Republic Act No 6657 With Index

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
CHAPTER I
Preliminary Chapter
Section 1. Title. -
This Act shall be known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988.
Section 2. Declaration of Principles and Policies. -
It is the policy of the State to pursue a Comprehensive Agrarian It is the policy of the State to pursue a Comprehensive
Reform Program (CARP). The welfare of the landless farmers Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The welfare of the landless
and farmworkers will receive the highest consideration to farmers and farmworkers will receive the highest consideration
promote social justice and to move the nation toward sound to promote social justice and to move the nation toward sound
rural development and industrialization, and the establishment rural development and industrialization, and the establishment
of owner cultivatorship of economic-size farms as the basis of of owner cultivatorship of economic-size farms as the basis of
Philippine agriculture. Philippine agriculture.
To this end, a more equitable distribution and ownership of The State shall promote industrialization and full employment
land, with due regard to the rights of landowners to just based on sound agricultural development and agrarian reform,
compensation and to the ecological needs of the nation, shall through industries that make full and efficient use of human
be undertaken to provide farmers and farmworkers with the and natural resources, and which are competitive in both
opportunity to enhance their dignity and improve the quality of domestic and foreign markets: Provided, That the conversion of
their lives through greater productivity of agricultural lands. agricultural lands into industrial, commercial or residential lands
shall take into account, tillers' rights and national food
The agrarian reform program is founded on the right of farmers security.Further, the State shall protect Filipino enterprises
and regular farmworkers, who are landless, to own directly or against unfair foreign competition and trade practices.
collectively the lands they till or, in the case of other farm
workers, to receive a just share of the fruits thereof. To this The State recognizes that there is not enough agricultural land
end, the State shall encourage and undertake the just to be divided and distributed to each farmer and regular
distribution of all agricultural lands, subject to the priorities and farmworker so that each one can own his/her economic-size
retention limits set forth in this Act, having taken into account family farm. This being the case, a meaningful agrarian reform
ecological, developmental, and equity considerations, and program to uplift the lives and economic status of the farmer
subject to the payment of just compensation. The State shall and his/her children can only be achieved through simultaneous
respect the right of small landowners, and shall provide industrialization aimed at developing a self-reliant and
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incentives for voluntary land-sharing. independent national economy effectively controlled by
Filipinos.
The State shall recognize the right of farmers, farmworkers and
landowners, as well as cooperatives and other independent To this end, the State may, in the interest of national welfare or
farmers' organizations, to participate in the planning, defense, establish and operate vital industries.
organization, and management of the program, and shall
provide support to agriculture through appropriate technology A more equitable distribution and ownership of land, with due
and research, and adequate financial production, marketing and regard to the rights of landowners to just compensation,
other support services. retention rights under Section 6 of Republic Act No. 6657, as
amended, and to the ecological needs of the nation, shall be
The State shall apply the principles of agrarian reform, or undertaken to provide farmers and farmworkers with the
stewardship, whenever applicable, in accordance with law, in opportunity to enhance their dignity and improve the quality of
the disposition or utilization of other natural resources, including their lives through greater productivity of agricultural lands.
lands of the public domain, under lease or concession, suitable
to agriculture, subject to prior rights, homestead rights of small The agrarian reform program is founded on the right of farmers
settlers and the rights of indigenous communities to their and regular farmworkers, who are landless, to own directly or
ancestral lands. collectively the lands they till or, in the case of other
farmworkers, to receive a just share of the fruits thereof. To
The State may resettle landless farmers and farmworkers in its this end, the State shall encourage and undertake the just
own agricultural estates, which shall be distributed to them in distribution of all agricultural lands, subject to the priorities and
the manner provided by law. retention limits set forth in this Act, taking into account
ecological, developmental, and equity considerations, and
By means of appropriate incentives, the State shall encourage subject to the payment of just compensation. The State shall
the formation and maintenance of economic-size family farms respect the right of small landowners, and shall provide
to be constituted by individual beneficiaries and shall incentives for voluntary land-sharing.
landowners.
As much as practicable, the implementation of the program
The State shall protect the rights of subsistence fishermen, shall be community-based to assure, among others, that the
especially of local communities, to the preferential use of farmers shall have greater control of farmgate prices, and
communal marine and fishing resources, both inland and easier access to credit.
offshore. It shall provide support to such fishermen through
appropriate technology and research, adequate financial, The State shall recognize the right of farmers, farmworkers and
production and marketing assistance and other services. The landowners, as well as cooperatives and other independent
State shall also protect, develop and conserve such resources. farmers organizations, to participate in the planning,
The protection shall extend to offshore fishing grounds of organization, and management of the program, and shall
subsistence fishermen against foreign intrusion. Fishworkers provide support to agriculture through appropriate technology
shall receive a just share from their labor in the utilization of and research, and adequate financial, production, marketing
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marine and fishing resources. and other support services.
The State shall be guided by the principles that land has a The State shall recognize and enforce, consistent with existing
social function and land ownership has a social responsibility. laws, the rights of rural women to own and control land, taking
Owners of agricultural lands have the obligation to cultivate into consideration the substantive equality between men and
directly or through labor administration the lands they own and women as qualified beneficiaries, to receive a just share of the
thereby make the land productive. fruits thereof, and to be represented in advisory or appropriate
decision-making bodies. These rights shall be independent of
The State shall provide incentives to landowners to invest the their male relatives and of their civil status.
proceeds of the agrarian reform program to promote
industrialization, employment and privatization of public sector The State shall apply the principles of agrarian reform, or
enterprises. Financial instruments used as payment for lands stewardship, whenever applicable, in accordance with law, in
shall contain features that shall enhance negotiability and the disposition or utilization of other natural resources, including
acceptability in the marketplace. lands of the public domain, under lease or concession, suitable
to agriculture, subject to prior rights, homestead rights of small
The State may lease undeveloped lands of the public domain to settlers and the rights of indigenous communities to their
qualified entities for the development of capital-intensive farms, ancestral lands.
and traditional and pioneering crops especially those for exports
subject to the prior rights of the beneficiaries under this Act. The State may resettle landless farmers and farm workers in its
own agricultural estates, which shall be distributed to them in
the manner provided by law.
By means of appropriate incentives, the State shall encourage

the formation and maintenance of economic-size family farms
to be constituted by individual beneficiaries and small
landowners.
The State shall protect the rights of subsistence fishermen,

especially of local communities, to the preferential use of
communal marine and fishing resources, both inland and
offshore. It shall provide support to such fishermen through
appropriate technology and research, adequate financial,
production and marketing assistance and other services. The
State shall also protect, develop and conserve such resources.
The protection shall extend to offshore fishing grounds of
subsistence fishermen against foreign intrusion. Fishworkers
shall receive a just share from their labor in the utilization of
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marine and fishing resources.
The State shall be guided by the principles that land has a

social function and land ownership has a social responsibility.
Owners of agricultural land have the obligation to cultivate
directly or through labor administration the lands they own and
thereby make the land productive.
The State shall provide incentives to landowners to invest the

proceeds of the agrarian reform program to promote
industrialization, employment and privatization of public sector
enterprises. Financial instruments used as payment for lands
shall contain features that shall enhance negotiability and
acceptability in the marketplace.
The State may lease undeveloped lands of the public domain to

qualified entities for the development of capital-intensive farms,
and traditional and pioneering crops especially those for exports
subject to the prior rights of the beneficiaries under this
Act. (as amended by Section 1, RA 9700)
CONSULTATION/DIALOGUE
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 09 - September 19, 2002

Subject: Institutionalization of Monthly Consultation/Dialogue Cum Problem Solving Between Concerned
Officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP)
at the Regional and Provincial Levels
M.C. No. 01 April 25, 2002

Subject: Instructions and Guidelines Governing the Provincial Consultations on Agrarian Reform
M.C. No. 03 - March 09, 2000

Subject: Guidelines in the Conduct of Dialogue at the Central Office
FARMWORKERS, Right of
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A.O. No. 2 - April 16, 1993
Subject: Supplemental Guidelines on AO No. 10, S. 1990 & Other Issuances on the Rights of Farmworkers
NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
M. C. No. 13 - September 07, 2000

Subject: Rationalizing Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) Involvement in the DARs
Foreign-Assisted Projects
A.O. No. 11 - April 26, 1989

Subject: Accreditation of NGOs Involved in DAR Program
A. O. No. 1 - December 27, 1988

Subject: Participation of NGO/Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) in the Implementation of Agrarian Reform
PEASANT ORGANIZATIONS
A.O. No. 1 - January 09, 1997 (Effectivity Date January 24, 1997)
Subject: Revised AO No. 7, S. 95 on the Devt. and Strengthening of POs Pursuant to the Constitution,
RA 6657, and Other Pertinent Laws
A.O. No. 7 - July 21, 1995 (Effectivity Date August 6, 1995)

Subject: Development and Strengthening of POs Pursuant to the Constitution, RA 6657, & Other
Pertinent Laws
PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION (PVO)
A.O. No. 1 - December 27, 1988
Subject: Participation of NGO/Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) in the Implementation of Agrarian Reform
WOMEN/WOMENS DESK/GENDER EQUALITY/NON-GENDER BIASED/GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
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A.O. No. 01 July 19, 2011 (Effectivity Date - July 23, 2011)
Subject: Guidelines Governing Gender Equality in the Implementation of Agrarian Reform Laws
and Mainstreaming Gender and Development in the Department of Agrarian Reform
M.C. No. 05 March 26, 2009

Subject: Addendum to Memorandum Circular No. 03 Dated February 27, 2009
Re: Re-Constitution and Strengthening of the Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Points
M.C. No. 03 February 27, 2009

Subject: Addendum to Memorandum Circular No. 02 Dated January 16, 2008 Reconstitution and
Strengthening of the Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Points
M.C. No. 02 January 16, 2008

Subject: Reconstitution and Strengthening of the Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Points
M.C. No. 01 April 11, 2005

Subject: Reconstitution and Strengthening of the Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Point
M.C. No. 05 - January 24, 2001

Subject: Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of DAR Womens Desk
A. O. No. 1 - January 9, 2001 (Effectivity Date January 28, 2001)

Subject: Guidelines Governing the Non-Gender Biased Implementation of Agrarian Laws
Gen. M.C. No. 01 June 14, 1999

M.C. No. 18 - August 08, 1996 (Effectivity Date August 25, 1996)
Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines in the Manner of Generating and Issuing Emancipation
Patents/Certificates of Land Ownership Award (EPs/CLOAs) to Qualified Agrarian
Reform Beneficiaries and their Spouses Pursuant to R.A. No. 7192
M. C. No. 04 - August 27, 1992
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Subject: Defining the DAR Policy/Program Framework in the Recognition of the Role of
Women on Development and in Addressing their Concerns: Implementing Rules
and Regulations to Build Mechanisms to Integrate Women
and Pursue a Non-bias Gender Consciousness Implementation for CARP
R.A. 7192 - February 12, 1992

Subject: An Act Promoting the Integration of Women as Full and Equal Partners of Men in
Development and Nation Building and for Other Purposes
Section 3. Definitions.
For the purpose of this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(a) Agrarian Reform means redistribution of lands, regardless of crops or fruits produced, to farmers and regular farmworkers who
are landless, irrespective of tenurial arrangement, to include the totality of factors and support services designed to lift the
economic status of the beneficiaries and all other arrangements alternative to the physical redistribution of lands, such as
production or profit-sharing, labor administration, and the distribution of shares of stocks, which will allow beneficiaries to receive
a just share of the fruits of the lands they work.
(b) Agriculture, Agricultural Enterprise or Agricultural Activity (b) Agriculture, Agricultural Enterprise or Agricultural Activity
means the cultivation of the soil, planting of crops, growing of means the cultivation of the soil, planting of crops, growing of
fruit trees, raising of livestock, poultry or fish, including the fruit trees, [REMOVES THE PHRASE: raising of livestock,
harvesting of such farm products, and other farm activities and poultry or fish]including the harvesting of such farm
practices performed by a farmer in conjunction with such products, and other farm activities and practices performed by
farming operations done by person whether natural or juridical. a farmer in conjunction with such farming operations done by
persons whether natural or juridical. (as amended
by Section 1, RA 7881)
R.A. 7881
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R.A. No. 7881 February 20, 1995
Subject: An Act Amending Certain Provisions of R.A. No. 6657 [Section 3(b), 10, 11, 32, 65 and 73]
M.C. No. 32 - Series of 1997
Subject: Lifting the Suspension of the Implementation of R.A. No. 7881 and its Implementing
Rule, A. O. No. 3, S. 1985
M.C. No. 27 - November 20, 1995
Subject: Suspension of the Implementation of RA 7881, Its Implementing Rule, AO No. 3,

Series of 1995, Per Supreme Court Resolution dated Nov. 13, 1995.
(c) Agricultural Land refers to land devoted to agricultural activity as defined in this Act and not classified as mineral, forest,
residential, commercial or industrial land.
EXEMPTION CLEARANCES (DOJ 44)/EXEMPTIONS/EXCLUSIONS
A.O. No. 07 September 03, 2008 (Effectivity Date September 19, 2008)
Subject: Guidelines Relative to the Supreme Court Ruling on the Sutton Case Regarding Lands
which are Actually, Directly and Exclusively Used for Livestock Raising
A.O. No. 01 August 16, 2004 (Effectivity Date September 13, 2004)
Subject: Exclusion of Agricultural Lands Used for Cattle Raising from the Coverage of the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program [Amends pertinent provisions
of DAR A.O. No. 9, Series of 1993]
M.C. No. 08 May 06, 2004
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Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on DAR Memorandum Circular No. 5, S. 2004 (Moratorium on the
Processing and Grant o Applications for Conversion and Exemption of All Lands Devoted to
or Suitable for Agriculture)
M.C. No. 05 March 03, 2004
Subject: Moratorium on the Processing and Grant of Applications for Conversion and Exemption
of All Lands Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture
A.O. No. 04 January 16, 2003 (Effectivity Date February 9, 2003)

Subject: 2003 Rules on Exemption of Lands from CARP Coverage Under Section 3 (c ) of
Republic Act No. 6657 and Department of Justice (DOJ) Opinion No. 44, series of 1990
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

Subject: Inventory and Regular Monitoring of Land Use Conversion and Exemption/Exclusions
A.O. No. 6 - May 27, 1994 (Effectivity Date June 23, 1994)
Subject: Issuance of Exemption Clearances Based on Sec. 3 (c) of RA 6657 and DOJ
Opinion No. 44, S. 1990
CLUPPI
S.O. No. 832 November 03, 2003

Subject: Addendum to the Special Order No. 823 Reconstituting Center for Land Use Policy, Planning and
Implementation (CLUPPI) Secretariat
S.O. No. 823 October 27, 2003

Subject: Reconstitution of Center for Land Use Policy, Planning and Implementation (CLUPPI) Secretariat

Subject: Institutionalization of the Center for Land Use Policy, Planning and Implementation (CLUPPI)
A.O. No. 14 - December 06, 1994 (Effectivity Date December 30, 1994)
Subject: Creating a Center for Land Use Policy, Planning and Implementation (CLUPPI)
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CLUPs (COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANS), Preparation and Completion and/or Updating of
M.C. No. 08 - October 15, 2001
Subject: Issuance of DAR Certification and Extending Full Support and Cooperation to Local Government
Units in the Preparation/Completion and/or Updating of Their Comprehensive Land Use Plans
M.C. No. 11 July 06, 2000

Subject: Directing All Municipal Agrarian Reform Officers (MAROs), Provincial Agrarian Reform Officers
(PAROs), and Regional Directors (RDs) to Extend Full Support and Cooperation to All
Concerned Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Preparation and Completion of
Their Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs)
INVENTORY
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

LUNGSOD SILANGAN TOWNSITE, Coverage of

M.C. 5 - March 4, 1998 (Effectivity Date March 22, 1998)
Subject: Amendment to M.C. No. 25, S.1 997
M.C. 25 - July 02, 1997 (Effectivity Date July 19, 1997)

Subject: Coverage of the Lungsod Silangan Townsite Straddling Portions of Antipolo,
San Mateo and Montalban, Rizal
DOJ Opinion 181 - October 19, 1990
Subject: Applicability of CARP Upon the Estate of the late Alfonso Doronila
DOJ Opinion No. 26 - February 12, 1988

Subject: Inclusion/Non-inclusion of Agro-Forestry Leases in Lungsod Silangan Townsite
Reservation Within the CARP
DOJ Opinion No. 137 - September 26, 1994

Subject: Definite Area to be Covered by Lungsod Silangan and the Land Use of the
Approximately 7,000 Hectare Overlap Between the Areas Covered by
Proclamations Nos. 1636 and 1637
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MONITORING (Conversion/Exemptions/Exclusions)
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

M.C. No. 16 - July 18, 1996

Subject: Prescribing the Revised Guidelines in the Performance of the Regular Functions of the Regional
Planning Divisions (RPDs) and Provincial Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Units (PMEUs)
MORATORIUM (Conversion and Exemption)
M.C. No. 08 May 06, 2004
Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on DAR Memorandum Circular No. 5, S. 2004 (Moratorium on the Processing
and Grant of Applications for Conversion and Exemption of All Lands Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture)
M.C. No. 05 March 03, 2004

Subject: Moratorium on the Processing and Grant of Applications for Conversion and Exemption of All
Lands Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture
TOURIST ZONES
DAR M.C. No. 07 March 29, 2004

