Parents Act

B.7 Domestic Workers Act or Batas Kasambahay (R.A. 10361)

B.8 Universal Health Care (R.A. 11223)

a. Policy
b. Coverage
c. National Health Insurance Program