Republic Act No.

6657 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (expansion of PD 67)

- This law refers to the is the redistribution of private and public agricultural lands to help the
beneficiaries survive as small independent farmers, regardless of the tenurial arrangement.
- Section 6 of this law provides that a land owner may retain a portion not exceeding 5
hectares and shall have the right to choose the portion to be retained, which as far as
practicable, shall be compact and contiguous.
- In addition, it provides that Three (3) hectares may be awarded to each child of the
landowner, subject to the following qualifications: (1) that he is at least fifteen (15) years of
age; and (2) that he is actually tilling the land or directly managing the farm.
- hat an owner-tiller may be a beneficiary of the land he/she does not own but is actually
cultivating to the extent of the difference between the area of the land he/she owns and
the award ceiling of three (3) hectares