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Effect of Declarations of General Areas in the
Country as Tourist Zones to the Coverage of Lands Devoted to or Suitable for
Agriculture Within Said Areas Under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)
(d) Agrarian Dispute refers to any controversy relating to tenurial arrangements, whether leasehold, tenancy, stewardship or
otherwise, over lands devoted to 0agriculture, including disputes concerning farmworkers' associations or representation of persons
in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of such tenurial arrangements.
It includes any controversy relating to compensation of lands acquired under this Act and other terms and conditions of transfer of
ownership from landowners to farmworkers, tenants and other agrarian reform beneficiaries, whether the disputants stand in the
proximate relation of farm operator and beneficiary, landowner and tenant, or lessor and lessee.
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AGRARIAN DISPUTES
DAR A.O. No. 8 - August 30, 1994 (Effectivity Date September 17, 1994)
Subject: Mediation/Conciliation of Agrarian Disputes by BARC
DARAB Rules
2009 Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) Rules
of Procedure September 01, 2009
2003 Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) Rules

of Procedure January 17, 2003
M.C. No. 1 - January 05, 1995

Subject: Authority of the Adjudication Board to Conduct Summary Administrative
Proceedings for the Preliminary Determination of Just Compensation
DARAB New Rules of Procedure (1994)
M.C. No. 6 - September 14, 1992

Subject: Signing Authority on Travel Orders of DARAB Officials and Personnel

Subject: Scope of Jurisdiction of DARAB, RARADs and PARADs Over Orders/Decisions of the Secretary
(e) Idle or Abandoned Land refers to any agricultural land not cultivated, tilled or developed to produce any crop nor devoted to any
specific economic purpose continuously for a period of three (3) years immediately prior to the receipt of notice of acquisition by the
government as provided under this Act, but does not include land that has become permanently or regularly devoted to non-
agricultural purposes. It does not include land which has become unproductive by reason of force majeure or any other fortuitous
event: Provided, that prior to such event, such land was previously used for agricultural or other economic purpose.
ABANDONED/IDLE LANDS
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Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 04 - January 16, 2001 (Effectivity Date February 16, 2001)
Subject: Guidelines in the Processing and Payment of Idle Lands With Slopes of Below Eighteen
Percent (18%)
A.O. No. 12 - August 30, 1990
Subject: Identification and Acquisition of Idle or Abandoned Lands
(f) Farmer refers to a natural person whose primary livelihood (f) Farmer refers to a natural person whose primary livelihood
is cultivation of land or the production of agricultural crops, is cultivation of land or the production of agricultural
either by himself, or primarily with the assistance of his crops livestock and/or fisheries either by himself/herself, or
immediate farm household, whether the land is owned by him, primarily with the assistance of his/her immediate farm
or by another person under a leasehold or share tenancy household, whether the land is owned by him/her, or by
agreement or arrangement with the owner thereof. another person under a leasehold or share tenancy agreement
or arrangement with the owner thereof (as amended
(g) Farmworker is a natural person who renders service for value as an employee or laborer in an agricultural enterprise or farm
regardless of whether his compensation is paid on a daily, weekly, monthly or "pakyaw" basis. The term includes an individual
whose work has ceased as a consequence of, or in connection with, a pending agrarian dispute and who has not obtained a
substantially equivalent and regular farm employment.
(h) Regular Farmworker is a natural person who is employed on a permanent basis by an agricultural enterprise or farm.
(i) Seasonal Farmworker is a natural person who is employed on a recurrent, periodic or intermittent basis by an agricultural
enterprise or farm, whether as a permanent or a non-permanent laborer, such as "dumaan", "sacada", and the like.
(j) Other Farmworker is a farmworker who does not fall under paragraphs (g), (h) and (i).
(k) Cooperatives shall refer to organizations composed primarily of small agricultural producers, farmers, farmworkers, or other
agrarian reform beneficiaries who voluntarily organize themselves for the purpose of pooling land, human, technological, financial
or other economic resources, and operated on the principle of one member, one vote. A juridical person may be a member of a
cooperative, with the same rights and duties as a natural person.
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(l) Rural women refer to women who are engaged directly or indirectly in farming and/or fishing as their source of livelihood,
whether paid or unpaid, regular or seasonal, or in food preparation, managing the household, caring for the children, and other
similar activities. (as added by Section 2, RA 9700)
WOMEN/WOMENS DESK/GENDER EQUALITY/NON-GENDER BIASED/GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
A.O. No. 01 July 19, 2011 (Effectivity Date - July 23, 2011)
Subject: Guidelines Governing Gender Equality in the Implementation of Agrarian Reform Laws and
Mainstreaming Gender and Development in the Department of Agrarian Reform
M.C. No. 05 March 26, 2009

Subject: Addendum to Memorandum Circular No. 03 Dated February 27, 2009 Re: Re-Constitution
and Strengthening of the Gender and Development (GAD) Focal Points

M.C. No. 02 January 16, 2008

M.C. No. 01 April 11, 2005

M.C. No. 05 - January 24, 2001

A. O. No. 1 - January 9, 2001 (Effectivity Date January 28, 2001)

Gen. M.C. No. 01 June 14, 1999

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Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines in the Manner of Generating and Issuing Emancipation Patents/Certificates
of Land Ownership Award (EPs/CLOAs) to Qualified Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries and their
Spouses Pursuant to R.A. No. 7192
M. C. No. 04 - August 27, 1992

Subject: Defining the DAR Policy/Program Framework in the Recognition of the Role of Women on
Development and in Addressing their Concerns: Implementing Rules and Regulations to
Build Mechanisms to Integrate Women and Pursue a Non-bias Gender Consciousness
Implementation for CARP
R.A. 7192 - February 12, 1992

Subject: An Act Promoting the Integration of Women as Full and Equal Partners of Men in
Development and Nation Building and for Other Purposes
CHAPTER II
Coverage
Section 4. Scope.
The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1989 shall cover, The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 shall cover,
regardless of tenurial arrangement and commodity produced, all regardless of tenurial arrangement and commodity produced, all
public and private agricultural lands, as provided in Proclamation public and private agricultural lands as provided in Proclamation
No. 131 and Executive Order No. 229, including other lands of No. 131 and Executive Order No. 229, including other lands of
the public domain suitable for agriculture. the public domain suitable for agriculture: Provided, That
landholdings of landowners with a total area of five (5)
hectares and below shall not be covered for acquisition
and distribution to qualified beneficiaries.
More specifically, the following lands are covered by the CARP:

More specifically the following lands are covered by the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program: (a) All alienable and disposable lands of the public
domain devoted to or suitable for agriculture. No
(a) All alienable and disposable lands of the public domain reclassification of forest or mineral lands to agricultural
devoted to or suitable for agriculture. No reclassification of forest lands shall be undertaken after the approval of this Act
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or mineral lands to agricultural lands shall be undertaken after until Congress, taking into account ecological,
the approval of this Act until Congress, taking into account developmental and equity considerations, shall have
ecological, developmental and equity considerations, shall have determined by law, the specific limits of the public
determined by law, the specific limits of the public domain. domain;
A & D Lands of the Public Domain (Jurisdiction of DAR and DENR)
Joint DENR-DAR M.C. No. 2003-1

(Reaffirming Joint DAR-DENR MC Nos. 14 and 19, 1997)
DENR M.C. No. 99-22

Subject: DENR Jurisdiction Over All Alienable and Disposable (A & D) Lands of the Public Domain
Joint DAR-DENR M.C. No. 19 - May 21, 1997
Subject: Guidelines to Implement the Joint DAR-DENR Memorandum Circular No. 14, Series of 1997
Regarding Untitled Private Agricultural Lands
Joint DAR-DENR M. C. No. 14 - March 31, 1997

Subject: Clarifying the Jurisdiction of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on the Disposition of Untitled Privately Claimed
Agricultural Lands
Joint DAR-DENR M.C. No. 9 - June 07, 1995

Subject: Clarifying and Restating the Jurisdiction and Authority of DAR and DENR Over Certain Types
of Lands of the Public Domain Covered by the CARP
Joint DAR-DENR A.O. No. 7, Series of 1991
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Subject: Amending Joint DAR-DENR AO 2, S. 87 Re: Guidelines for the Implementation of
Sec. 15, EO 229 on Joint DAR-DENR Certification on Public Lands
M.C. No. 4 - May 10, 1991

Subject: Agricultural Lands Covered by Homestead Patents Pursuant to Public Land Act (CA No. 141)
Joint DAR-DENR A.O. No. 2, Series of 1988

Subject: Implementation of Sec. 15, EO 229, on Joint DAR-DENR Certification on Public Lands
A.O. No. 98, Series of 1988

Subject: AR in Public Lands Program D of the CARP
M.C. No. 15 - October 25, 1983

Subject: Disposition and Issuance of Patents Over Public Lands Under the Custody and
Administration of the MAR
(b) All lands of the public domain in excess of the specific (b) All lands of the public domain in excess of the
limits as determined by Congress in the preceding paragraph; specific limits as determined by Congress in the
preceding paragraph;
(c) All other lands owned by the Government devoted to or (c) All other lands owned by the Government devoted
suitable for agriculture; and to or suitable for agriculture; and
(d) All private lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture (d) All private lands devoted to or suitable for
regardless of the agricultural products raised or that can be agriculture regardless of the agricultural products raised
raised thereon. or that can be raised thereon.
PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LANDS
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Joint DAR-DENR M.C. No. 2003-1
(Reaffirming Joint DAR-DENR MC Nos. 14 and 19, 1997)
Joint DAR-DENR M.C. No. 19 - May 21, 1997

Subject: Guidelines to Implement the Joint DAR-DENR Memorandum Circular No. 14, Series of 1997
Regarding Untitled Private Agricultural Lands
Joint DAR-DENR M. C. No. 14 - March 31, 1997

Subject: Clarifying the Jurisdiction of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on the Disposition of Untitled Privately
Claimed Agricultural Lands
Joint DAR-DENR A.O. No. 6 - July 24, 1991

Subject: Undertaking Surveys on Private Agricultural Lands Covered by the CARP
A comprehensive inventory system in consonance with the

national land use plan shall be instituted by the Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR), in accordance with the Local
Government Code, for the purpose of properly identifying
and classifying farmlands within one (1) year from effectivity of
this Act, without prejudice to the implementation of the land
acquisition and distribution. (as amended bySection 3, RA
9700)
ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION UNDER R.A. NO. 6657 AND/OR R.A. NO. 9700
A.O. No. 07 September 30, 2011
(Effectivity Date October 15, 2011)

Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition and Distribution of Private
Agricultural Lands Under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6657, As Amended
A.O. No. 02 October 15, 2009 (Effectivity Date July 1, 2009)
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Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657, as amended by
R.A. No. 9700
INVENTORY OF THE CARP SCOPE (ICS)
M.C. No. 13 August 11, 2003

Subject: Guidelines in the Inventory of the CARP Scope (ICS)
Section 5. Schedule of Implementation. -
The distribution of all lands covered by this Act shall be implemented immediately and completed within ten (10) years from the
effectivity thereof.
A.O. No. 07 September 30, 2011 (Effectivity Date October 15, 2011) Sections 5 & 6
M.C. No. 06 July 15, 2011

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Implementation of the Land Acquisition and Distribution
Phasing Under Republic Act No. 9700
M.C. No. 8 October 27, 2010

Subject: Guidelines in the Treatment, Use and Updating of the PARC Execom-Approved CARPER
Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD) Balance
M.C. No. 06 June 24, 2010

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Transitory Provisions of DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2009
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PARC Executive A.O. No. 01 November 16, 2009
Subject: Guidelines Governing Declaration of Certain Provinces as Priority Land Reform
Areas Pursuant to Section 5 of R.A. No. 9700

R.A. No. 9700
A.O. No. 05 July 15, 2008 (Effectivity Date July 28, 2008)
Subject: Amendment to DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005, Entitled, Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject
of VOS and CA and Those Covered Under E.O. No. 407 [Amends A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005]
A.O. No. 04 March 27, 2007 (Effectivity Date April 14, 2007)
Subject: Amendment to DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005, Entitled, Acquisition of Agricultural
Lands Subject of VOS and CA and Those Covered Under E.O. No. 407 [Amends Item IV
of A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005]

Subject: Amendment to DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005, Entitled, Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject
of VOS and CA and Those Covered Under E.O. No. 407 [Amends A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005]
A.O. No. 04 August 2, 2005 (Effectivity Date August 14, 2005)

Subject: Revised Rules Governing the Issuance of Notice of Coverage in the Acquisition of Agricultural
Lands Under R.A. No. 6657 [Revise DAR A.O. No. 1, Series of 2003]
A.O. No. 02 May 12, 2005 (Effectivity Date May 26, 2005)
Subject: Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of VOS and CA and Those Covered Under
E. O. No. 407 [Repeals A.O. No. 2, Series of 1996; A.O. No. 1, Series of 1998; and
A.O. No. 4, Series of 2000; Amends A.O. No. 1, Series of 2003 and
A.O. No. 7, Series of 2003]
A.O. No. 01 - January 16, 2003 (Effectivity Date February 6, 2003)
Subject: Notice of Coverage and Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657
[Amend DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 1996 and A.O. No. 1, Series of 1998]
A.O. No. 04 - August 29, 2000 (Effectivity Date September 14, 2000)
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Subject: Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of Voluntary Offer to Sell (VOS) and Compulsory
Acquisition (CA) [Amends A.O. No. 2, Series of 1996]; [A.O. No. 10, Series of 1998]
Section 6. Retention Limits. -
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no person may own or retain, directly or indirectly, any public or private agricultural land,
the size of which shall vary according to factors governing a viable family-size farm, such as commodity produced, terrain,
infrastructure, and soil fertility as determined by the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) created hereunder, but in no case
shall retention by the landowner exceed five (5) hectares. Three (3) hectares may be awarded to each child of the landowner,
subject to the following qualifications: (1) that he is at least fifteen (15) years of age; and (2) that he is actually tilling the land or
directly managing the farm: provided, that landowners whose lands have been covered by Presidential Decree No. 27 shall be
allowed to keep the areas originally retained by them thereunder: provided, further, that original homestead grantees or their direct
compulsory heirs who still own the original homestead at the time of the approval of this Act shall retain the same areas as long as
they continue to cultivate said homestead.
RETENTION
A.O. No. 07 September 30, 2011 (Effectivity Date October 15, 2011) Sections 27 to 41
A.O. No. 02 October 15, 2009 (Effectivity Date July 1, 2009 pursuant to Section 31 of R.A. No.
9700) (Item IV-B)
Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657,
as amended by R.A. No. 9700

Subject: 2003 Rules and Procedures Governing Landowner Retention Rights
Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures for the Exercise of Retention Right by Landowners
M.C. No. 12 - August 14, 1998
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Subject: Retention Rights of Landowners and Award to Their Qualified Children
A.O. No. 4 - April 26, 1991

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines Governing the Exercise of Retention Rights by Landowners
Under PD 27
A.O. No. 11 - August 30, 1990

Subject: Exercise of Retention Rights by Landowners and Award to Children Under
Section 6 of RA 6657
Ministry A.O. No. 01 - February 27, 1985
Subject: Providing for a Cut-Off Date for Landowners to Apply for Retention and/or Protest the
Coverage of their Landholdings Under Operation Land Transfer Pursuant to P.D. No. 27
AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES, Identification, Screening and Selection of

A.O. No. 04 June 16, 2008 (Effectivity Date June 29, 2008)
Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to DAR A.O. No. 7, Series of 2003 on the Identification, Screening
and Selection of, and Distribution to ARBs of Private Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657
A.O. No. 07 December 18, 2003 (Effectivity Date January 8, 2004)

Subject: Identification, Screening and Selection of, and Distribution to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
(ARBs) of Private Agricultural Lands Under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6657
[Repeals A.O. No. 10, Series of 1990] [Amends/Repeals inconsistent provision
of A.O. No. 6, S. 1998 and A.O. No. 9, S. 1998]
AWARD TO CHILDREN
A.O. No. 07 September 30, 2011 (Effectivity Date October 15, 2011)

Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657, as
amended by R.A. No. 9700
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Subject: Revised Guidelines on Award to Children of Landowners Pursuant to Sections 6
and 22 of Republic Act No. 6657
M.C. No. 12 - August 14, 1998

M.C. No. 4 - March 11, 1994 (Effectivity Date March 22, 1994)
Subject: Award to Children Under Sec. 6 & 22 of RA 6657
HOMESTEAD PATENTS
M.C. No. 04 March 2, 2009

Subject: Clarifying the Reckoning date of the 5-year Prohibitory Period of Encumbering/Alienating
Lands Acquired Through Free Patent and Homestead Patent
M.C. No. 4 - May 10, 1991

Subject: Agricultural Lands Covered by Homestead Patents Pursuant to Public Land Act (CA No. 141)
The right to choose the area to be retained, which shall be compact or contiguous, shall pertain to the landowner: provided,
however, that in case the area selected for retention by the landowner is tenanted, the tenant shall have the option to choose
whether to remain therein or be a beneficiary in the same or another agricultural land with similar or comparable features. In case
the tenant chooses to remain in the retained area, he shall be considered a leaseholder and shall lose his right to be a beneficiary
under this Act. In case the tenant chooses to be a beneficiary in another agricultural land, he loses his right as a leaseholder to the
land retained by the landowner. The tenant must exercise this option within a period of one (1) year from the time the landowner
manifests his choice of the area for retention.
In all cases, the security of tenure of the farmers or farmworkers on the land prior to the approval of this Act shall be respected.
Upon the effectivity of this Act, any sale, disposition, lease, management, contract or transfer of possession of private lands
executed by the original landowner in violation of the Act shall be null and void: provided, however, that those executed prior to
this Act shall be valid only when registered with the Register of Deeds within a period of three (3) months after the effectivity of
this Act. Thereafter, all Registers of Deeds shall inform the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) within thirty (30) days of any
transaction involving agricultural lands in excess of five (5) hectares.
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ILLEGAL OR UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS/TRANSACTIONS/ANNULMENT OF DEEDS OF CONVEYANCE
Subject: Rules for the Coverage of CARP-Covered Lands Subject to Unauthorized Transfers or
Conveyances
M.C. No. 18 August 18, 2004

