Republic Act No.

6657 June 10, 1988

(effective June 15, 1988) 16. Procedure for Acquisition and Distribution of
Private Lands.
AN ACT INSTITUTING A COMPREHENSIVE
AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM TO PROMOTE CHAPTER VI Compensation
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INDUSTRIALIZATION,
PROVIDING THE MECHANISM FOR ITS 17. Determination of Just Compensation.
IMPLEMENTATION, AND FOR OTHER 18. Valuation and Mode of Compensation.
PURPOSES 19. Incentives for Voluntary Offers for Sales.
20. Voluntary Land Transfer.
CHAPTER I Preliminary Chapter 21. Payment of Compensation by Beneficiaries
Under Voluntary Land Transfer.
1. Title. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of
1988. CHAPTER VII Land Redistribution
2. Declaration of Principles and Policies.
3. Definitions. 22. Qualified Beneficiaries.
23. Distribution Limit.
(a) Agrarian Reform 24. Award to Beneficiaries.
(b) Agriculture, Agricultural Enterprise or 25. Award Ceilings for Beneficiaries
Agricultural Activity 26. Payment by Beneficiaries.
(c) Agricultural Land 27. Transferability of Awarded Lands.
(d) Agrarian Dispute 28. Standing Crops at the Time of Acquisition.
(e) Idle or Abandoned Land
(f) Farmer CHAPTER VIII Corporate Farms
(g) Farmworker
(h) Regular Farmworker 29. Farms Owned or Operated by Corporations or
(i) Seasonal Farmworker Other Business Associations.
(j) Other Farmworker 30. Homelots and Farmlots for Members of
(k) Cooperatives Cooperatives.
(l) Rural women 31. Corporate Landowners.
32. Production-Sharing.
CHAPTER II Coverage 32-A. Incentives.
33. Payment of Shares of Cooperative or
4. Scope Association.
5. Schedule of Implementation 34. Valuation of Lands.
6. Retention Limits.
6-A. Exception to Retention Limits. CHAPTER IX Support Services
6-B. Review of Limits of Land Size.
7. Priorities. 35. Creation of Support Services Office
8. Multinational Corporations. 36. Funding for Support Services
9. Ancestral Lands 37. Support Services for the Agrarian Reform
10. Exemptions and Exclusions. Beneficiaries
11. Commercial Farming 37-A. Equal Support Services for Rural Women.
38.Support Services for Landowners
CHAPTER III 39. Land Consolidation.
Improvement of Tenurial and Labor Relations
CHAPTER X Special Areas of Concern
12. Determination of Lease Rentals.
13. Production-Sharing Plan. 40. Special Areas of Concern

CHAPTER IV Registration CHAPTER XI Program Implementation

14. Registration of Landowners. 41. The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council.

15. Registration of Beneficiaries. 42. Executive Committee.
43. Secretariat
CHAPTER V Land Acquisition
44. Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating 78. Effectivity Clause
Committee (P ARCCOM).
45. Province-by-province Implementation.
46. Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (BARC).
47. Functions of the BARC.
48. Legal Assistance.
49. Rules and Regulations.

CHAPTER XII Administrative Adjudication

50. Quasi-Judicial Powers of the DAR.

50-A. Exclusive Jurisdiction on Agrarian Dispute.
51. Finality of Determination.
52. Frivolous Appeals.
53. Certification of the BARC.

CHAPTER XIII Judicial Review

54. Certiorari.
55. No Restraining Order or Preliminary Injunction.
56. Special Agrarian Court.
57. Special Jurisdiction.
58. Appointment of Commissioners. 59. Orders of
the Special Agrarian Courts.
60. Appeals.
61. Procedure on Review.
62. Preferential Attention in Courts.

CHAPTER XIV Financing

63. Funding Source.

64. Financial Intermediary for the CARP.

CHAPTER XV General Provisions

65. Conversion of Lands.

65-A. Conversion into Fishpond and Prawn Farms.
65-B. Inventory
65-C. Protection of Mangrove Areas.
65-D. Change of Crops.
66. Exemptions from Taxes and Fees of Land
Transfers
67. Free Registration of Patents and Titles.
68. Immunity of Government Agencies from Undue
Interference.
69. Assistance of Other Government Entities.
70. Disposition of Private Agricultural Lands.
71. Bank Mortgages.
72. Lease, Management, Grower or Service
Contracts, Mortgages and Other Claims.
73. Prohibited Acts and Omissions.
73-A. Exception.
74. Penalties.
75. Suppletory Application of Existing Legislation.
76. Repealing Clause.
77. Separability Clause.