Laws
Date Important Features
(Land Reform in the Persons Involved
Enacted (Advantages)
Philippines)
James B. Dellava – BSN I – STEM B – Blessed Frederick Ozanam – Output in Readings in Philippine History – 10.17.2019
 This law paved the way for the
government to integrate the
fundamental principle on social
justice to protect the well-being
and economic security of all the
people.
 This law protects the working
class both in industry and
agriculture.
 Sakdalista  The intent of the law was to
Movement control share-tenancy contracts
founded by by establishing minimum
The Philippine Rice Benigno Ramos standards.
Share Tenancy Act 1935  This law paved the way for the
(Public Act 4054)
 President Manuel
partnership of the landlord and
L. Quezon
the tenant.
 Tenants and  Both tenant and landlord will
Landlords have a joint pursuit of rice
agricultural work within common
interest in which both parties
divide between them the resulting
profits as well as the losses.
 It aims to strengthen tenant-
landlord relationship through a
50-50 crop sharing.
 The landlord and the tenant will
have equal share of the crop.
 This Act paved the way for the
government to establish a clear
agricultural tenancy relations
between landholders and tenants.
 It also protects the rights of both
tenant and landholders.
 It also insures the more equitable  During the time of President
sharing of the produce profits and
income from the crops and
provide tenant-farmer’s
incentives to greater and more
efficient agricultural production.
 The Court of Agrarian Relations
 President Ramon was also established at this time.
Magsaysay  This law gave a clear basis of crop
The Agricultural sharing and regulation of
Tenancy Act
 Landholders and 1954 relationships of landowners and
Disadvantages Resolution
 The law could only be
implemented if majority of the
municipal council in a province  This law can
voted to implement it. However, possibly stop the
concentration of
if they decided not to, then it
will not be possible to be lands to rich
people in our
implemented.
country, however
 Since the landowners or the
in my own point of
landlords are rich, they
view, this law is
themselves has the power to
not being strictly
control the municipal councils,
observed in our
so there is a big possibility that
society.
the municipal council will not
 There are still
implement it.
some that
 There are no limitations for the
implements and
size of the landholdings that one
observed this type
can possess, so which means
that the land ownership and
of Tenancy Act
however, they do
tenancy will be concentrated in
not have the legal
the hands of individuals who are
papers and they
able to buy, register, and
do not follow the
acquire fixed titles of their
exact by-laws and
properties.
constitutions that
 Because of high tenancy at this are mentioned in
time, there were widespread the contract
peasant uprisings headed by the supposedly.
armed peasant’s group known
as the Sakdalistas.
 This law can
possibly make the
contract of the
tenant and
landholders more
clearly and
organized.
 However, in sour
society nowadays
Magsaysay, there were some it is not being
bills that have been passed for observed since the
the distribution of the targeted law was passed
300 haciendas to Filipino many years ago.
Farmers but only 41 haciendas  Our fellow Filipino
were able to be distributed in landholders and
after the 7 years of landowners
implementation of the said law. wanted to have
 Lack of funds and lack of things much easier
support services provided for