LAW: PD No. 27

Question 1

Who are the primary beneficiaries of the PD 27?

Answer 1

• All tenant farmers
• private agricultural lands primarily

Question 2

What type of lands are covered by PD27?

Answer 2

• Private agricultural lands
• devoted to rice and corn
• under a system of sharecrop

Agricultural land under lease-tenancy,
whether classified as landed estate or not

Question 3

Retention limits of the PD27?

Answer 3

may retain an area of not more than seven (7) hectares

Question 4

Land areas for distribution limits for RA 27

Answer 4

Five (5) hectares if not irrigated
three (3) hectares if irrigated

Question 5

Where does the value of the land shall be equivalent to?

Answer 5

the value of the land shall be equivalent to two and one-half (2½) times the average harvest of
the three normal crop years immediately preceding the promulgation of this Decree

Question 6

How many years does the tenant pay?

Answer 6

interest at the rate of six (6) percentum per annum, shall be paid
by the tenant in fifteen (15) years of fifteen (15) equal annual amortizations

Question 7

When does the tenant get the title of the land?

Answer 7

Until the tenant-farmer has become a full-pledge member of a duly recognized farmer’s
cooperative;

Question 8

Can the title to land acquired be transferred?

Answer 8

Title to land acquired pursuant to this Decree or the Land Reform Program of the Government shall not
be transferable

Question 9

2 Types of transfer allowed in this Act

Answer 9

1. Hereditary succession
2. Government in accordance with the provisions
   of this Decree

Question 10

Role of the DAR Secretary

Answer 10

Promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this Decree