COMPREHENSIVE

AGRARIAN REFORM LAW

OF 1988 .
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6657

Prepared by: Balois, Harry Kim B.

 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 farm workers will receive the highest
consideration to promote social justice and to
move the nation towards sound rural
development and industrialization, and the
establishment of owner cultivator ship of
economic-sized farms as the basis of
Philippine agriculture.
 Scope
 The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Law of 1988 shall cover, regardless of
tenurial arrangement and commodity
produced, all public and private
agricultural lands as provided in
Proclamation No. 131 and Executive
Order No. 229, including other lands of
the public domain suitable for agriculture.
 Schedule of Implementation
The distribution of all lands covered by this Act shall
be implemented immediately and completed within ten
(10) years from the affectivity thereof.

Retention Limits
Upon the effectivity of this Act, any sale, disposition,
lease, management contract or transfer of
possession of private lands executed by the original
landowner in violation of this Act shall be null and
void
 IMPROVEMENT OF TENURIAL AND LABOR
RELATIONS
 SEC. 12. Determination of Lease RentalsDistribution of
lands in public domain
 SEC. 12-A. Incentives
 SEC. 13. Production-Sharing Plan

REGISTRATIONS
 Registration of Landowners
 - Within one hundred eighty (180) days from the effectivity of this
Act
 Registration of Beneficiaries
 The DAR in coordination with the Barangay Agrarian Reform
Committee (BARC) as organized in this Act
 COMPENSATION
 Determination of Just
Compensation
 Valuation and Mode of
Compensation
 Incentives for Voluntary
Offers for Sale
SPECIAL AREAS OF CONCERN
 Subsistence Fishing
 Logging and Mining
concessions
 Sparsely Occupied Public
Agricultural lands
 Idle, abandoned,
 Voluntary Land Transfer
 Payment of Compensation
by Beneficiaries Under
Voluntary Land Transfer
foreclosed and
sequestered lands
 Rural Women
 Veterans and Retirees
 Agriculture Graduates
 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
The Presidential Agrarian Reform
Council
Executive Committee
Secretariat
Provincial Agrarian Reform
Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM)
Barangay Agrarian Reform
Committee (BARC)
 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Conversion of Lands
Conversion into Fishpond and Prawn Farms
Protection of Mangrove Areas
Exemptions from Taxes and Fees of Land Transfers
Free Registration of Patents and Titles
Immunity of Government Agencies from Undue
Interference
Assistance of Other Government Entities
Disposition of Private Agricultural Lands
Bank Mortgages
Leases, Management, Grower or Services Contracts,
Mortgages and Other Claims
Approved: June 10, 1988

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