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Coverage, Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural
Lands Subject of Conveyance Executed in Violation of Sec. 6. Par. 4 of R. A. No. 6657
M.C. No. 02 - January 9, 2001 (Effectivity Date January 22, 2001)

Subject: Guidelines on Annulment of Deeds of Conveyance of Lands Covered by the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Executed in Violation of Section 6, paragraph 4
of Republic Act (RA) No. 6657
TRANSACTIONS/TRANSFERS, Land

Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Executed in Violation of Section 6,
paragraph 4 of Republic Act (RA) No. 6657
A.O. No. 6 - November 21, 1996 (Effectivity Date December 9, 1996)

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to A.O. No. 8, Series of 1995 Re Transferability of Awarded
Lands Awarded to ARBs Pursuant to PD 27/EO No. 228 and RA 6657
A.O. No. 8 - December 18, 1995 (Effectivity Date January 5, 1996)

Subject: Transferability of Lands Awarded to ARBs Pursuant to PD 27 as Amended by EO No. 228 and RA 6657
LRA Circular No. 54 - June 09, 1993

Subject: Revised Guidelines on the Registration of Transactions Under the CARP
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A.O. No. 1 - January 03, 1989
Subject: Rules and Procedures Governing Land Transactions
Ministry M.C. No. 6 - May 28, 1986

Subject: Amending Item 1, Par. B, Sec. III of Ministry MC No. 19-81 by Providing
Additional Guidelines in Effecting Land Transfer Compensation Claims
Section 6-A. Exception to Retention Limits. Provincial, city and municipal government, units acquiring private agricultural
lands by expropriation or other modes of acquisition to be used for actual, direct and exclusive public purposes, such as roads and
bridges, public markets, school sites, resettlement sites, local government facilities, public parks and barangay plazas or squares,
consistent with the approved local comprehensive land use plan, shall not be subject to the five (5)-hectare retention limit under
this Section and Sections 70 and 73(a) of Republic Act No. 6657, as amended: Provided, That lands subject to CARP shall first
undergo the land acquisition and distribution process of the program: Provided, further, That when these lands have been
subjected to expropriation, the agrarian reform beneficiaries therein shall be paid just compensation. (as added by Section 4,
RA 9700)
Section 6-B. Review of Limits of Land Size. Within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act, the DAR shall submit a
comprehensive study on the land size appropriate for each type of crop to Congress for a possible review of limits of land sizes
provided in this Act. (as added by Section 4, RA 9700)
Section 7. Priorities.
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in coordination with The DAR, in coordination with the Presidential Agrarian Reform
the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) shall plan and Council (PARC) shall plan and program the final acquisition
program the acquisition and distribution of all agricultural lands and distribution of allremaining unacquired and
through a period of ten (10) years from the effectivity of this undistributedagricultural lands from the effectivity of
Act. Lands shall be acquired and distributed as follows: this Act until June 30, 2014. Lands shall be acquired and
distributed as follows:
Phase One: During the five (5)-year extension period

Phase One: Rice and corn lands under Presidential Decree No. hereafter all remaining lands above fifty (50) hectares shall be
27; all idle or abandoned lands; all private lands voluntarily covered for purposes of agrarian reform upon the effectivity of
offered by the owners for agrarian reform; all lands foreclosed this Act. All private agricultural lands of landowners with
by the government financial institutions; all lands acquired by aggregate landholdings in excess of fifty (50) hectares which
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the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG); and have already been subjected to a notice of coverage issued on
all other lands owned by the government devoted to or suitable or before December 10, 2008; rice and corn lands under
for agriculture, which shall be acquired and distributed Presidential Decree No. 27; all idle or abandoned lands; all
immediately upon the effectivity of this Act, with the private lands voluntarily offered by the owners for agrarian
implementation to be completed within a period of not more reform: Provided, That with respect to voluntary land transfer,
than four (4) years; only those submitted by June 30, 2009 shall be
allowedProvided, further, That after June 30, 2009, the modes
of acquisition shall be limited to voluntary offer to sell and
compulsory acquisition: Provided,furthermore, That all
previously acquired lands wherein valuation is subject to
challenge by landowners shall be completed and finally resolved
pursuant to Section 17 of Republic Act No. 6657, as
amended: Provided, finally, as mandated by the Constitution,
Republic Act No. 6657, as amended, and Republic Act No.
3844, as amended, only farmers (tenants or lessees) and
regular farmworkers actually tilling the lands, as certified under
oath by the Barangay Agrarian Reform Council (BARC) and
attested under oath by the landowners, are the qualified
beneficiaries. The intended beneficiary shall state under oath
before the judge of the city or municipal court that he/she is
willing to work on the land to make it productive and to assume
the obligation of paying the amortization for the compensation
of the land and the land taxes thereon; all lands foreclosed by
government financial institutions; all lands acquired by the
Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG); and all
other lands owned by the government devoted to or suitable
for agriculture, which shall be acquired and distributed
immediately upon the effectivity of this Act, with the
implementation to be completed by June 30, 2012;
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(Effectivity Date October 15, 2011)

Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition and Distribution of Private Agricultural
Lands Under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6657, As Amended

R.A. No. 9700
Phase Two: All alienable and disposable public agricultural Phase Two: (a) Lands twenty-four (24) hectares up to fifty (50)
lands; all arable public agricultural lands under agro-forest, hectares shall likewise be covered for purposes of agrarian
pasture and agricultural leases already cultivated and planted to reform upon the effectivity of this Act. All alienable and
crops in accordance with Section 6, Article XIII of the disposable public agricultural lands; all arable public agricultural
Constitution; all public agricultural lands which are to be opened lands under agro-forest, pasture and agricultural leases already
for new development and resettlement; and all private cultivated and planted to crops in accordance with Section 6,
agricultural lands in excess of fifty (50) hectares, insofar as the Article XIII of the Constitution; all public agricultural lands which
excess hectarage is concerned, to implement principally the are to be opened for new development and resettlement: and all
rights of farmers and regular farmworkers, who are the landless, private agricultural lands of landowners with aggregate
to own directly or collectively the lands they till, which shall be landholdings above twenty-four (24) hectares up to fifty (50)
distributed immediately upon the effectivity of this Act, with the hectares which have already been subjected to a notice of
implementation to be completed within a period of not more coverage issued on or before December 1O, 2008, to implement
than four (4) years. principally the rights of farmers and regular farmworkers, who
are landless, to own directly or collectively the lands they till,
which shall be distributed immediately upon the effectivity of this
Act, with the implementation to be completed by June 30, 2012;
and
(b) All remaining private agricultural lands of landowners with

aggregate landholdings in excess of twenty-four (24)
hectares, regardless as to whetherthese have been subjected
to notices of coverage or not, with the implementation to
begin on July 1, 2012 and to be completed by June 30, 2013;
Phase Three: All other private agricultural lands commencing Phase Three: All other private agricultural lands commencing
with large landholdings and proceeding to medium and small with large landholdings and proceeding to medium and small
landholdings under the following schedule:
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landholdings under the following schedule:
(a) Landholdings above twenty-four (24) hectares up to fifty (a) Lands of landowners with aggregate landholdings above
(50) hectares, to begin on the fourth (4th) year from the ten (10) hectares up to twenty- four (24)hectares, insofar as
effectivity of this Act and to be completed within three (3) the excess hectarage above ten (10) hectares is concerned, to
years; and begin on July 1,2012 and to be completed by June 30, 2013;
and
(b) Landholdings from the retention limit up to twenty-four (b) Lands of landowners with aggregate landholdings from the
(24) hectares, to begin on the sixth (6th) year from the retention limit up to ten (10) hectares, to begin on July 1,
effectivity of this Act and to be completed within four (4) 2013 and to be completed by June 30, 2014; to implement
years; to implement principally the right of farmers and regular principally the right of farmers and regular farmworkers who
farmworkers who are landless, to own directly or collectively are landless, to own directly or collectively the lands they till.
the lands they till.
The schedule of acquisition and redistribution of all agricultural The schedule of acquisition and redistribution of all agricultural
lands covered by this program shall be made in accordance with lands covered by this program shall be made in accordance with
the above order of priority, which shall be provided in the the above order of priority, which shall be provided in the
implementing rules to be prepared by the Presidential Agrarian implementing rules to be prepared by the PARC, taking into
Reform Council (PARC), taking into consideration the following; consideration the following: the landholdings wherein the
the need to distribute land to the tillers at the earliest practicable farmers are organized and understand, the meaning and
time; the need to enhance agricultural productivity; and the obligations of farmland ownership; the distribution of lands to
availability of funds and resources to implement and support the the tillers at the earliest practicable time; the enhancement of
program. agricultural productivity; and the availability of funds and
resources to implement and support the program: Provided, That
In any case, the PARC, upon recommendation by the Provincial the PARC shall design and conduct seminars, symposia,
Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM), may information campaigns, and other similar programs for farmers
declare certain provinces or region as priority land reform areas, who are not organized or not covered by any landholdings.
in which the acquisition and distribution of private agricultural Completion by these farmers of the aforementioned seminars,
lands therein may be implemented ahead of the above symposia, and other similar programs shall be encouraged in the
schedules. implementation of this Act particularly the provisions of this
Section.
Land acquisition and distribution shall be completed by June 30,
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In effecting the transfer within these guidelines, priority must be 2014 on a province-by- province basis. In any case, the PARC or
given to lands that are tenanted. the PARC Executive Committee (PARC EXCOM), upon
recommendation by the Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating
Committee (PARCCOM), may declare certain provinces as priority
land reform areas, in which case the acquisition and distribution
The PARC shall establish guidelines to implement the above of private agricultural lands therein under advanced phases may
priorities and distribution scheme, including the determination of be implemented ahead of the above schedules on the condition
who are qualified beneficiaries: provided, that an owner-tiller that prior phases in these provinces have been completed:
may be a beneficiary of the land he does not own but is actually Provided, That notwithstanding the above schedules, phase
cultivating to the extent of the difference between the area of three (b) shall not be implemented in a particular province until
the land he owns and the award ceiling of three (3) hectares. at least ninety percent (90%) of the provincial balance of that
particular province as of January 1, 2009 under Phase One,
Phase Two (a), Phase Two (b),,and Phase Three (a), excluding
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR), have been successfully
completed.
The PARC shall establish guidelines to implement the above

priorities and distribution scheme, including the determination of
who are qualified beneficiaries: Provided, That an owner-tiller
may be a beneficiary of the land he/she does not own but is
actually cultivating to the extent of the difference between the
area of the land he/she owns and the award ceiling of three (3)
hectares: Provided, further, That collective ownership by the
farmer beneficiaries shall be subject to Section 25 of Republic
Act No. 6657, as amended: Provided, furthermore, That rural
women shall be given the opportunity t o participate in the
development planning and implementation of this Act: Provided,
finally, That in no case should the agrarian reform beneficiaries'
sex, economic, religious, social, cultural and political attributes
adversely affect the distribution of lands. (as
amended, Section 5, RA 9700)
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R.A. No. 9700
ASSET PRIVATIZATION TRUST (APT)/SEQUESTERED LANDS
Subject: Acquisition/Distribution of Agricultural Lands Subject of Sequestration/ Acquisition by the

PCGG/APT Whose Ownership is Under Court Litigation
PRIORITIES/PHASING
M.C. No. 06 July 15, 2011

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Implementation of the Land Acquisition and Distribution
Phasing Under Republic Act No. 9700

Subject: Guidelines in the Treatment, Use and Updating of the PARC Execom-Approved
CARPER Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD) Balance
M.C. No. 06 June 24, 2010

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Transitory Provisions of DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2009
PARC Executive A.O. No. 01 November 16, 2009

Subject: Guidelines Governing Declaration of Certain Provinces as Priority
Land Reform Areas Pursuant to Section 5 of R.A. No. 9700

Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657, as amended
by R.A. No. 9700
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Subject: Amendment to DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005, Entitled, Acquisition of Agricultural Lands
Subject of VOS and CA and Those Covered Under E.O. No. 407
[Amends A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005]
[Amends Item IV of A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005]


Subject: Revised Rules Governing the Issuance of Notice of Coverage in the Acquisition of Agricultural
Lands Under R.A. No. 6657 [Revise DAR A.O. No. 1, Series of 2003]
Subject: Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of VOS and CA and Those Covered Under
E. O. No. 407 [Repeals A.O. No. 2, Series of 1996; A.O. No. 1, Series of 1998;
and A.O. No. 4, Series of 2000; Amends A.O. No. 1, Series of 2003
and A.O. No. 7, Series of 2003]
Subject: Notice of Coverage and Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657
[Amend DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 1996 and A.O. No. 1, Series of 1998]
Subject: Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of Voluntary Offer to Sell (VOS) and Compulsory
Acquisition (CA) [Amends A.O. No. 2, Series of 1996]; [A.O. No. 10, Series of 1998]
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Section 8. Multinational Corporations. -
All lands of the public domain leased, held or possessed by multinational corporations or associations, and other lands owned by
the government or by government-owned or controlled corporations, associations, institutions, or entities, devoted to existing and
operational agri-business or agro-industrial enterprises, operated by multinational corporations and associations, shall be
programmed for acquisition and distribution immediately upon the effectivity of this Act, with the implementation to be completed
within three (3) years.
Lands covered by the paragraph immediately preceding, under lease, management, grower or service contracts, and the like, shall
be disposed of as follows:
(a) Lease, management, grower or service contracts covering such lands covering an aggregate area in excess of 1,000
hectares, leased or held by foreign individuals in excess of 500 hectares are deemed amended to conform with the limits
set forth in Section 3 of Article XII of the Constitution.
(b) Contracts covering areas not in excess of 1,000 hectares in the case of such corporations and associations, and 500
hectares, in the case of such individuals, shall be allowed to continue under their original terms and conditions but not
beyond August 29, 1992, or their valid termination, whichever comes sooner, after which, such agreements shall continue
only when confirmed by the appropriate government agency. Such contracts shall likewise continue even after the lands
has been transferred to beneficiaries or awardees thereof, which transfer shall be immediately commenced and
implemented and completed within the period of three (3) years mentioned in the first paragraph hereof.
(c) In no case will such leases and other agreements now being implemented extend beyond August 29, 1992, when all
lands subject hereof shall have been distributed completely to qualified beneficiaries or awardees.
Such agreements can continue thereafter only under a new contract between the government or qualified beneficiaries or
awardees, on the one hand, and said enterprises, on the other.
Lands leased, held or possessed by multinational corporations, owned by private individuals and private non-governmental
corporations, associations, institutions and entities, citizens of the Philippines, shall be subject to immediate compulsory acquisition
and distribution upon the expiration of the applicable lease, management, grower or service contract in effect as of August 29,
1987, or otherwise, upon its valid termination, whichever comes sooner, but not later than after ten (10) years following the
effectivity of the Act. However during the said period of effectivity, the government shall take steps to acquire these lands for
immediate distribution thereafter.
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In general, lands shall be distributed directly to the individual worker-beneficiaries. In case it is not economically feasible and
sound to divide the land, then they shall form a workers' cooperative or association which will deal with the corporation or business
association or any other proper party for the purpose of entering into a lease or growers agreement and for all other legitimate
purposes. Until a new agreement is entered into by and between the workers' cooperative or association and the corporation or
business association or any other proper party, any agreement existing at the time this Act takes effect between the former and
the previous landowner shall be respected by both the workers' cooperative or association and the corporation, business,
association or such other proper party. In no case shall the implementation or application of this Act justify or result in the
reduction of status or diminution of any benefits received or enjoyed by the worker-beneficiaries, or in which they may have a
vested right, at the time this Act becomes effective.
The provisions of Section 32 of this Act, with regard to production and income-sharing shall apply to farms operated by
multinational corporations.
During the transition period, the new owners shall be assisted in their efforts to learn modern technology in production. Enterprises
which show a willingness and commitment and good-faith efforts to impart voluntarily such advanced technology will be given
preferential treatment where feasible.
In no case shall a foreign corporation, association, entity or individual enjoy any rights or privileges better than those enjoyed by a
domestic corporation, association, entity or individual.
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
Subject: Multinational Corporations Under Sec. 8 of RA 6657 Known as the CARL of 1988
Section 9. Ancestral Lands. -
For purposes of this Act, ancestral lands of each indigenous cultural community shall include, but not be limited to, lands in the
actual, continuous and open possession and occupation of the community and its members: provided that the Torrens Systems
shall be respected.
The right of these communities to their ancestral lands shall be protected to ensure their economic, social and cultural well-being.
In line with the principles of self-determination and autonomy, the systems of land ownership, land use, and the modes of settling
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land disputes of all these communities must be recognized and respected.
Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the PARC may suspend the implementation of this Act with respect to
ancestral lands for the purpose of identifying and delineating such lands: provided, that in the autonomous regions, the respective
legislatures may enact their own laws on ancestral domain subject to the provisions of the Constitution and the principles
enunciated in this Act and other national laws.
ANCESTRAL LAND/ANCESTRAL DOMAIN
Joint DAR-NCIP Memorandum Circular No. 15 October 29, 2003
Subject: Temporary Suspension of Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD), and Ancestral
Domain/Ancestral Land (AD/AL) Titling Activities in Contentious Areas
CARP BENEFICIARY CERTIFICATES (CBCs), Issuance of

Subject: Issuance of CBCs to Indigenous Cultural Communities and Peoples Pursuant to Sec. 9 of RA 6657
A.O. No. 11 - October 2, 1991

Subject: Issuance of CARP Beneficiary Certificates
CONFLICTING JURISDICTIONS (DAR-DENR-LRA-NCIP)
Joint DAR-DENR-LRA-NCIP M.C. No. 01 January 10, 2011

