Preliminary Title
Article 9Determination of land value.
ELI5— what this means for you
The land transferred to tenant-farmers under PD 27 is valued at 2.5 times the average harvest of 3 normal crop years, payable over 15 years at 6% interest annually. A farmers' cooperative shoulders defaults.
Key point
Official text — PD 442
Determination of land value.
For the purpose of determining the cost of the land to be transferred to the tenant-farmer, the value of the land shall be equivalent to two and one-half (2-1/2) times the average harvest of three (3) normal crop years immediately preceding the promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 27 on October 21, 1972.
The total cost of the land, including interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum, shall be paid by the tenant in fifteen (15) years of fifteen (15) equal annual amortizations.
In case of default, the amortization due shall be paid by the farmers cooperative in which the defaulting tenant-farmer is a member, with the cooperative having a right of recourse against him.
The government shall guarantee such amortizations with shares of stock in government-owned and government-controlled corporations.
Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)
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