Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 44)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 44 is to revise Commonwealth Act No. 461 to regulate the relations between landowners and tenants and to provide for compulsory arbitration of controversies arising between them.
No, a tenant cannot be dispossessed from the land he cultivates except for causes mentioned in Section 19 of Act No. 4054 or any just cause, and only with the approval of a duly authorized representative of the Department of Justice.
The Department of Justice is charged with enforcing all laws, orders, and regulations related to any system of tenancy under this Act.
The Department of Justice can issue necessary orders regarding crop liquidation, division, apportionment of expenses, conduct investigations, summon witnesses, require production of documents, and issue immediately executory orders pending the decision of the case.
Either the landowner or tenant may file an appeal within fifteen days from receipt of notice to the Court of Industrial Relations, which is vested with jurisdiction to resolve disputes under this law.
Yes, filing an appeal generally stays execution of the action appealed from unless the Court of Industrial Relations orders immediate execution upon filing a supersedeas bond.
The Court of Industrial Relations is given jurisdiction to determine controversies between landowners and tenants arising out of their relationship in accordance with the law.
The Department of Justice, its duly authorized representatives, Provincial Fiscals, their Assistants, or Justices of the Peace may exercise such powers.
This Act took effect upon its approval on October 3, 1946.