Subject: Creation of a Joint Task Force Which Shall Determine Policy Direction in Order to Address
Jurisdictional and Operational Issues Between the DAR, DENR, LRA and NCIP Over
Agricultural, Public, and/or Ancestral Lands
Joint DAR-DENR-LRA-NCIP M.C. No. 05 May 03, 2011

Subject: Extension of Time for the DAR-DENR-LRA-NCIP Task Force to Formulate the
Joint Administrative Order in Addressing Conflicting Jurisdiction
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CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLES
Joint DAR-NCIP Memorandum Circular No. 15 October 29, 2003
Subject: Temporary Suspension of Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD), and Ancestral
Domain/Ancestral Land (AD/AL) Titling Activities in Contentious Areas

Subject: Issuance of CARP Beneficiary Certificates (CBCs) to Indigenous Cultural
Communities and Peoples Pursuant to Section 9 of RA No. 6657
R.A. No. 8371 - An Act to Recognize, Protect and Promote the Rights of Indigenous Cultural
Communities/Indigenous Peoples, Creating a National Commission on Indigenous Peoples,
Establishing Implementing Mechanisms, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
DAR Opinion No. 28 (October 16, 2000)
Section 10. Exemptions and Exclusions.
Lands actually, directly and exclusively used and found to be (a) Lands actually, directly and exclusively used for parks,
necessary for parks, wildlife, forest reserves, reforestation, fish wildlife, forest reserves, reforestation, fish sanctuaries and
sanctuaries and breeding grounds, watersheds, and mangroves, breeding grounds, watersheds and mangroves shall be exempt
national defense, school sites and campuses including from the coverage of this Act.
experimental farm stations operated by public or private schools
for educational purposes, seeds and seedlings research and pilot
production centers, church sites and convents appurtenant
thereto, mosque sites and Islamic centers appurtenant thereto,
communal burial grounds and cemeteries, penal colonies and
penal farms actually worked by the inmates, government and
private research and quarantine centers and all lands with
eighteen percent (18%) slope and over, except those already
developed shall be exempt from the coverage of the Act.
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(b) Private lands actually, directly and exclusively used for
prawn farms and fishponds shall be exempt from the coverage
of this Act: Provided, That said prawn farms and fishponds have
not been distributed and Certificate of Land Ownership Award
(CLOA) issued to agrarian reform beneficiaries under the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.
In cases where the fishponds or prawn farms have been

subjected to the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, by
voluntary offer to sell, or commercial farms deferment or notices
of compulsory acquisition, a simple and absolute majority of the
actual regular workers or tenants must consent to the
exemption within one (1) year from the effectivity of this
Act. When the workers or tenants do not agree to this
exemption, the fishponds or prawn farms shall be distributed
collectively to the worker-beneficiaries or tenants who shall form
a cooperative or association to manage the same.
In cases where the fishponds or prawn farms have not been

subjected to the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, the
consent of the farm workers shall no longer be necessary,
however, the provision of Section 32-A hereof on incentives shall
apply.
(c) Lands actually, directly and exclusively used and found to be

necessary for national defense, school sites and campuses,
including experimental farm stations operated by public or
private schools for educational purposes, seeds and seedling
research and pilot production center, church sites and convents
appurtenant thereto, mosque sites and Islamic centers
appurtenant thereto, communal burial grounds and cemeteries,
penal colonies and penal farms actually worked by the inmates,
government and private research and quarantine centers and all
lands with eighteen percent (18%) slope and over, except those
already developed, shall be exempt from the coverage of this
Act. (as amended by, Section 2, RA 7881)
EXEMPTION, CERTIFICATE OF (Found Unsuitable for Agricultural Purposes)
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M.C. No. 34 - December 10, 1997
Subject: Issuance of Certificate of Exemption for Lands Subject of VOS and CA and
Found Unsuitable for Agricultural Purposes
EXEMPTION/EXCLUSION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS
Subject: 2004 Rules and Regulations Governing the Exclusion of Agricultural Lands Used for Cattle
Raising from the Coverage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
MEMORANDUM FROM THE SECRETARY June 30, 2004
Subject : Lifting of Moratorium on Conversion and Exemption Applications
S.O. No. 453 June 28, 2004

Subject: Modifying Special Orders Nos. 823 and 832 and Providing Guidelines for Rationalizing the
Disposition of Applications for Conversion, Exemption, Exclusion and Other Agrarian Law
Implementation (ALI) Cases and For Purposes of Ensuring the Integrity of Case Records
M.C. No. 10 June 15, 2004 (Effectivity Date June 25, 2004)
Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on Non-Acceptance of Application for Exemption, Exclusion, Protest,
Opposition or Petition for Lifting of CARP Coverage
M.C. No. 08 May 06, 2004
Processing and Grant of Applications for Conversion and Exemption of All Lands Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture)
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M.C. No. 05 March 03, 2004
Subject: Moratorium on the Processing and Grant of Applications for Conversion and Exemption of All
Lands Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture

Subject: Addendum to the Special Order No. 823 Reconstituting Center for Land Use Policy,
Planning and Implementation (CLUPPI) Secretariat
S.O. No. 823 October 27, 2003

M.C. No. 14 August 29, 2003

Subject: Amending Memorandum Circular No. 9, Series of 1997 as Amended by MC No. 6, Series of 1998,
Restoring the Authority to Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of Regional Directors (RDs)
in Certain Provinces in Region IV Granted Under Administrative Order No. 9, 10 and 12, Series of
1994 and Administrative Order No. 5, Series of 1992

Subject: 2003 Rules on Exemption of Lands from CARP Coverage Under Section 3 (c ) of
Republic Act No. 6657 and Department of Justice (DOJ) Opinion No. 44, series of 1990
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

Subject: Rules of Procedure for Agrarian Law Implementation (ALI) Cases
M.C. No. 16 - August 10, 1999

Subject: Strict Compliance to the Guidelines on the Processing of Applications for
Exemption/Exclusion (ALI Cases)
M.C. No. 11 - July 22, 1998

Subject: Amendment to M.C. No. 9, S. 1997 Entitled: Recalling the Authority to
Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of Regional Directors (RDs) in Certain
Provinces in Regions III and IV Granted Under A.O. Nos. 9,10 and 12, S. 1994
and A.O. No. 5, Series of 1992
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M.C. No. 6 - March 11, 1998
Provinces in Regions III and IV Granted Under A.O. No. 9 and 12, S. 1994
M.C. No. 34 - December 10, 1997 (Effectivity Date January 1, 1998)

Subject: Issuance of Certificate of Exemption for Lands Subject of VOS and
CA and Found Unsuitable for Agricultural Purposes

Subject: Lifting Suspension of the Implementation of R.A. 7881 and its Implementing Rule
M.C. No. 23 - June 02, 1997

Subject: Amending MC 4, s. 1996, Designating a SHOPC Officer with Authority to
Approve/Disapprove Applications for Conversion/Exemption Thru the SHOPC
Per EO 184 S. 1994
M. C. No. 9 - March 13, 1997

Subject: Recalling the Authority to Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of RDs in
Certain Provinces in Regions III & IV Per AOs 9,10, and 12 S. 94 & AO 5, S. 1992
M.C. No. 4 - April 22, 1996

Subject: Expedited Processing of Applications for Conversion & Exemption Thru the SHOPC
Per EO 184 S. 94
A.O. No. 3 - May 10, 1995 (Effectivity Date May 26, 1995)
Subject: Exemption/Exclusion of Fishpond and Prawn Farms from CARP Coverage
Pursuant to RA 6657
Subject: Amending AO 13, S. 1990 Entitled: Rules and Procedures Re: Exemption of
Lands from CARP Under Sec. 10 RA 6657, to Authorize All RDs to Hear and Decide
Applications for Exemptions for All Land Sizes
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Subject: Exclusion of Agricultural Lands Used for Livestock Poultry & Swine
Raising from CARP Coverage
Joint M.C. DAR-LBP-DENR-DA - January 27, 1992

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on Land Acquisition Pursuant to NIACIT Resolution No. 91-7-2
NIACIT Resolution No. 91-7-2

Subject: Resolution Clarifying the Guidelines on Land Acquisition to Fast Tract CARP Implementation
A.O. No. 13 - August 30, 1990

Subject: Exemption of Lands from CARP Coverage Under Section 10, RA 6657
EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE (Unsuitable for Agriculture)

M.C. No. 34 - December 10, 1997 (Effectivity Date January 1, 1998)
Subject: Issuance of Certificate of Exemption for Lands Subject of VOS and CA Found
Unsuitable for Agricultural Purposes
FISHPOND AND PRAWN FARMS (Exemption)

Subject: Lifting the Suspension of the Implementation of R.A. No. 7881
A.O. No. 1 - February 02, 1996 (Effectivity Date July 15, 1996)
Subject: Conversion of Public Agricultural Lands to Fishponds/Prawn Farms
Pursuant to RA 6657 as Amended
Subject: Exemption/Exclusion of Fishpond and Prawn Farms from CARP Coverage Pursuant to RA 6657
INVENTORY
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

R.A. 7881
R.A. No. 7881 February 20, 1995

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Rule, A. O. No. 3, S. 1985
M.C. No. 27 - November 20, 1995

Series of 1995, Per Supreme Court Resolution dated Nov. 13, 1995
Section 11. Commercial Farming.
Commercial farms, which are private agricultural lands devoted Commercial farms, which are private agricultural lands devoted
to commercial livestock, poultry and swine raising, and to [REMOVES: commercial livestock, poultry and swine
aquaculture including saltbeds, fishponds and prawn ponds, fruit raising, and aquaculture including] saltbeds, fruit farms,
farms, orchards, vegetable and cut-flower farms, and cacao, orchards, vegetable and cut-flower farms, and cacao, coffee and
coffee and rubber plantations, shall be subject to immediate rubber plantations, shall be subject to immediate compulsory
compulsory acquisition and distribution after (10) years from the acquisition and distribution after ten (10) years from the
effectivity of the Act. In the case of new farms, the ten-year effectivity of this Act. In the case of new farms, the ten-year
period shall begin from the first year of commercial production period shall begin from the first year of commercial production
and operation, as determined by the DAR. During the ten-year and operation, as determined by the DAR. During the ten-year
period, the government shall initiate the steps necessary to period, the Government shall initiate steps necessary to acquire
acquire these lands, upon payment of just compensation for the these lands, upon payment of just compensation for the land
land and the improvements thereon, preferably in favor of and the improvements thereon, preferably in favor of organized
organized cooperatives or associations, which shall hereafter cooperatives or associations which shall thereafter manage the
manage the said lands for the worker-beneficiaries. said lands for the workers-beneficiaries.
[REMOVES: If the DAR determines that the purposes for

which this deferment is granted no longer exist, such
If the DAR determines that the purposes for which this areas shall automatically be subject to redistribution.
deferment is granted no longer exist, such areas shall
automatically be subject to redistribution. The provisions of Section 32 of the Act, with regard to
production-and income-sharing, shall apply to
The provisions of Section 32 of the Act, with regard to commercial farms.] (as amended bySection 3, RA 7881)
production-and income-sharing, shall apply to commercial
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farms.
COMMERCIAL FARMS DEFERMENT/COMMERCIAL FARMING

A. O. No. 9 - December 23, 1998 (Effectivity Date January 4, 1999)
Subject: Acquisition, Valuation, Compensation and Distribution of Deferred Commercial Farms

Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Commercials Under Deferment

M.C. No. 5 - April 18, 1996

Subject: Guidelines Clarifying Section 3 and 6 of R.A. 7881 Relative to Applications for Commercial
Farms Deferment and the Turn-over to DAR of Foreclosed Assets of Government
Financial Institutions, Respectively
Subject: Implementing CARL Sec. 11 on Commercial Farming
EXCLUSION (Livestock/Cattle Raising)
Subject: Exclusion of Agricultural Lands Used for Cattle Raising from the Coverage of the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program [Amends pertinent provisions of DAR A.O. No. 9, Series of 1993]
Subject: Exclusion of Agricultural Lands Used for Livestock Poultry & Swine Raising from CARP Coverage
LIFTING SUSPENSION (Exemption/Exclusion - R.A. No. 7881)
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M.C. No. 32, - Series of 1997
Rule, Administrative Order No. 3, Series of 1995
Subject: Exemption/Exclusion of Fishpond and Prawn Farms from the Coverage of the CARL,
Pursuant to R.A. No. 6657, as Amended by R.A. No. 7881
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

M.C. No. 16 - July 18, 1996

Subject: Prescribing the Revised Guidelines in the Performance of the Regular Functions
of the Regional Planning Divisions (RPDs) and Provincial Planning, Monitoring and
Evaluation Units (PMEUs)
MORATORIUM (Conversion and Exemption)
M.C. No. 08 May 06, 2004
Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on DAR Memorandum Circular No. 5, S. 2004 (Moratorium

on the Processing and Grant of Applications for Conversion and Exemption of All Lands
Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture)
M.C. No. 05 March 03, 2004

PRAWN FARMS/FISHPOND (Exemption)

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Subject: Conversion of Public Agricultural Lands to Fishponds/Prawn Farms Pursuant to
RA 6657 as Amended
Subject: Exemption/Exclusion of Fishpond and Prawn Farms from CARP Coverage
Pursuant to RA 6657
R.A. 7881
R.A. No. 7881 February 20, 1995
Subject: Lifting the Suspension of the Implementation of R.A. No. 7881 and its
Implementing Rule, A. O. No. 3, S. 1985
M.C. No. 27 - November 20, 1995

CHAPTER III
Improvement of Tenurial and Labor Relations
Section 12. Determination of Lease Rentals. -
In order to protect and improve the tenurial and economic status of the farmers in tenanted lands under the retention limit and
lands not yet acquired under this Act, the DAR is mandated to determine and fix immediately the lease rentals thereof in accordance
with Section 34 of Republic Act No. 3844, as amended: provided, that the DAR shall immediately and periodically review and adjust
the rental structure for different crops, including rice and corn, or different regions in order to improve progressively the conditions
of the farmer, tenant or lessee.
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LEAS
E RENTAL/LEASEHOLD
A.O. No. 2 March 15, 2006 (Effectivity Date March 28, 2006)
Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures Governing Leasehold Implementation in Tenanted Agricultural Lands

Subject: Rules and Procedures Governing Leasehold Implementation on Tenanted Agricultural Lands
A.O. No. 5 - March 21, 1997 (Effectivity Date April 6, 1997)

Subject: Lease of Lands Planted to Palm Oil Trees and the Determination of Lease Rental Under Lease
Arrangement, Amending AO No. 11, Series of 1989
A.O. No. 4 - February 07, 1997 (Effectivity Date March 3, 1997)

Subject: Guidelines on the Withdrawal of FBs Lease Rental/Amortization Payments Deposited With the LBP
M.C. No. 11 - July 12, 1994 (Effectivity Date July 22, 1994)
Subject: Lease Rental Payments Pursuant to DAR MC No. 6, Series of 1978, DAR AO No. 2, Series of 1987 and
Joint MC of the DAR, LBP and DENR dated 25 July 1990 on Lands Covered Under OLT
A.O. No. 5 - May 03, 1993

Subject: Agricultural Leasehold and the Determination of Lease Rental for Tenanted Lands
A.O. No. 9 - September 2, 1991

Subject: Leasehold Operations in Tenanted Coconut Lands
A.O. No. 4 - March 2, 1989 (Effectivity Date March 16, 1989)
Subject: Agricultural Leasehold and the Determination of Lease Rental for Tenanted Lands
Ministry M.C. No. 10 - December 27, 1985

Subject: Further Amending Par. 1 of MMC No. 4-80 by Providing Additional Basis for the Issuance
of Certificate of Agricultural Leasehold
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Dept. M.C. No. 6 - February 28, 1978
Subject: Payment of Lease Rental/Partial Payment by FBs Under the Land Transfer Program Pursuant to PD 27
LEASE OF LANDS UNDER AGRIBUSINESS VENTURE ARRANGEMENT (AVA)
A.O. No. 02 June 16, 2008

Subject: Guidelines Governing Lease of Lands Under Agribusiness Venture Arrangement (AVA)
in Agrarian Reform Areas and the Determination of Lease Rental Thereof
PALM OIL
A.O. 5 - March 21, 1997 (Effectivity Date April 6, 1997)
Subject: Lease of Lands Planted to Palm Oil Trees and the Determination of Lease Rental
Under Lease Arrangement, Amending A. O. No. 11, Series of 1988
SUGARCANE LANDS
A.O. No. 4 - April 06, 1992
Subject: Leasehold Operations in Tenanted Sugarcane Lands
WITHDRAWAL OF LEASE RENTALS/AMORTIZATION PAYMENTS

A. O. No. 4 - February 7, 1997 (Effectivity Date March 3, 1997)
Subject: Guidelines on the Withdrawal of Farmer-Beneficiaries Lease Rental/Amortization

