Preliminary Title
Article 8Transfer of lands to tenant-workers.
ELI5— what this means for you
Tenant-farmers on private rice and corn lands are deemed owners of up to 5 hectares (unirrigated) or 3 hectares (irrigated) under PD 27. Landowners may retain up to 7 hectares they are personally cultivating.
Key point
Official text — PD 442
Transfer of lands to tenant-workers.
Being a vital part of the labor force, tenant-farmers on private agricultural lands primarily devoted to rice and corn under a system of share crop or lease tenancy whether classified as landed estate or not shall be deemed owner of a portion constituting a family-size farm of five (5) hectares, if not irrigated and three (3) hectares, if irrigated.
In all cases, the land owner may retain an area of not more than seven (7) hectares if such landowner is cultivating such area or will now cultivate it.
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
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