Tenant Emancipation Law
Tenant Emancipation Law
Tenant Emancipation Law
Presidential Decree 27
(As amended by Executive Order
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The Department of Agrarian Reform has the exclusive and original jurisdiction over the
issuance and cases involving the emancipation patent. The agency also vested the
authority to revoke registrations for any reason under the valid grounds for cancellation.
“Title to land acquired pursuant to this Decree or the Land Reform Program of
the Government shall not be transferable except by hereditary succession or to
the Government in accordance with the provisions of this Decree, the Code of
Agrarian Reforms and other existing laws and regulations;”
The law provides that the land given to the landless farmers are given to them
only for the purpose of helping the country through planting produce. The land must be
protected from those who wish to use it for other purposes. Through this, the land
cannot be bought by rich corporations. The only time that ownership may be transferred
is through hereditary succession, should the heirs wish to continue working on the farm,
or through surrendering the land to the Land Bank once again.