Payments Deposited with the Land Bank of the Philippines
Section 13. Production-Sharing Plan. -
Any enterprise adopting the scheme provided for in Section 32 or operating under a production venture, lease, management
contract or other similar arrangement and any farm covered by Sections 8 and 11 hereof is hereby mandated to execute within
ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, a production-sharing plan, under guidelines prescribed by the appropriate
government agency.
Nothing herein shall be construed to sanction the diminution of any benefits such as salaries, bonuses, leaves and working
conditions granted to the employee-beneficiaries under existing laws, agreements, and voluntary practice by the enterprise, nor
shall the enterprise and its employee-beneficiaries be prevented from entering into any agreement with terms more favorable to the
latter.
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PRODUCTION AND PROFIT SHARING
A.O. No. 8 - September 30, 1988 (Effectivity Date January 12, 1989)
Subject: Production and Profit Sharing Under RA 6657
Subject: Production Sharing Under EO No. 229
CHAPTER IV
Registration
Section 14. Registration of Landowners. -
Within one hundred eighty (180) days from the effectivity of this Act, all persons, natural or juridical, including government
entities, that own or claim to own agricultural lands, whether in their names or in the name of others, except those who have
already registered pursuant to Executive Order No. 229, who shall be entitled to such incentives as may be provided for the PARC,
shall file a sworn statement in the proper assessor's office in the form to be prescribed by the DAR, stating the following
information:
(a) the description and area of the property;
(b) the average gross income from the property for at least three (3) years;
(c) the names of all tenants and farmworkers therein;
(d) the crops planted in the property and the area covered by each crop as of June 1, 1987;
(e) the terms of mortgages, lease, and management contracts subsisting as of June 1, 1987, and
(f) the latest declared market value of the land as determined by the city or provincial assessor.
Section 15. Registration of Beneficiaries. -
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The DAR in coordination with the Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (BARC) as organized in this Act, shall register all
agricultural lessees, tenants and farmworkers who are qualified to be beneficiaries of the CARP. These potential beneficiaries with
the assistance of the BARC and the DAR shall provide the following data:
(a) names and members of their immediate farm household;
(b) owners or administrators of the lands they work on and the length of tenurial relationship;
(c) location and area of the land they work;
(d) crops planted; and
(e) their share in the harvest or amount of rental paid or wages received.
A copy of the registry or list of all potential CARP beneficiaries in the barangay shall be posted in the barangay hall, school or other
public buildings in the barangay where it shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable hours.
BENEFICIARIES, Identification, Screening, Selection and Registration of A

Subject: Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural
Lands Under R.A. No. 6657, as amended by R.A. No. 9700
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Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to DAR Administrative Order No. 7, Series of 2003 on the
Identification, Screening and Selection of, and Distribution to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
(ARBs) of Private Agricultural Lands Under Republic Act No. 6657

Subject: CY 2003 Guidelines on the Identification, Screening and Selection of, and Distribution
to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) of Private Agricultural Lands Under Republic
Act (R.A.) No. 6657
A.O. No. 10 - May 03, 1989

Subject: Registration of Beneficiaries
IDENTIFICATION CARDS (IDs) of ARBs

Subject: Guidelines Governing the ARB Carding and Identification System and Its Mainstreaming
in the Land Acquisition and Distribution Process
M.C. No. 04 September 20, 2006

Subject: Guidelines Implementing the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Carding and Identification
System for ARBs Covered Under LAD Targets in CY 2006

Subject: Revision of A.O. No. 5, Series of 1996, Re: Rules and Procedures Governing the
Issuance of Identification Cards (IDs) to All Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs)
M.C. No. 3 - January 15, 1997

Subject: Workplan for the Implementation of AO 5, S. 96
Subject: Issuance of IDs to ARBs with Registered EP, CLOA, Homestead Patent & Leasehold Contract
LISTASAKA
DOF M.C. No. 5 - September 30, 1988
Subject: LISTASAKA II ( Compulsory Registration of Agricultural Lands Under RA 6657
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CHAPTER V
Land Acquisition
Section 16. Procedure for Acquisition of Private Lands. Section 16. Procedure for Acquisition and Distribution of
Private Lands. (title amended bySection 6, RA 9700)
For purposes of acquisition of private lands, the following procedures shall be followed:
(a) After having identified the land, the landowners and the beneficiaries, the DAR shall send its notice
to acquire the land to the owners thereof, by personal delivery or registered mail, and post the same
in a conspicuous place in the municipal building and barangay hall of the place where the property is
located. Said notice shall contain the offer of the DAR to pay a corresponding value in accordance
with the valuation set forth in Sections 17, 18, and other pertinent provisions hereof.
(b) Within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of written notice by personal delivery or registered mail, the
landowner, his administrator or representative shall inform the DAR of his acceptance or rejection of the offer.
(c) If the landowner accepts the offer of the DAR, the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) shall pay the
landowner the purchase price of the land within thirty (30) days after he executes and delivers a deed
of transfer in favor of the government and surrenders the Certificate of Title and other muniments of title.
(d) In case of rejection or failure to reply, the DAR shall conduct summary administrative proceedings
to determine the compensation for the land requiring the landowner, the LBP and other interested
parties to submit evidence as to the just compensation for the land, within fifteen (15) days from
the receipt of the notice. After the expiration of the above period, the matter is deemed submitted
for decision. The DAR shall decide the case within thirty (30) days after it is submitted for decision.
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Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657, as amended by R.A. No. 9700
JUST COMPENSATION, Preliminary Determination of
M.C. No. 1 - January 5, 1995

Subject: Authority of the Adjudication Board to Conduct Summary Administrative Proceedings
for the Preliminary Determination of Just Compensation
SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

M.C. No. 1 - January 5, 1995
A.O. No. 8 - October 05, 1993 (Effectivity Date October 24, 1993)
Subject: Amendment to AO No. 8, s. 1991: Amendments to AO No. 2, Series of 1991, on
Summary Administrative Proceedings on Land Compensation
A.O. No. 8 - July 31, 1991

Subject: Amendments to AO No. 2, Series of 1991, Entitled Rules and Regulations on
A.O. No. 2 - February 15, 1991

Subject: Summary Administrative Proceedings on Land Compensation
A.O. No. 13 - November 08, 1989

Subject: Summary Proceedings for the Final Administrative Determination of Compensation in CA of Land
(e) Upon receipt by the landowner of the corresponding payment or, in case of rejection or no response from the landowner, upon
the deposit with an accessible bank designated by the DAR of the compensation in cash or in LBP bonds in accordance with this
Act, the DAR shall take immediate possession of the land and shall request the proper Register of Deeds to issue a Transfer
Certificate of Title (TCT) in the name of the Republic of the Philippines. The DAR shall thereafter proceed with the redistribution of
the land to the qualified beneficiaries.
(f) Any party who disagrees with the decision may bring the matter to the court of proper jurisdiction for final
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determination of just compensation.
ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION (CA & VOS) OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS


Subject: Amendment to DAR Administrative Order No. 2, Series of 2005, Entitled, Rules
and Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of Voluntary
Offer to Sell and Compulsory Acquisition and Those Covered Under Executive Order No. 407
Subject: Amendment to DAR Administrative Order No. 2, Series of 2005, Entitled, Rules and
Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of Voluntary Offer to
Sell and Compulsory Acquisition and Those Covered Under Executive Order No. 407

Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of Voluntary Offer to
Sell and Compulsory Acquisition and Those Covered Under Executive Order No. 407
Subject: Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of
Voluntary Offer to Sell and Compulsory Acquisition and Those Covered Under Executive Order No. 407
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Subject: Revising Administrative Order No. 02, Series of 1996 Entitled: Revised
Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of Voluntary
Offer to Sell and Compulsory Acquisition Pursuant to Republic Act No. 6657,
as Amended by Administrative Order No. 01, series of 1998.
Subject: Amending DAR Administrative Order No. 9, Series of 1997, Revised Rules and
Regulations on A.O. No. 3, Series of 1996, Re: Reconveyance of Properties Turned
Over to DAR Pursuant to E.O. No. 407, as Amended, and Lands Voluntarily Offered
Under Section 19 of R.A. No. 6657 But Found to be Outside the Coverage of CARP
A.O. No. 5 - April 15, 1998 (Effectivity Date May 11, 1998)
Subject: Valuation of Lands Voluntarily Offered or Compulsorily Acquired Pursuant to RA No. 6657
A.O. No. 01 - February 5, 1998 (Effectivity Date February 21, 1998)

Subject: Amendments to A. O. No. 02, Series of 1996, Entitled: Revised Rules and
Regulations on the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of VOS and CA Pursuant to RA No. 6657
M. C. No. 2 - February 5, 1998 (Effectivity Date February 21, 1998)
Subject: Compulsory Acquisition (CA) of Landholdings Covered by VOS
M. C. No. 34 - December 10, 1997 (Effectivity Date January 1, 1998)

Subject: Issuance of Certificate of Exemption for Lands Subject of VOS and CA
Found Unsuitable for Agricultural Purposes
A. O. No. 9 - December 10, 1997 (Effectivity Date December 29, 1997)

Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations on A.O. No. 3, Series of 1996, Re: Reconveyance
of Properties Turned-over to DAR Pursuant to E.O. No. 407, as Amended, and Lands
Voluntarily Offered under Section 19 of R.A. No. 6657 but Found to be Outside the Coverage of CARP
A. O. No. 6 - August 26, 1997 (Effectivity Date February 12, 1997)

Subject: Revision of A. O. No. 5, Series of 1992, Entitled: Clarificatory Guidelines
and Amendments to A. O. No. 9, Series of 1990
A.O. No. 3 - August 08, 1996 (Effectivity Date August 31, 1996)
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Subject: Reconveyance of Properties Turned-Over to DAR Pursuant to EO No. 407/448 and
Lands Voluntarily Offered Under Sec. 19 of RA 6657 but Found to be Outside the Coverage of CARP

Subject: Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of VOS and CA Pursuant to RA 6657
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 17 - July 12, 1995

Subject: Supplementary Instructions to Facilitate the Acquisition and Distribution of Sugar
Estates & Other Agricultural Areas Subject of VOS/CA Per RA 6657
A.O. No. 11 - September 13, 1994 (Effectivity Date October 3, 1994)

Subject: Valuation of Lands Voluntarily Offered or Compulsorily Acquired Under AO No. 6, S. 1992
M.C. No. 12 - August 18, 1994

Subject: Manner of Certification Required in DAR A.O. No. 1, Series of 1993, Annex A, Section C-6
A.O. No. 1 - March 18, 1993

Subject: An Order Amending Certain Provisions of AO No. 9, Series of 1990, Entitled
Revised Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands
Subject of VOS and CA Pursuant to RA 6657
A.O. No. 5 - April 06, 1992

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines and Amendments to A.O. No. 9, Series of 1990

Subject: Amending AO No. 9, Series of 1990: Revised Rules Re: Acquisition of Agricultural
Lands Subject of VOS and CA to Fast-Track Land Acquisition in the Strategic Operation Provinces
A.O. No. 9 - August 30, 1990

Subject: Revised Rules Re: Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of VOS/CA Pursuant to RA 6657
A. O. No. 19 - November 6, 1989

Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures Governing VOS Transactions and Providing a
Deadline for the Filing Thereof
A. O. No. 14-A - November 8, 1989
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Subject: Amendments to A.O. No. 3, series of 1989, Governing VOS Transactions and
Providing a Deadline for the Filing Thereof
A.O. No. 13 - November 08, 1989

A.O. No. 12 - July 26, 1989

Subject: CA of Agricultural Lands Under RA 6657

Subject: Rules and Procedures Governing Voluntary Offer to Sell Lands Under the CARP

Subject: CA of Private and Government-owned Agricultural Lands Under RA 6657
M.C. No. 11 - December 6, 1988

Subject: Clarifying Memorandum Circular No. 8-88, Series of 1988 Re: Valuation of Agricultural Lands
Voluntarily Offered for Sale by Landowners Pursuant to R.A. 6657
M. C. No. 8 - October 14, 1988

Subject: Amending Memorandum Circular No. 6, Series of 1988 on the Land Valuation of
Agricultural Lands Voluntarily Offered for Sale by Landowners Pursuant to RA 6657
REGISTRATION/TITLING/DISTRIBUTION UNDER CARP

Joint DAR-LRA M.C. No. 20 - May 21, 1997
Subject: Registration of EP/CLOA and CARP Monitoring and Reporting System
Joint DAR-LRA M.C. No. 09 - June 14, 1996

Subject: Adoption of a Joint DAR-LRA Operations Manual on Land Titling, Registration
and Distribution Under the CARP

M.C. No. 7 - May 26, 1993 (Effectivity Date June 5, 1993)

Subject: Distribution and Titling of Public Agricultural Lands Turned Over by the NLSF to the
DAR for Distribution Under CARP Pursuant to EO 407, S. 1990, as Amended by 448, S. 1991
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& Clarified Under Memorandum Order No. 107 of the President of the Philippines
dated March 23, 1993
DAR-LRA Joint M.C. - March 11, 1993

Subject: Monitoring of Emancipation Patents (EP) and Certificate of Land Ownership
Awards (CLOA) Registration and Distribution
A.O. No. 9 - May 05, 1989

Subject: Titling and Distribution of Lots in DAR Settlement Projects
M.C. NLTDRA - September 07, 1988

Subject: Dispensing With the Tax Clearance Certificate and Copy of Polyethylene Film in EPs Registration
STANDING CROPS

Subject: Standing Crops on Lands Acquired by the Government Pursuant to Sections
16(e) and 28 of R.A. No. 6657
DISTRIBUTION OF LANDS UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM (CARP)

Subject: Supplemental/Clarificatory Guidelines on DAR Memorandum Circular No. 2, Series
of 2005 (Full Implementation and Continuation of the Land Acquisition and Distribution
Process Pursuant to the Provisions of DAR Memorandum Circular Nos. 6 and 9, Series
of 2004 and the Supreme Court Ruling in the Cuenca Case)

Subject: Full Implementation and Continuation of the Land Acquisition and Distribution Process
Pursuant to the Provisions of DAR Memorandum Circular Nos. 6 and 9, Series of 2004
and the Supreme Court Ruling in the Cuenca Case
M.C. No. 06 March 03, 2004

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Effect of Injunctions and Temporary Restraining Orders
Issued by the Regular Courts on Acquisition and Distribution of Lands Under the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)
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EASEMENTS
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 03 - April 11, 1995

Subject: Acquisition, Distribution and Compensation of Patches or Portions of Agricultural
Lands not Actually Planted to Any Crop and Lands Subject to Legal Easements
FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE/FORECLOSED ASSETS

Subject: Amendments to Memorandum Circular No. 5, Series of 2007, entitled Guidelines and
Procedures for the Disposal/Lease of Foreclosed Properties/Assets
M.C. No. 05 May 23, 2007

Subject: Guidelines and Procedures for the Disposal/Lease of Foreclosed Properties/Assets
Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations on the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject
of Mortgage or Foreclosure
Subject: Acquisition of Private Agricultural Lands Subject of Mortgage or Foreclosure of Mortgage
M.C. No. 5 - April 18, 1996

Subject: Guidelines Clarifying Sections 3 and 6 of RA 7881 Relative to Applications for
Commercial Farm Deferment and the Turn-Over to DAR of Foreclosed
Assets of Government Financial Institutions, Respectively
GOVERNMENT-OWNED AGRICULTURAL LANDS, Compulsory Acquisition of

Subject: Compulsory Acquisition of Private and Government-Owned Agricultural Lands Under RA 6657
IDLE LANDS
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 04 - January 16, 2001

Subject: Guidelines in the Processing and Payment of Idle Lands With Slopes of Below
Eighteen Percent (18%)
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A.O. No. 12 - August 30, 1990
Subject: Identification and Acquisition of Idle or Abandoned Lands
INSTALLATION
A.O. No. 04 (Amendment to A.O. No. 2, 2009 Re: Installation of ARBs with Registered CLOAs
MORTGAGE
A.O. No. 01 - May 31, 2000

Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations on the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of Mortgage or Foreclosure
M.C. No. 5 - April 18, 1996

Commercial Farm Deferment and the Turn-Over to DAR of Foreclosed
Assets of Government Financial Institutions, Respectively
PINATUBO ERUPTIONS, Mt.
Joint DAR-LBP A.O. No. 3 - March 04, 1994 (Effectivity Date March 28, 1994)
Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands Affected by the Mt. Pinatubo Eruptions
STRATEGIC OPERATION PROVINCES, Fast Track Land Acquisition in

Subject: Amending AO No. 9, S. 90: Revised Rules Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural
Lands Subject of VOS and CA to RA 6657 to Fast-Track Land Acquisition the SOPs
SUGARCANE LANDS, Valuation of

Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 15 - July 21, 1999 (Effectivity Date August 2, 1999)
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Subject: Valuation Guidelines for Lands Planted to Sugarcane
SUGAR ESTATES/SWEET FARMS

Subject: Instructions to Facilitate the Acquisition/Distribution of Sugar Estates &
Other Agricultural Areas Subject of VOS/CA Pursuant to RA 6657
SURVEY
M.C. No. 1 - February 13, 1996
Subject: The Use of Internal Control Forms for Land Survey Project Management System
Joint DAR-DENR M.C. No. 24 - October 16, 1995
Subject: Adopting Common Monitoring Report on Surveys, Inspection, Verification & Approval Under ARF
M.C. No. 18 - July 21, 1995

Subject: Bidding and Award of CARP Survey Projects
M.C. No. 6 - May 21, 1993 (Effectivity Date May 31, 1993)
Subject: Pre-qualification, Public Raffle and Award of CARP Module Survey Projects
Joint DAR-DENR M.C. No. 6 - July 24, 1991

