QuestionsQuestions (BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 869)
It prohibits the establishment of share tenancy or agricultural leasehold relations in lands acquired under specified agrarian reform laws and programs.
Lands acquired under PD 27, RA 3844 (as amended by RA 6389), RA 1400, CA 539, lands acquired through resettlement under the Ministry of Agrarian Reform, and lands that may be acquired under future agrarian reform programs.
They are defined by existing laws referenced in Section 1; broadly, they refer to arrangements where the right to cultivate/benefit is based on sharing of produce or payment/rent/leasehold relation between landowner and tenant.
No. Existing leasehold relations at the time of approval may continue until the end of the agricultural year (Section 1 proviso).
The owner of the land, any person acting in collusion with the owner, or any person acting solely on his own who violates the provisions.
A fine of not less than PHP 1,000 and not more than PHP 2,000 at the discretion of the court, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency (Section 2).
The land is forfeited in favor of the government, and the landowner is not entitled to a refund of whatever has been paid by way of amortization.
The tenant is not entitled to security of tenure and must be ordered ejected by the court in the same proceedings (Section 2, proviso).
No. The guilty parties shall not be entitled to restitution or refund of advances or expenses, rents, or any amount on account of the tenancy relation (Section 2, final proviso).
The juridical person and its principal officers and its manager, or the person in charge of management/administration of the property; in default, the person acting in his stead (Section 2 proviso).
It is allocated to deserving citizens by the Minister of Agrarian Reform in accordance with existing laws, rules, and regulations.
The Ministry of Agrarian Reform through its appropriate agencies/offices motu proprio or upon the complaint of any interested party.
No complaint shall be dismissed upon mere desistance of the complainant.
Cases fall under the exclusive original jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Courts (Section 4).
It must promulgate rules and regulations to carry out effectively the aim and purposes of the Act.
All laws, decrees, rules, and regulations inconsistent with B.P. Blg. 869 are repealed and modified accordingly.
Upon its approval (Section 7).