Agrarian Reform Law

Question 1

• 1902
• Introduced the Torrens System for a comprehensive registration of land titles

Answer 1

Act No. 496 or the Land Registration Act of 1902

Question 2

• 1954
• Organized a share-tenancy and leasehold system to ensure the security of tenure of tenants
• Court of Agrarian Relations was also created

Answer 2

RA. No. 1199 or Agricultural Tenancy Act of 1954

Question 3

• 1972
• Placed the entire country under land reform program
• Enacted to declare the entire country to land reform in 1971

Answer 3

Presidential Decree No. 2.

Question 4

• 1963
• Abolished share tenancy, institutionalized leasehold, set retention limit at 75 hectares, and expanded the services for farmers

Answer 4

RA. No. 3844 or Agricultural Land Reform Code

Question 5

Bank that handled the financial aspect of land acquisition under land reform code

Answer 5

Land Bank of the Philippines

Question 6

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL)

Answer 6

RA No. 6657

Question 7

• The agrarian reform law implemented at present
• Grants landless farmers the right to own the land they till collectively

Answer 7

RA No. 6657

Question 8

Involves redistributing lands to landless farmers, encompassing various arrangements to uplift their economic status

Answer 8

Agrarian Reform

Question 9

Land dedicated to farming, excluding mineral, forest, residential, commercial, or industrial classifications

Answer 9

Agricultural Land

Question 10

A person whose main livelihood involves cultivating land for agricultural crops

Answer 10

Farmer

Question 11

Individual providing labor in agriculture, regardless of pay frequency or employment status

Answer 11

Farmworker

Question 12

Salient Features of the CARL

The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program covers all ___ agricultural lands

Answer 12

Public and private

Question 13

Salient Features of the CARL

Retention limit for the landowner is ___ hectares

Answer 13

5

Question 14

Salient Features of the CARL

Children of the landowner may be awarded at most ___ hectares each provided that a) he/she is at least ___ old; and b) that he is actually ___ the land or directly managing the farm

Answer 14

• 3
• 15 yrs
• Tilling

Question 15

Salient Features of the CARL

Award limit for beneficiaries is ___ hectares of land

Answer 15

3

Question 16

Salient Features of the CARL

The land award received by the beneficiaries must not be sold nor transferred for a period of ___ years except by virtue of inheritance or if transferred to the Government

Answer 16

10

Question 17

• Cited as the turning point in land reform legislation
• Revamped land settlement, legal aid for tenants, and established the Land Reform Authority and Land Bank

Answer 17

The Land Reform Code of 1963 or
RA. No. 3844

Question 18

CARP’s Act.

Identification of privately-owned or publicly-owned
agricultural landholdings

Answer 18

CARP’s First Main Activity

Question 19

CARP’s Act.

CARP has been implemented on the assumption that
landownership information can readily be obtained from the land agencies such as LRA, LMB and DENR

Answer 19

CARP’s First Main Activity

Question 20

Problems regarding the First Main Activity

Former DAR Secretary ___ (2016) notes that the Land Registration Authority (LRA) and the Registers of Deeds do not have information on which titled properties are used for agricultural purposes

Answer 20

Virgilio de los Reyes

Question 21

CARP’s Act.

Preparing and approval of land surveys for subdivision and titling

Answer 21

CARP’s Third Main Activity

Question 22

CARP’s Act.

While DAR provides for the costs and manpower for land surveys and subdivisions, the inspection,
verification and approval of survey plans are the responsibility of the LRA or the DENR

Answer 22

CARP’s Third Main Activity