Subject: Undertaking Surveys on PAL Covered the CARP
SURVEY SERVICES, Requisition, Approval and Monitoring of
A.O. No. 09 October 14, 2011 (Effectivity Date - October 28, 2011)
Subject: Rules for the Survey and/or Field Investigation of Landholdings Where the
Department of Agrarian Reform and the Land Bank of the Philippines are Denied Entry Thereto
CHAPTER VI
Compensation
Section 17. Determination of Just Compensation.
In determining just compensation, the cost of acquisition of the In determining just compensation, the cost of acquisition of the
land, the current value of the like properties, its nature, actual land, the value of the standing crop, the current: value of like
use and income, the sworn valuation by the owner, the tax properties, its nature, actual use and income, the sworn
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declarations, and the assessment made by government valuation by the owner, the tax declarations, the assessment
assessors shall be considered. The social and economic benefits made by government assessors, [ADDS and seventy
contributed by the farmers and the farmworkers and by the percent (70%) of the zonal valuation of the Bureau of
Government to the property as well as the non-payment of Internal Revenue (BIR), translated into a basic formula
taxes or loans secured from any government financing by the DAR shall be considered, subject to the final
institution on the said land shall be considered as additional decision of the proper court.] The social and economic
factors to determine its valuation. benefits contributed by the farmers and the farmworkers and by
the Government to the property as well as the nonpayment of
taxes or loans secured from any government financing
institution on the said land shall be considered as additional
factors to determine its valuation. (as amended by Section
7, RA 9700)
COMPENSATION/VALUATION/JUST COMPENSATION OF LANDS
A.O. No. 01 February 12, 2010 (Effectivity Date February 28, 2010)
Subject: Valuation and Landowners Compensation Involving Tenanted Rice and Corn Lands Under
P.D. No. 27 and E.O. No. 228
A.O. No. 06 July 28, 2008 (Effectivity Date August 9, 2008)

Subject: Amendment to DAR Administrative Order No. 2, S. 2004 On the Grant of Increment of
Six Percent (6%) Yearly Interest Compounded Annually on Lands Covered by
Presidential Decree (PD) No. 27 and Executive Order (EO) No. 228
A.O. No. 02 November 04, 2004 (Effectivity Date December 4, 2004)

Subject: Amendment of Administrative Order No. 13, Series of 1994 Entitled Rules and
Regulations Governing the Grant of Increment of Six Percent (6%) Yearly Interest
Compounded Annually on Lands Covered by Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 27
and Executive Order (E.O.) No. 228
Joint DAR-DENR-LBP M.C. No. 22 October 28, 2004 (Effectivity Date November 9, 2004)
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Subject: Acquisition, Compensation and Distribution Under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program (CARP) of Private Agricultural Lands Bordering Rivers and Other Natural Bodies of Water,
Including the Legal Easements/20-Meter Riverbank Protection; Exclusion of Legal Easements/20-Meter
Riverbank Protection in the Distribution of DAR-Administered Public Land Bordering Such Rivers and
Natural Bodies of Water

Subject: Valuation Guidelines for Lands Planted to Sugarcane
M.C. No. 8 - April 15, 1999 (Effectivity Date May 4, 1999)

Subject: Guidelines in the Valuation of Rubber Lands Covered by DARABs Order to Recompute
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 7 - April 15, 1999 (Effectivity Date April 30, 1999)
Subject: Revised Valuation Guidelines for Rubber Plantations
A. O. No. 9 - December 23, 1998 (Effectivity Date January 4, 1999)

A.O. No. 05 - April 15, 1998 (Effectivity Date May 11, 1998)
Subject: Valuation of Lands Voluntarily Offered or Compulsorily Acquired Pursuant to
Republic Act No. 6657

M.C. No. 1 - January 5, 1995

Subject: Grant of Increment of 6% Yearly Interest Compounded Annually on Lands Under PD 27/EO 228
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Subject: Revising the Rules and Regulations Covering the Valuation of Lands Voluntarily Offered
or Compulsorily Acquired as Embodied in Administrative Order No. 06, Series of 1992
Subject: Amendment to AO No. 8, s. 1991: Amendments to AO No. 2, Series of 1991, on
A.O. No. 6 - October 30, 1992

Subject: Rules and Regulations Amending the Valuation of Lands Voluntarily Offered and
Compulsorily Acquired as Provided for Under Administrative Order No. 17, Series of
1989, as Amended, Issued Pursuant to Republic Act No. 6657
A.O. No. 8 - July 31, 1991

Subject: Amendments to AO No. 2, Series of 1991, Entitled Rules and Regulations on Summary
Administrative Proceedings on Land Compensation
A.O. No. 3 - April 25, 1991

Subject: Rules and Regulations Amending Certain Provisions of AO 17 Which Governs the
Valuation of Lands Voluntarily Offered Pursuant to EO 229 and RA 6657 and
Compulsorily Acquired Pursuant to RA 6657

A. O. No. 17 - Series of 1989

Subject: Rules and Regulations Amending Valuation of Lands Voluntary Offered Pursuant
to EO 229 and R.A. 6657 and Those Compulsorily Acquired Pursuant to R.A. 6657
A.O. No. 13 - November 08, 1989

Subject: Summary Proceedings for the Final Administrative Determination of
Compensation in CA of Land
A. O. No. 6 - March 8, 1989 (Effectivity Date March 23, 1989)

Subject: Rules and Procedures on Land Valuation and Just Compensation
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Subject: Clarifying Memorandum Circular No. 8-88, Series of 1988 Re: Valuation
of Agricultural Lands Voluntarily Offered for Sale by Landowners Pursuant to R.A. 6657
M. C. No. 8 - October 14, 1988

Subject: Amending Memorandum Circular No. 6, Series of 1988 on the Land Valuation
of Agricultural Lands Voluntarily Offered for Sale by Landowners Pursuant to RA 6657
Subject: Land Valuation and Just Compensation
RUBBER PLANTATIONS
UNPAID DISTRIBUTED LANDS

M.C. No. 12 - July 23, 1993
Subject: Organization of a Joint DAR-LBP Field Task Force on Unpaid Distributed Lands Under CARP
VALUATION OF LANDS PLANTED WITH CAVENDISH BANANA
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 06 June 22, 2007

Subject: Guidelines in the Determination of Valuation Inputs for Landholdings Planted to Cavendish Banana
VALUATION OF ROADS AND BRIDGES

M.C. No. 12 August 12, 2003
Subject: Dissemination of LBP Land Valuation Guideline No. 97-004 and 97-005, Series of
1997, Entitled Valuation of Roads and Bridges
VALUATION OF STANDING COMMERCIAL TREES
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Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 11 May 23, 2003 (Effectivity Date August 16, 2003)
Subject: Guidelines on the Valuation of Standing Commercial Trees that are
Considered as Improvement on the Land
Section 18. Valuation and Mode of Compensation. -
The LBP shall compensate the landowner in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the landowner and the DAR and the LBP, in
accordance with the criteria provided for in Sections 16 and 17, and other pertinent provisions hereof, or as may be finally
determined by the court, as the just compensation for the land.
The compensation shall be paid on one of the following modes, at the option of the landowner:
(1) Cash payment, under the following terms and conditions;
(a) For Twenty-five (b) For Thirty (c) For Thirty-five

lands percent lands percent lands percent
above fifty (25%) above (30%) twenty- (35%)
(50) cash, the twenty- cash, the four cash, the
hectares, balance to four (24) balance to (24) balance to
insofar as be paid in hectares be paid in hectares be paid in
the excess government and up government and government
hectarage financial to fifty financial below. financial
is instruments (50) instruments instruments
concerned. negotiable hectares. negotiable negotiable
at any time. at any time. at any time.
(2) Shares of stock in government-owned or controlled corporations, LBP preferred shares, physical assets or other
qualified investments in accordance with guidelines set by the PARC;
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(3) Tax credits which can be used against any tax liability;
(4) LBP bonds, which shall have the following features:
(a) Market interest rates aligned with 91-day Treasury bill rates. Ten percent (10%) of the face value of the bonds
shall mature every year from the date of issuance until the tenth (10th) year: provided, that should the landowner
choose to forego the cash portion, whether in full or in part, he shall be paid correspondingly in LBP bonds;
(b) Transferability and negotiability. Such LBP bonds may be used by the landowner, his successors in interest or
his assigns, up to the amount of their face value, for any of the following:
(i) Acquisition of land or other real properties of the government, including assets under the Asset
Privatization Program and other assets foreclosed by government financial institutions in the same province
or region where the lands for which the bonds were paid are situated;
(ii) Acquisition of shares of stock of government-owned or -controlled corporations or shares of stocks

owned by the government in private corporations;
(iii) Substitution for surety or bail bonds for the provisional release of accused persons, or performance
bonds;
(iv) Security for loans with any government financial institution, provided the proceeds of the loans shall be
invested in an economic enterprise, preferably in a small-and medium-scale industry, in the same province
or region as the land for which the bonds are paid;
(v) Payment for various taxes and fees to government; provided, that the use of these bonds for these
purposes will be limited to a certain percentage of the outstanding balance of the financial instruments:
provided, further, that the PARC shall determine the percentage mentioned above;
(vi) Payment for tuition fees of the immediate family of the original bondholder in government universities,
colleges, trade schools, and other institutions;
(vii) Payment for fees of the immediate family of the original bondholder in government hospitals; and
(viii) Such other uses as the PARC may from time to time allow.
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In case of extraordinary inflation, the PARC shall take appropriate measures to protect the economy.
Section 19. Incentives for Voluntary Offers for Sales. -
Landowners, other than banks and other financial institutions, who voluntarily offer their lands for sale shall be entitled to an
additional five percent (5%) cash payment.
ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION (CA & VOS) UNDER R.A. NO. 6657 AND/OR R.A. NO. 9700
(Almost All Guidelines on CA & VOS are Incorporated Together)
Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition and Distribution of
Private Agricultural Lands Under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6657, As Amended

Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of Voluntary Offer
to Sell and Compulsory Acquisition and Those Covered Under Executive Order No. 407
Lands Subject of VOS and CA and Those Covered Under
E.O. No. 407 [Sec. 111.7 of DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005]
Lands Subject of VOS and CA and Those Covered Under
E.O. No. 407 [Amends Item IV.c.12 of DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005]
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Lands Subject of VOS and CA and Those Covered
Under E.O. No. 407 [Amends DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2005 is amended]

Subject: Revised Rules Governing the Issuance of Notice of Coverage in the
Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Under
R.A. No. 6657 [Supersedes DAR A.O. No. 1, Series of 2003]
Subject: Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands
Subject of VOS and CA and Those Covered Under
E. O. No. 407 [Repeal A.O. No. 2, Series of 1996; A.O. No. 1, Series of 1998;
A.O. No. 100-4, Series of 2000
and amends A.O. No. 1, Series of 2003; A.O. No. 7, Series of 2003]

Subject: 2003 Rules Governing Issuance of Notice of Coverage and Acquisition
of Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657 [Amends
DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 1996 and A.O. No. 1, Series of 1998]
Subject: Revising Administrative Order No. 02, Series of 196 Entitled: Revised
Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of
Voluntary Offer to Sell and Compulsory Acquisition Pursuant to Republic Act
No. 6657, as Amended by Administrative Order No. 01, series of 1998.
Subject: Amending DAR Administrative Order No. 9, Series of 1997, Revised
Rules and Regulations on A.O. No. 3, Series of 1996, Re: Reconveyance of Properties
Turned Over to DAR Pursuant to E.O. No. 407, as Amended, and Lands
Voluntarily Offered Under Section 19 of R.A. No. 6657 But Found
to be Outside the Coverage of CARP
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A. O. No. 5 - April 15, 1998 (Effectivity Date May 11, 1998)
Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Valuation of Lands Voluntarily
Offered or Compulsorily Acquired Pursuant to Republic Act No. 6657

Subject: Amendments to A. O. No. 02, Series of 1996, Entitled: Revised Rules and
Regulations on the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of
VOS and CA Pursuant to RA No. 6657

Subject: Compulsory Acquisition (CA) of Landholdings Covered by Voluntary Offer to Sell (VOS)
Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations on A.O. No. 3, Series of 1996, Re: Reconveyance
of Properties Turned-over to DAR Pursuant to E.O. No. 407, as Amended, and Lands
Voluntarily Offered under Section 19 of R.A. No. 6657 but Found to be Outside the Coverage of CARP
M.C. No. 34 - December 10, 1997

Subject: Issuance of Certificate of Exemption for Lands Subject of Voluntary Offer to
Sell (VOS) and Compulsory Acquisition (CA) Found Unsuitable for Agricultural Purposes
A.O. No. 6 - August 26, 1997 (Effectivity Date February 12, 1997)
Subject: Revision of A. O. No. 5, Series of 1992, Entitled: Clarificatory Guidelines
and Amendments to A. O. No. 09, Series of 1990
Subject: Reconveyance of Properties Turned-Over to DAR Pursuant to EO No. 407/448 and Lands
Voluntarily Offered Under Sec. 19 of RA 6657 but Found to be Outside the Coverage of CARP
Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject
of Voluntary Offer to Sell and Compulsory Acquisition Pursuant to Republic Act No. 6657
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Subject: Supplementary Instructions to Facilitate the Acquisition and Distribution of Sugar
Estates and Other Agricultural Areas Therein Subject of Voluntary Offer to Sell (VOS)
and Compulsory Acquisition (CA) Pursuant to R.A. No. 6657

Subject: Revising the Rules and Regulations Covering the Valuation of Lands Voluntarily Offered
or Compulsorily Acquired as Embodied in A.O. No. 06, Series of 1992
M.C. No. 12 - August 18, 1994

Subject: Prescribing the Manner of Certification Required in DAR Administrative Order No. 01,
Series of 1993, Annex A, Section C-6
A.O. No. 1 - March 18, 1993

Subject: An Order Amending Certain Provisions of A. O. No. 9, S. 90, Entitled:
Revised Rules and Procedures Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of
Voluntary Offer to Sell and Compulsory Acquisition Pursuant to RA 6657
A.O. No. 5 - April 6, 1992

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines and Amendments to A.O. No. 9, S. 90

Subject: Amending A. O. No. 9, S. 90, Entitled: Revised Rules Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural
Lands Subject of VOS and CA to RA 6657, to Fast-Track Land
Acquisition in the Strategic Operation Provinces
A.O. No. 9 - August 30, 1990

Subject: Revised Rules Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of
VOS and CA Pursuant to RA 6657
A.O. No. 19 - November 6, 1989

Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures Governing VOS Transactions and Providing a
Deadline for the Filing Thereof
A.O. No. 14-A - November 8, 1989

Subject: Amendments to A.O. No. 3, series of 1989, Governing VOS Transactions and Providing
a Deadline for the Filing Thereof
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Subject: Rules and Procedures Governing Voluntary Offer to Sell Lands Under the CARP

Subject: Clarifying Memorandum Circular No. 8-88, Series of 1988 Re: Valuation of Agricultural
Lands Voluntarily Offered for Sale by Landowners Pursuant to R.A. 6657
M.C. No. 8 - October 14, 1988

Subject: Amending Memorandum Circular No. 6, Series of 1988 on the Land Valuation of Agricultural
Lands Voluntarily Offered for Sale by Landowners Pursuant to RA 6657
WITHDRAWAL OF VOS
A.O. No. 6 - August 26, 1997 (Effectivity Date February 12, 1997)
Subject: Revision of A. O. No. 5, S. 92, Entitled: Clarificatory Guidelines and
Amendments to A. O. No. 9, S. 90
A. O. No. 5 - April 06, 1992

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines and Amendments to A. O. 9, S. 90
A.O. No. 9 - August 30, 1990

Subject: Revised Rules Governing the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of
VOS and CA Pursuant to RA 6657
Section 20. Voluntary Land Transfer. -
Landowners of agricultural lands subject to acquisition under this Act may enter into a voluntary arrangement for direct transfer of
their lands to qualified beneficiaries subject to the following guidelines:
(a) All notices for voluntary land transfer must be submitted to the DAR within the first year of the implementation of the
CARP. Negotiations between the landowners and qualified beneficiaries covering any voluntary land transfer which remain
unresolved after one (1) year shall not be recognized and such land shall instead be acquired by the government and
transferred pursuant to this Act.
(b) The terms and conditions of such transfer shall not be less favorable to the transferee than those of the government's
standing offer to purchase from the landowner and to resell to the beneficiaries, if such offers have been made and are
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fully known to both parties.
(c) The voluntary agreement shall include sanctions for non-compliance by either party and shall be duly recorded and its
implementation monitored by the DAR.
VOLUNTARY LAND TRANSFER/DIRECT PAYMENT SCHEME (VLT-DPS)
A.O. No. 07 September 30, 2011 (Effectivity Date October 15, 2011) Section 26

Subject: 2003 Guidelines on the Acquisition and Distribution of Compensable Agricultural
Lands Under Voluntary Land Transfer/Direct Payment Scheme (VLT/DPS)
Subject: Revised Guidelines on the Acquisition and Distribution of Compensable Agricultural
Lands Under VLT/DPS
Subject: Acquisition of Private Agricultural Lands Subject of VLT/DPS Pursuant to RA 6657
A.O. No. 13 - November 21, 1991

Subject: Rules and Procedures Governing VLT/DPS Pursuant to Section 20 and 21 of RA 6657
Section 21. Payment of Compensation by Beneficiaries Under Voluntary Land Transfer . -
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Direct payments in cash or in kind may be by the farmer-beneficiary to the landowner under terms to be mutually agreed upon by
both parties, which shall be binding upon them, upon registration with the approval by the DAR. Said approval shall be considered
given, unless notice of disapproval is received by the farmer-beneficiary within thirty (30) days from the date of registration.
In the event they cannot agree on the price of land, the procedure for compulsory acquisition as provided in Section 16 shall apply.
The LBP shall extend financing to the beneficiaries for purposes of acquiring the land.
VLT/DPS, Acquisition and Distribution of Compensable Agricultural Lands Under

Subject: 2003 Guidelines on the Acquisition and Distribution of Compensable Agricultural
Lands Under Voluntary Land Transfer/Direct Payment Scheme (VLT/DPS)
CHAPTER VII
Land Redistribution
Section 22. Qualified Beneficiaries. The lands covered by the CARP shall be distributed as much as possible to landless
residents of the same barangay, or in the absence thereof, landless residents of the same municipality in the following order of
priority:
(a) agricultural lessees and share tenants;

