AGRARIAN REFORM arrangement.

PRE COLONIAL TIMES  Legal framework and significant legislations

Before the Spaniards came to the Philippines, land was
practically owned by the community known as
barangay ruled by a chief or datu. Land cultivation
was done commonly by slash-and-burn (kaingin)
method.
SPANISH PERIOD
When the Spaniards came to the Philippines ,
the colonial government introduced a pueblo
agriculture.
were promulgated/enacted during the
Commonwealth Period includes:
1.The 1935 Constitution
 To provide specific provisions on the
promotion of social justice to ensure the well
being and economic security of all people
should be the concern on the State2.Commonwealth Act
no.178
( Amendment to Rice Tenancy Act no.
4045),Nov. 13,1936. It provided for certain
controls in the landlord-tenant relationships.

A pueblo agriculture is a system wherein native

rural communities is given certain hectares of
land to cultivate.

During this period, the Spanish crown awarded

vast tracts of land , to wit:

1. Friar land for religious order;

2. Repartimientosfor lands granted to the Spanish
military as a reward for their service;
3. Encomienda where a large tract of land was given
to Spanish (encomienderos) to manage and have the
right to receive tribute from the natives tiling it.

Compras y vandalas:

A system was practiced wherein tillers were made

to compulsorily sell at very low price or surrender
their agricultural harvest to Spanish authorities and
the encomienderos can resell it for profit

During the American period, significant

legislations were enacted which include:

1.Philippine Bill of 1902

This law provides regulation on the disposal of
public lands wherein a private individual can
own 16 hectares of land while the corporate
land holdings can avail of 1,024 hectares.
American Period

2. Land Registration Act of 1902 or Act No. 496

This provided for a comprehensive

registration of land titles under the Torrens
system.

3. Public Land Act of 1933

This introduced the homestead system in the

Philippines, thus, allowing an enterprising
tenant to acquire a farm of at least 16
hectares to cultivate.Aside from the Torrens system , the
Americans also introduced the ff. laws:

1.Rice Share Tenancy Act of 1993 or Act no.

4054
This regulated relationship between
landowners and tenant of rice, and the first
law to legalize a 50-50 crop sharing