ACHMED RODENTOR JURADA POSADAS-LL.B.-2B Distinctions Between R.A.3844, P.D. 27, R.A. 6657, and R.A.

9700
R.A. No. 3844

PD No. 27

R.A. No. 6657

R.A. No.9700

Date of enactment

8-Aug-63

21-Oct-72

15-Jun-88

7-Aug-09

Coverage or Scope

shall apply to all tenanted

agricultural lands including but not limited
to retained areas under R.A. 6657
and P.D. 27
b. Tenanted Agricultural Lands not yet
acquired for distribution
under CARP pursuant to RA 6657
(Administrative Order No. 4, Series of 1989)

Land must be devoted to

rice and corn crops

all private and

public lands suited or
devoted to agriculture
All other lands owned by
the Government devoted to or
suitable for agriculture

all private and

public lands suited or
devoted to agriculture
All other lands owned by
the Government devoted to
suitable for agriculture

5 hectares if not irrigated

3 hectares if irrigated

Land awarded should

not exceed 3 hectares

Land awarded should

not exceed 3 hectares

total cost of the land

plus interest rate at
6% per annum

30 annual ammortizations
at six percent per annum

30 annual ammortizations
at six percent per annum

Award Ceiling for

Beneficiaries

Payment by the
farmer- beneficiary

There must be an existing

share crop or lease tenancy
obtaining therein

agricultural lessee, cultivating

a landholding with an area of
(5) HECTARES or more is prohibited to
CONTRACT TO WORK at the same time two
or more separated holding belonging
to different landholder without
the knowledge and
consent of the landowner

rental shall be paid by the agricultural

lessee in produce or in money

RA 3844

PD 27

RA 6657

RA 9700

ACHMED RODENTOR JURADA POSADAS-LL.B.-2B Distinctions Between R.A.3844, P.D. 27, R.A. 6657, and R.A. 9700

Factors used in
determining
just compensation

Alienatation of
awarded
land

Payment to
the Land owner

annual lease rental income

capitalized at the rate of
six per centum per annum

value of the land shall be equivalent

to two and one-half (2 1/2) times
average harvest of three normal
crop years immediately preceeding
the promulgation of this decree

lands awarded cannot be resold,

encumbered or transferred
until after the lapse of 10 years
except through hereditary
succession after 10 years,
any transfer, sale or may be made
only in favor of persons qualified
to acquire economic family-size
farm

Land Bank shall make the

payments ten per centum in cash,
balance in six percent, tax-free,

1. Cost of Acquisition of the land

2. Current Value of property
3. Nature of the land
4. Actual use
5. Income
6. Sworn valuation by the landowner;
7. Tax Declaration;
8. Assessment made by government
9. The social and economic benefits
10.Non-payment of taxes or loans
secured from any government
financing institution

1. Cost of Acquisition of the land

2. Current Value of property
3. Nature of the land
4. Actual use 5. Income
6.Sworn valuation by the landowner;
7. Tax Declaration;
8. Assessment made by government
9. The social and economic benefits
10.Non-payment of taxes or loans
secured from any government
financing institution

Land cannot be sold or transferred

except to the government or
heriditary succession

For a period of 10 years,

the beneficaries cannot sell or transfer
the awarded land except;
1. Hereditary succession
2. to the government
3. to the Land Bank of the Philippines
4. other quailified beneficiaries

For a period of 10 years,

the beneficaries cannot sell or transfer
the awarded land except;
1. Hereditary succession
2. to the government
3. to the Land Bank of the Philippines
4. other quailified beneficiaries

direct payment to the land owner

by the farmer beneficiary

Cash and financial instruments

Shares of Stock in GOCC
Tax Credit
Land Bank Bonds

Cash and financial instruments

Shares of Stock in GOCC
Tax Credit
Land Bank Bonds

Payment by Land Bank- 10% cash,

balance- Land Bank Bonds
and other modes of payment
RA 3844

PD 27

RA 6657

RA 9700

ACHMED RODENTOR JURADA POSADAS-LL.B.-2B Distinctions Between R.A.3844, P.D. 27, R.A. 6657, and R.A. 9700

Retention rights of the

land owners

In Leasehold Tenancy,
the Landowner or
agricultural
lessor RETAIN
OWNERSHIP
of the subject landholding

Exclusion of Coverage

Absence of any of the

six (6) Essential Elements of
Tenancy Relationship,
the law will not apply

at least 7 hectares if such

landowner is cultivating such area
or will now cultivate it

1.Private agricultural lands which

are NOT PRIMARILY
DEVOTED TO RICE OR CORN
2.There is NO SYSTEM OF SHARE
CROP
OR LEASE TENANCY obtaining
in the landholding.

at least five (5) hectares.

landowners whose lands
have been covered by
Presidential Decree No. 27
shall be allowed to keep the areas
originally retained by them
thereunder

at least five (5) hectares.

landowners whose lands
have been covered by
Presidential Decree No. 27
shall be allowed to keep the areas
originally retained by them thereunder

Those which are not suitable for

agriculture or those which
are classified as mineral,
forest residential, commercial
or industrial lands.

Those which are not suitable for

agriculture or those which
are classified as mineral,
forest residential, commercial
or industrial lands.

Those which are retained

by the landowners

Those which are retained

by the landowners

Those which have been classified

and approved as NON
AGRICLTURAL prior to June 15,
1988.

Those which have been classified

and approved as NON-AGRICLTURAL
prior to June 15, 1988.

Those lands or portions LBP

thereof under the coverage of EO
407 but found to be no longer
suitable for agriculture

Those lands or portions LBP

thereof under the coverage of EO 407
but found to be no longer suitable for
agriculture

Exclusion of Coverage

Exclusion of Coverage

ACHMED RODENTOR JURADA POSADAS-LL.B.-2B Distinctions Between R.A.3844, P.D. 27, R.A. 6657, and R.A. 9700
RA 3844
other salient features

Abolished share
tenancy in the Philippines.

other salient features

prescribed a program
converting the tenant farmers
to lessees and eventually
into owner-cultivators

other salient features

Established Bill of Rights

for Agricultural Workers

other salient features

Established Land Bank as the

financial arm of the agrarian
reform program.

other salient features

Creation of the Land Authority

Reorganization of
Agricultural Credit and
Cooperative Financing
Administration

PD 27

The land must be

devoted to rice or corn crops in
order to be covered by the law

There must be a system

of SHARE CROP or LEASE
TENANCY obtaining therei in
order to be covered by law

RA 6657
Specified the exclusion of Ancestral
Lands in the application of CARP

Creation of Support Services Office.

Established Specific Areas of Concern

Subsistence Fishing
Logging and Mining Concessions
Sparsely Occupied Public Agricultural Lands
Idle, Abandoned, Foreclosed and Sequestered
Lands.
Rural Women, Veterans and Retirees
Agriculture Graduates

RA 9700
Extended the application
of RA 6657 for 5 more years

layed own the scheme

for the final acquisition and
distribution of all remaining
agricultural lands for the 5year extension period