(b) regular farmworkers;
(c) seasonal farmworkers;
(d) other farmworkers;
(e) actual tillers or occupants of public lands;
(f) collectives or cooperatives of the above beneficiaries; and
(g) others directly working on the land.
Provided, however, that the children of landowners who are qualified under Section 6 of this Act shall be given preference in the
distribution of the land of their parents: and provided, further, that actual tenant-tillers in the landholdings shall not be ejected or
removed therefrom.
Beneficiaries under Presidential Decree No. 27 who have culpably sold, disposed of, or abandoned their land are disqualified to become
beneficiaries under this Program.
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A basic qualification of a beneficiary shall be his willingness, aptitude, and ability to cultivate and make the land as productive as
possible. The DAR shall adopt a system of monitoring the record or performance of each beneficiary, so that any beneficiary guilty of
negligence or misuse of the land or any support extended to him shall forfeit his right to continue as such beneficiary. The DAR shall
submit periodic reports on the performance of the beneficiaries to the PARC.
If, due to the landowner's retention rights or to the number of tenants, lessees, or workers on the land, there is not enough land to
accommodate any or some of them, they may be granted ownership of other lands available for distribution under this Act, at the
option of the beneficiaries.
Farmers already in place and those not accommodated in the distribution of privately-owned lands will be given preferential rights in
the distribution of lands from the public domain.
AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES, Identification, Screening and Selection of

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to DAR A.O. No. 7, Series of 2003 on the Identification,
Screening and Selection of, and Distribution to ARBs of Private Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657

Subject: Identification, Screening and Selection of, and Distribution to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
(ARBs) of Private Agricultural Lands Under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6657
[Repeals A.O. No. 10, Series of 1990] [Amends/Repeals inconsistent provision
of A.O. No. 6, S. 1998 and A.O. No. 9, S. 1998]
A.O. No. 10 - May 03, 1989

Subject: Registration of Beneficiaries
AWARD TO CHILDREN
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Subject: Revised Guidelines on Award to Children of Landowners Pursuant to Sections
6 and 22 of Republic Act No. 6657
M.C. No. 12 - August 14, 1998

M.C. No. 4 - March 11, 1994 (Effectivity Date March 22, 1994)
Subject: Award to Children Under Sec. 6 & 22 of RA 6657
IDENTIFICATION CARDS (IDs)

Subject: Guidelines Governing the ARB Carding and Identification System and Its Mainstreaming
in the Land Acquisition and Distribution Process

Subject: Guidelines Implementing the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Carding and Identification
System for ARBs Covered Under LAD Targets in CY 2006

Subject: Revision of A.O. No. 5, Series of 1996, Re: Rules and Procedures Governing the Issuance
of Identification Cards (IDs) to All Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs)
M.C. No. 3 - January 15, 1997

Subject: Workplan for the Implementation of AO 5, S. 96
Subject: Issuance of IDs to ARBs with Registered EP, CLOA, Homestead Patent & Leasehold Contract
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UNLAWFUL ACTS AND OMISSIONS/VIOLATIONS OR CIRCUMVENTIONS OF ARBs
Subject: Guidelines and Procedures Governing the Monitoring of Violations or Circumventions
Committed by the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs), Providing Sanctions Therefor
and Filing of Appropriate Administrative, Quasi-Judicial and/or Criminal Actions
A.O. No. 2 - March 07, 1994

Subject: Correction and Cancellation of Registered/Unregistered EPs, and CLOAs Due
to Unlawful Acts and Omissions or Breach of Obligations of ARBs
Section 22-A. Order of Priority. - A landholding of a landowner shall be distributed first to qualified beneficiaries under
Section 22, subparagraphs (a) and (b) of that same landholding up to a maximum of three (3) hectares each. Only when these
beneficiaries have all received three (3) hectares each, shall the remaining portion of the landholding, if any, be distributed to
other beneficiaries under Section 22, subparagraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g). (as added by Section 8, RA 9700)
Section 23. Distribution Limit. -
No qualified beneficiary may own more than three (3) hectares of agricultural land.
DISTRIBUTION OF CARP-COVERED LANDS

Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands Under R.A. No. 6657, as amended
by R.A. No. 9700
Joint DAR-DENR-LBP M.C. No. 22 October 28, 2004 (Effectivity Date November 9, 2004)
Subject: Acquisition, Compensation and Distribution Under the Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Program (CARP) of Private Agricultural Lands Bordering Rivers and Other
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Natural Bodies of Water, Including the Legal Easements/20-Meter Riverbank Protection;
Exclusion of Legal Easements/20-Meter Riverbank Protection in the Distribution
of DAR-Administered Public Land Bordering Such Rivers and Natural Bodies of Water


M.C. No. 06 March 03, 2004



Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Commercial Farms Under Deferment
Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Compensable Agricultural Lands Under Voluntary

Land Transfer/Direct Payment Scheme (VLT/DPS)
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 30 - October 21, 1997

Subject: Land Distribution and Information Schedule

Subject: Adoption of a Joint DAR-LRA Operations Manual on Land Titling,
Registration and Distribution Under the CARP
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Subject: Supplementary Instructions to Facilitate the Acquisition/Distribution of Sugar Estates
& Other Agricultural Areas Subject of VOS/CA Pursuant to RA 6657

Subject: Acquisition/Distribution of All Agricultural Lands Subject of Sequestration/Acquisition
by the PCGG/APT Whose Ownership is Under Court Litigation
Joint DAR-LBP A.O. No. 3 - March 04, 1994 (Effectivity Date March 28, 1994)
Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands Affected by the Mt. Pinatubo Eruptions

Subject: EP Monitoring and CLOAs Registration/Distribution
A.O. No. 2 - April 16, 1993

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines on AO 10, S. 1990, and Other Issuances on the Rights of Farmworkers
A.O. No. 12 - November 21, 1991

Subject: Acquisition/Distribution of Homelots Under CARP
Joint DAR-DA A.O. No. 5 - June 1991

Subject: Distribution of Cancelled or Expired FLAs Under EO 407 as Amended by EO 448
A.O. No. 10 - August 30, 1990

Subject: Distribution of Private Agricultural Lands to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Under RA 6657
DISTRIBUTION/REGISTRATION of EP/CLOA, Monitoring of
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Subject: Monitoring of Emancipation Patents (EP) and Certificate of Land Ownership Awards
(CLOA) Registration and Distribution
DISTRIBUTION AND TITLING OF NLSF LANDS

Subject: Distribution and Titling of Public Agricultural Lands Turned Over by the NLSF to the
DAR for Distribution Under CARP Pursuant to EO 407, S. 1990, as Amended by 448,
S. 1991 & Clarified Under Memorandum Order No. 107 of the President
of the Philippines dated March 23, 1993
EXCESS AREA, Disposition of

Subject: CY 2003 Guidelines on the Identification, Screening and Selection of, and Distribution
to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) of Private Agricultural Lands Under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6657

Subject: Disposition of Excess Areas Under AO No. 3-85
A.O. No. 3 - July 24, 1985

Subject: Disposition of Farmlots Containing Areas in Excess of That Prescribed for Economic Family-Size Farms.
UNPAID DISTRIBUTED LANDS

M.C. No. 12 - July 23, 1993
Subject: Organization of a Joint DAR-LBP Field Task Force on Unpaid Distributed Lands Under CARP
Section 24. Award to Beneficiaries.
The rights and responsibilities of the beneficiary shall commence The rights and responsibilities of the beneficiaries shall
from the time the DAR makes an award of the land to him, commence from their receipt of a duly registered emancipation
which award shall be completed within one hundred eighty patent or certificate of land ownership award and their actual
(180) days from the time the DAR takes actual possession of the physical possession of the awarded land. Such award shall be
land. Ownership of the beneficiary shall be evidenced by a completed in not more than one hundred eighty (180) days
Certificate of Land Ownership Award, which shall contain the from the date of registration of the title in the name of the
restrictions and conditions provided for in this Act, and shall be Republic of the Philippines: Provided, That the emancipation
recorded in the Register of Deeds concerned and annotated on patents, the certificates of land ownership award, and other
the Certificate of Title. titles issued under any agrarian reform program shall be
indefeasible and imprescriptible after one (1) year from its
registration with the Office of the Registry of Deeds, subject to
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the conditions, limitations and qualifications of this Act, the
property registration decree, and other pertinent laws. The
emancipation patents or the certificates of land ownership
award being titles brought under the operation of the Torrens
system, are conferred with the same indefeasibility and security
afforded to all titles under the said system, as provided for by
Presidential Decree No. 1529, as amended by Republic Act No.
6732.
It is the ministerial duty of the Registry of Deeds to register the

title of the land in the name of the Republic of the Philippines,
after the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) has certified that
the necessary deposit in the name of the landowner constituting
full payment in cash or in bond with due notice to the
landowner and the registration of the certificate of land
ownership award issued to the beneficiaries, and to cancel
previous titles pertaining thereto.
Identified and qualified agrarian reform beneficiaries, based on

Section 22 of Republic Act No. 6657, as, amended, shall have
usufructuary rights over the awarded land as soon as the DAR
takes possession of such land, and such right shall not be
diminished even pending the awarding of the emancipation
patent or the certificate of land ownership award.
All cases involving the cancellation of registered emancipation

patents, certificates of land ownership award, and other titles
issued under any agrarian reform program are within the
exclusive and original jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
DAR. (as amended by Section 9, RA 9700)
BREACH OF OBLIGATIONS OF ARBs
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Committed by the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs), Providing Sanctions
Therefor and Filing of Appropriate Administrative, Quasi-Judicial and/or Criminal Actions
A.O. No. 2 - March 07, 1994

Subject: Correction and Cancellation of Registered/Unregistered EPs, and CLOAs Due
to Unlawful Acts and Omissions or Breach of Obligations of ARBs
CANCELLATION OF REGISTERED cloas, EPs AND OTHER TITLES
Memorandum from the Undersecretary of LAO No. 308 October 7, 2011

Subject: Further Clarification on the Revised Cancellation Rules
M.C. No. 12 October 5, 2011 (Effectivity Date October 6, 2011)

Subject: Case Control Number System for Cancellation Cases
Memorandum from the Undersecretary of LAO No. 302 - October 5, 2011

Subject: Transitional Issues and Clarifications on the 2011 Revised Rules and Procedures
Governing the Cancellation of Registered Emancipation Patents (EPs), Certificates
of Landownership Award (CLOAs), and Other Titles Issued Under Any Agrarian Reform Program
M.C. No. 11 October 3, 2011 (Effectivity Date October 6, 2011)

Subject: Suspension of Certain Provisions of Administrative Order No. 06, Series of 2011
for the Purposes of Transitioning from the Old Cancellation Rules to the New One
Memorandum from the LAO Undersecretary No. 288 September 28, 2011
Subject: Regarding the 2011 Revised Rules and Procedures Governing the
Cancellation of Registered EPs, CLOAs and Other Titles Issued Under Any Agrarian Reform Program
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Subject: The 2011 Revised Rules and Procedures Governing the Cancellation of Registered
Emancipation Patents (EPs), Certificates of Landownership Award (CLOAs),
and Other Titles Issued Under Any Agrarian Reform Program

Subject: Cancellation of Registered Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs),
Emancipation Patents (EPs), and Other Titles Issued Under Any Agrarian Reform Program
CERTIFICATE OF LAND OWNERSHIP AWARD (CLOAs)/EMANCIPATION PATENTS (EPs)
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 11, Series of 2008
Subject: Turn-Over of Original Owners Duplicate Copy (ODC) of CLOA or EP Title to LBP
M.C. No. 19 August 16, 2004

Subject: Reaffirming the Indefeasibility of Emancipation Patents (EPs) and Certificate of
Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs) as Titles Under the Torrens System
M.C. No. 16 December 12, 2003

Subject: 2003 Systems and Procedures for the Requisition, Issuance, Utilization and
Accounting of EP/CLOA Judicial Forms and the Utilization and Control of
Signing and Sealing Machines
M.C. No. 20 - May 21, 1997

Subject: DAR-LRA Operational Guidelines on the Registration of EP/CLOA and
CARP Monitoring & Reporting System
M.C. No. 24 - October 11, 1996

Subject: Amendment to M. C. No. 14, Series of 1994 Entitled: Additional Measures
to be Observed in the Preparation of Collective Certificates of Land Ownership
Awards (Collective CLOAs) Described in DAR A. O. No. 3, Series of 1993
Subject: Monitoring of Violations/Circumventions Committed by ARBs, Providing
Sanctions and Filing of Appropriate Administrative and/or Criminal Actions
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Subject: Adoption of a Joint DAR-LRA Operations Manual on Land Titling, Registration
and Distribution Under the CARP
M.C. No. 14 - August 30, 1994

Subject: Additional Measures to be Observed in the Preparation of Collective CLOAs as
Described in DAR AO No. 3, Series of 1993
A.O. No. 02 - March 07, 1994

Subject: Correction and Cancellation of Registered/Unregistered EPs and CLOAs
Due to Unlawful Acts and Omissions or Breach of Obligations of ARBs and Other Causes
A.O. No. 3 - April 16, 1993

Subject: Issuance of Collective CLOAs and Subsequent Issuance of Individual Titles to Co-owners

Subject: EP Monitoring & Registration/Distribution of CLOA
COLLECTIVE CLOA
M.C. No. 24 - October 11, 1996
Subject: Amendment to M.C. No. 14, S. 1994: Additional Measures to be Observed
in the Preparation of Collective Certificates of Land Ownership Awards Described
in DAR Administrative Order No. 3, Series of 1993
M.C. No. 14 - August 30, 1994

Subject: Additional Measures to be Observed in the Preparation of Collective CLOAs as
Described in DAR AO No. 3, Series of 1993
A.O. No. 3 - April 16, 1993

Subject: Issuance of Collective CLOAs and Subsequent Issuance of Individual Titles to Co-owners
CORRECTION AND CANCELLATION OF REGISTERED/UNREGISTERED EPs and CLOAs

M.C. No. 19 - August 08, 1996
Subject: Monitoring of Violations or Circumventions Committed by the ARBs, Providing
Sanctions and Filing of Appropriate Administrative/Criminal Actions
A.O. No. 2 - March 07, 1994
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Subject: Correction and Cancellation of Registered/Unregistered EPs, and CLOAs
Due to Unlawful Acts and Omissions or Breach of Obligations of ARBs
EP/CLOA Registration/Distribution, Monitoring of

Subject: 2003 Systems and Procedures for the Requisition, Issuance, Utilization and
Accounting of EP/CLOA Judicial Forms and the Utilization and Control of Signing and Sealing Machines

Subject: Monitoring of Emancipation Patents (EP) and Certificate of Land Ownership
Awards (CLOA) Registration and Distribution
REGISTRATION/DISTRIBUTION OF EP/CLOA
Joint DAR-LRA M.C. No. 20 - May 21, 1997
Subject: Registration of EP/CLOA and CARP Monitoring and Reporting System


Subject: Monitoring of Emancipation Patents (EP) and Certificate of Land
Ownership Awards (CLOA) Registration and Distribution
M.C. NLTDRA - September 07, 1988

Subject: Dispensing With the Tax Clearance Certificate and Copy of Polyethylene
Film in EPs Registration
REGISTRATION OF TRANSACTIONS under CARP


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REQUISITION, ISSUANCE, UTILIZATION AND ACCOUNTING OF EP/CLOA JUDICIAL FORMS

Subject: 2003 Systems and Procedures for the Requisition, Issuance, Utilization and Accounting
of EP/CLOA Judicial Forms and the Utilization and Control of Signing and Sealing Machines
TITLING, REGISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION UNDER CARP


Subject: Distribution and Titling of Public Agricultural Lands Turned Over by the NLSF to
the DAR for Distribution Under CARP Pursuant to EO 407, S. 1990, as Amended by 448,
S. 1991 & Clarified Under Memorandum Order No. 107 of the President of the
Philippines dated March 23, 1993
A.O. No. 9 - May 05, 1989

