QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 3476)
Commonwealth Act No. 608 primarily revises Commonwealth Act No. 461 and regulates the relationship between landowners and tenants, including provisions on tenancy and compulsory arbitration of disputes.
A tenant may only be dispossessed for causes mentioned in section nineteen of Act No. 4054 or for any just cause, and only with the approval of a duly authorized representative of the Department of Justice.
A representative of the Department of Justice, duly authorized for that purpose, must approve the dispossession of a tenant.
The Department of Justice is responsible for enforcing the Rice Share Tenancy Act, issuing necessary orders regarding crop liquidation, division, and expense apportionment, and authorizing dispossession of tenants.
Either party may appeal to the Court of Industrial Relations, which has jurisdiction to resolve controversies arising from their relationship.
No, any agreement or provision of law contrary to the Act's stipulations regarding tenancy and dispossession is overridden by this law.
The law applies to all cases where land is held under any system of tenancy.
The law references section nineteen of Act Numbered Four Thousand and Fifty-Four (Act No. 4054) as containing causes for dispossession.
The Court of Industrial Relations is given jurisdiction to determine disputes between landowners and tenants arising out of their relationship in accordance with the law.
This Act took effect upon its approval on August 22, 1940.