Subject: Titling and Distribution of Lots in DAR Settlement Projects
Section 25. Award Ceilings for Beneficiaries.
Beneficiaries shall be awarded an area not exceeding three (3) Beneficiaries shall be awarded an area not exceeding three (3)
hectares which may cover a contiguous tract of land or several hectares, which may cover a contiguous tract of land or several
parcels of land cumulated up to the prescribed award limits. parcels of land cumulated up to the prescribed award
limits. The determination of the size of the land for
distribution shall consider crop type, soil type, weather
patterns and other pertinent variables or factors which
are deemed critical for the success of the beneficiaries.
For purposes of this Act, a landless beneficiary is one who owns

less than three (3) hectares of agricultural land.
For purposes of this Act, a landless beneficiary is one who owns
less than three (3) hectares of agricultural land. Whenever appropriate, the DAR shall encourage the agrarian
reform beneficiaries to form or join farmers' cooperatives for
purposes of affiliating with existing cooperative banks in their
The beneficiaries may opt for collective ownership, such as co-
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ownership or farmers cooperative or some other form of respective provinces or localities, as well as forming blocs of
collective organization: provided, that the total area that may be agrarian reform beneficiaries, corporations, and partnerships
awarded shall not exceed the total number of co-owners or and joining other farmers' collective organizations, including
member of the cooperative or collective organization multiplied irrigators' associations: Provided, That the agrarian reform
by the award limit above prescribed, except in meritorious cases beneficiaries shall be assured of corresponding shares in the
as determined by the PARC. Title to the property shall be issued corporation, seats in the board of directors, and an equitable
in the name of the co-owners or the cooperative or collective share in the profit.
organization as the case may be.
In general, the land awarded to a farmer- beneficiary should be
in the form of an individual title, covering one (1)contiguous
tract or several parcels of land cumulated up to a maximum of
three (3) hectares.
The beneficiaries may opt for collective ownership, such as co-

workers or farmers cooperative or some other form of collective
organization and for the issuance of collective ownership titles:
Provided, That the total area that may be awarded shall not
exceed the total number of co-owners or members of the
cooperative or collective organization multiplied by the award
limit above prescribed, except in meritorious cases as
determined by the PARC.
The conditions for the issuance of collective titles are as follows:
(a) The current farm management system of the land

covered by CARP will not be appropriate for individual
farming of farm parcels;
(b) The farm labor system is specialized, where the

farmworkers are organized by functions and not by
specific parcels such as spraying, weeding, packing and
other similar functions;
(c) The potential beneficiaries are currently not farming

individual parcels but collectively work on large
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contiguous areas; and
(d) The farm consists of multiple crops being farmed in

an integrated manner or includes non - crop production
areas that are necessary for the viability of farm
operations, such as packing plants, storage areas,
dikes, and other similar facilities that cannot be
subdivided or assigned to individual farmers.
For idle and abandoned lands or underdeveloped agricultural

lands to be covered by CARP, collective ownership shall be
allowed only if the beneficiaries opt for it and there is a clear
development plan that would require collective farming or
integrated farm operations exhibiting the conditions described
above. Otherwise, the land awarded to a farmer-beneficiary
should be in the form of an individual title, covering one (1)
contiguous tract or several parcels of land cumulated up to a
maximum of three (3) hectares.
In case of collective ownership, title to the property shall be

issued in the name of the co-owners or the cooperative or
collective organization as the case may be. If the certificates of
land ownership award are given to cooperatives then the names
of the beneficiaries must also be listed in the same certificate of
land ownership award.
With regard to existing collective certificates of land ownership

award, the DAR should immediately undertake the parcelization
of said certificates of land ownership award, particularly those
that do not exhibit the conditions for collective ownership
outlined above. The DAR shall conduct a review and
redocumentation of all the collective certificates of land
ownership award. The DAR shall prepare a prioritized list of
certificates of land ownership award to be parcelized. The
parcelization shall commence immediately upon approval of this
Act and shall not exceed a period of three (3) years. Only those
existing certificates of land ownership award that are collectively
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farmed or are operated in an integrated manner shall remain as
collective. (as amended bySection 10, RA 9700)
COOPERATIVES
Joint DAR-CDA-DA A.O. No. 09 - September 04, 2008 (Effectivity Date October 17, 2008)
Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations on ARB Membership Status and Valuation and/or
Transfer of Paid-up Share Capital in Agrarian Reform Plantation-Based Cooperatives
Joint DAR-CDA-DA A.O. No. 2 - April 09, 1997

Subject: Membership Issues/Concerns of Farmworkers and Employee Beneficiaries in
Agrarian Reform Plantation-Based Cooperatives
Joint DAR-CDA A.O. No. 2 - November 29, 1995

Subject: Membership Issues/Concerns of Farmworkers and Employee-Beneficiaries in
AR Plantation-Based Coops
A.O. No. 6 - June 15, 1990

Subject: Promotion of & Support to Coops and Other Self-Help Organizations for CARP Beneficiaries
EXCESS AREA, Disposition of

Subject: CY 2003 Guidelines on the Identification, Screening and Selection of, and
Distribution to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) of Private Agricultural Lands
Under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6657

Subject: Disposition of Excess Areas Under AO No. 3-85
A.O. No. 3 - July 24, 1985

Subject: Disposition of Farmlots Containing Areas in Excess of That Prescribed for Economic Family-Size Farms.
JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENTS/AGRIBUSINESS VENTURE ARRANGEMENTS (AVA)
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Subject: Lease of Lands Under Agribusiness Venture Arrangement (AVA) in Agrarian
Reform Areas and the Determination of Lease Rental Thereof
A.O. No. 09 December 08, 2006 (Effectivity Date December 23, 2006)
Subject: Agribusiness Venture Arrangements (AVAs) in Agrarian Reform Areas
Gen. M.C. No. 01 - January 31, 2000

Subject: Operational Planning and Procedural Guidelines for Magkasaka Programme Implementors
A.O. No. 02 - October 01, 1999
Subject: Rules and Regulations Governing Joint Economic Enterprises in Agrarian Reform Areas
PARC Policy Order No. 1 - August 18, 1997

Subject: Joint Venture Agreements Between DAR and Other Interested Parties and on the
Processing of Applications for Lease Back Arrangements, Joint- Venture Agreements
and Other Schemes that may be Recommended by the PARCCOM to the PARC
R.A. 7905 - February 23, 1995

Subject: An Act to Strengthen the Implementation of the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program, and For Other Purposes
PALM OIL
Subject: Lease of Lands Planted to Palm Oil Trees and the Determination
of Lease Rental Under Lease Arrangement, Amending A. O. No. 11, Series of 1988
RUBBER PLANTATIONS
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Section 26. Payment by Beneficiaries.
Lands awarded pursuant to this Act shall be paid for by the Lands awarded pursuant to this Act shall be paid for by the
beneficiaries to the LBP in thirty (30) annual amortizations at beneficiaries to the LBP in thirty (30) annual amortizations at
six percent (6%) interest per annum. The payments for the first six percent (6%) interest per annum.The annual
three (3) years after the award may be at reduced amounts as amortization shall start one (1) year from the date of
established by the PARC: provided, that the first five (5) annual the certificate of land ownership award registration.
payments may not be more than five percent (5%) of the value However, if the occupancy took place after the
of the annual gross production as established by the DAR. certificate of land ownership award registration, the
Should the scheduled annual payments after the fifth year amortization shall start one (1) year from actual
exceed ten percent (10%) of the annual gross production and occupancy. The payments for the first three (3) years after
the failure to produce accordingly is not due to the beneficiary's the award shall be at reduced amounts as established by the
fault, the LBP may reduce the interest rate or reduce the PARC: Provided, That the first five (5) annual payments may
principal obligations to make the repayment affordable. not be more than five percent (5%) of the value of the annual
gross production as established by the DAR. Should the
scheduled annual payments after the fifth (5th) year exceed
ten percent (10%) of the annual gross production and the
failure to produce accordingly is not due to the beneficiary's
fault, the LBP shall reduce the interest rate and/or reduce the
principal obligation to make the repayment affordable.(As
amended by Section 11, RA 9700)
The LBP shall have a lien by way of mortgage on the land

awarded to the beneficiary; and this mortgage may be
The LBP shall have a lien by way of mortgage on the land foreclosed by the LBP for non-payment of an aggregate of
awarded to the beneficiary; and this mortgage may be three (3) annual amortizations. The LBP shall advise the DAR of
foreclosed by the LBP for non-payment of an aggregate of such proceedings and the latter shall subsequently award the
three (3) annual amortizations. The LBP shall advise the DAR of forfeited landholding to other qualified beneficiaries. A
such proceedings and the latter shall subsequently award the beneficiary whose land, as provided herein, has been
forfeited landholdings to other qualified beneficiaries. A foreclosed shall thereafter be permanently disqualified from
beneficiary whose land, as provided herein, has been becoming a beneficiary under this Act.
foreclosed shall thereafter be permanently disqualified from
becoming a beneficiary under this Act.
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AMORTIZATIONS


Subject: Payment of Land Amortization by ARBs for Lands Covered Under
E. O. No. 229 and R.A. No. 6657

Subject: Withdrawal of Farmer Beneficiaries Lease/Rental Amortization
Payments Deposited With the LBP
A.O. No. 6 - August 24, 1993

Subject: Revised Implementing Guidelines and Procedures Governing
Payment of Land Amortization by ARBs
A.O. No. 3 - March 11, 1992

Subject: Payment of Land Amortization by FBs Pursuant to Section 26 of RA 6657
Ministry M.C. No. 7 - June 13, 1986

Subject: Condonation of Accrued Interests on Overdue Amortization
Payments/ Rentals of ARBs in Landed Estates
INTEREST, Condonation of
Ministry of M.C. No. 7 - June 13, 1986

Subject: Condonation of Accrued Interests on Overdue Amortization
Payments/Rentals in Landed Estates
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UNLAWFUL ACTS AND OMISSIONS/VIOLATIONS OR CIRCUMVENTIONS OF ARBs
Subject: Guidelines and Procedures Governing the Monitoring of Violations or
Circumventions Committed by the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs),
Providing Sanctions Therefor and Filing of Appropriate Administrative,
Quasi-Judicial and/or Criminal Actions
A.O. No. 2 - March 07, 1994

WITHDRAWAL OF LEASE RENTALS/AMORTIZATION PAYMENTS

Subject: Guidelines on the Withdrawal of Farmer-Beneficiaries
Lease Rental/Amortization Payments Deposited with the Land Bank of the Philippines
Section 27. Transferability of Awarded Lands.
Lands acquired by beneficiaries under this Act may not be sold, Lands acquired by beneficiaries under this Act or other
transferred or conveyed except through hereditary succession, or agrarian reform laws shall not be sold, transferred or
to the government, or the LBP, or to other qualified beneficiaries conveyed except through hereditary succession, or to the
for a period of ten (10) years: provided, however, that the government, or to the LBP, or to other qualified beneficiaries
children or the spouse of the transferor shall have a right to through the DAR for a period of ten (10)
repurchase the land from the government or LBP within a period years: Provided, however, That the children or the spouse of
of two (2) years. Due notice of the availability of the land shall be the transferor shall have a right to repurchase the land from
given by the LBP to the Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee the government or LBP within a period of two (2) years. Due
(BARC) of the barangay where the land is situated. The Provincial notice of the availability of the land shall be given by the LBP
Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM) as herein to the BARC of the barangay where the land is situated. The
provided, shall, in turn, be given due notice thereof by the BARC. PARCCOM, as herein provided, shall, in turn, be given due
notice thereof by the BARC.
The title of the land awarded under the agrarian

reform must indicate that it is an emancipation patent
or a certificate of land ownership award and the
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subsequent transfer title must also indicate that it is
an emancipation patent or a certificate of land
ownership award
If the land has not yet been fully paid by the beneficiary, the If the land has not yet been fully paid by the beneficiary, the
rights to the land may be transferred or conveyed, with prior rights to the land may be transferred or conveyed, with prior
approval of the DAR, to any heir of the beneficiary or to any other approval of the DAR, to any heir of the beneficiary or to any
beneficiary who, as a condition for such transfer or conveyance, other beneficiary who, as a condition for such transfer or
shall cultivate the land himself. Failing compliance herewith, the conveyance, shall cultivate the land himself/herself. Failing
land shall be transferred to the LBP which shall give due notice of compliance herewith, the land shall be transferred to the LBP
the availability of the land in the manner specified in the which shall give due notice of the availability of the land in
immediately preceding paragraph. the manner specified in the immediately preceding paragraph.
In the event of such transfer to the LBP, the latter shall

compensate the beneficiary in one lump sum for the amounts
In the event of such transfer to the LBP, the latter shall the latter has already paid, together with the value of
compensate the beneficiary in one lump sum for the amounts the improvements he/she has made on the land.(as amended
latter has already paid, together with the value of improvements by Section 12, RA 9700)
he has made on the land.
LAND TRANSACTIONS/TRANSFERS/TRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDED LANDS

Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Executed in Violation of Section 6, paragraph 4 of Republic Act (RA) No. 6657

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to A.O. No. 8, Series of 1995 Re Transferability of
Awarded Lands Awarded to ARBs Pursuant to PD 27/EO No. 228 and RA 6657
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Subject: Transferability of Lands Awarded to ARBs Pursuant to PD 27
as Amended by EO No. 228 and RA 6657

A.O. No. 1 - January 03, 1989

TRANSFER ACTION (By Reason of Abandonment, Waiver of Rights and Illegal Transactions)
Ministry M. C. No. 4 - April 18, 1983
Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to Govern Transfer Action of Areas Concerned Covered by
P.D. 27 by Reason of Abandonment, Waiver of Rights and Illegal Transactions
Section 28. Standing Crops at the Time of Acquisition.
The landowner shall retain his share of any standing crops unharvested at the time the DAR shall take possession of the land under
Section 16 of the Act, and shall be given a reasonable time to harvest the same.
STANDING CROPS

Subject: Standing Crops on Lands Acquired by the Government Pursuant to
Sections 16(e) and 28 of R.A. No. 6657
CHAPTER VIII
Corporate Farms
Section 29. Farms Owned or Operated by Corporations or Other Business Associations.
In the case of farms owned or operated by corporations or other business associations, the following rules shall be observed by the
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PARC:
In general, lands shall be distributed directly to the individual worker-beneficiaries.
In case it is not economically feasible and sound to divide the land, then it shall be owned collectively by the workers' cooperative
or association which will deal with the corporation or business association. Until a new agreement is entered into by and between
the workers' cooperative or association and the corporation or business association, any agreement existing at the time this Act
takes effect between the former and the previous landowner shall be respected by both the workers' cooperative or association and
the corporation or business association.
COOPERATIVES
Joint DAR-CDA-DA A.O. No. 09 - September 04, 2008 (Effectivity Date October 17, 2008)
Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations on ARB Membership Status and
Valuation and/or Transfer of Paid-up Share Capital in
Agrarian Reform Plantation-Based Cooperatives
Joint DAR-CDA-DA A.O. No. 2 - April 09, 1997

Subject: Membership Issues/Concerns of Farmworkers and Employee Beneficiaries
in Agrarian Reform Plantation-Based Cooperatives
Joint DAR-CDA A.O. No. 2 - November 29, 1995

Subject: Membership Issues/Concerns of Farmworkers and Employee-Beneficiaries
in AR Plantation-Based Coops
A.O. No. 6 - June 15, 1990
Subject: Promotion of & Support to Coops and Other Self-Help Organizations for CARP Beneficiaries
JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENTS/AGRIBUSINESS VENTURE ARRANGEMENTS (AVA)
Subject: Lease of Lands Under Agribusiness Venture Arrangement (AVA) in
Agrarian Reform Areas and the Determination of Lease Rental Thereof
A.O. No. 09 December 08, 2006 (Effectivity Date December 23, 2006)
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Subject: Agribusiness Venture Arrangements (AVAs) in Agrarian Reform
Areas [Amends A.O. No. 2, Series of 1999]
A. O. No. 02 - October 01, 1999
Subject: Rules and Regulations Governing Joint Economic Enterprises in Agrarian Reform Areas
PARC Policy Order No. 1 - August 18, 1997

Subject: Joint Venture Agreements Between DAR and Other Interested Parties and
on the Processing of Applications for Lease Back Arrangements, Joint-Venture
Agreements and Other Schemes that may be Recommended by the PARCCOM to the PARC
R.A. 7905 - February 23, 1995

Subject: An Act to Strengthen the Implementation of the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program, and For Other Purposes
PALM OIL
Subject: Lease of Lands Planted to Palm Oil Trees and the Determination of
Lease Rental Under Lease Arrangement, Amending A. O. No. 11, Series of 1988
RUBBER PLANTATIONS
Section 30. Homelots and Farmlots for Members of Cooperatives.
The individual members of the cooperatives or corporations mentioned in the preceding section shall be provided with homelots
and small farmlots for their family use, to be taken from the land owned by the cooperative or corporation.
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HOMELOTS
A.O. No. 01 - January 07, 1992

Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures Governing the Disposition of Homelots
and Other Lots in Barangay Sites and Residential, Commercial, and Industrial
Lots in Townsites Within DAR Settlement Projects and Similar Other areas Under DAR Jurisdiction
A.O. No. 12 - November 21, 1991

Subject: Acquisition/Distribution of Homelots Under CARP
Ministry M.C. No. 3 - February 24, 1986

Subject: Disposition of Homelots & Residential Lots in Settlement Areas to Qualified Non-Settlers
M.C. 23 - October 24, 1978

Subject: Implementing Guidelines of LOI No. 705
LOI 705 - June 10, 1978

Transferring of Homelots to Tenant-Tillers who are Beneficiaries of PD No. 27
DAR M.C. No. 12 - April 26, 1974

Subject: Cancellation of Allocations of Abandoned Farmlots and/or Homelots in Resettlement Projects
Section 31. Corporate Landowners.
Corporate landowners may voluntarily transfer ownership over their agricultural landholdings to the Republic of the Philippines
pursuant to Section 20 hereof or to qualified beneficiaries, under such terms and conditions, consistent with this Act, as they may
agree upon, subject to confirmation by the DAR.
Upon certification by the DAR, corporations owning agricultural lands may give their qualified beneficiaries the right to purchase
such proportion of the capital stock of the corporation that the agricultural land, actually devoted to agricultural activities, bears in
relation to the company's total assets, under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by them. In no case shall the
compensation received by the workers at the time the shares of stocks are distributed be reduced. The same principle shall be
applied to associations, with respect to their equity or participation.
Corporations or associations which voluntarily divest a proportion of their capital stock, equity or participation in favor of their
workers or other qualified beneficiaries under this section shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of the Act: provided,
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that the following conditions are complied with:
a) In order to safeguard the right of beneficiaries who own shares of stocks to dividends and other financial benefits, the
books of the corporation or association shall be subject to periodic audit by certified public accountants chosen by the
beneficiaries;
b) Irrespective of the value of their equity in the corporation or association, the beneficiaries shall be assured of at least one
(1) representative in the board of directors, or in a management or executive committee, if one exists, of the corporation or
association; and
c) Any shares acquired by such workers and beneficiaries shall have the same rights and features as all other shares.
d) Any transfer of shares of stocks by the original beneficiaries shall be void ab initio unless said transaction is in favor of a
qualified and registered beneficiary within the same corporation.
If within two (2) years from the approval of this Act, the land or stock transfer envisioned above is not made or realized or the plan
for such stock distribution approved by the PARC within the same period, the agricultural land of the corporate owners or
corporation shall be subject to the compulsory coverage of this Act.
STOCK DISTRIBUTION PLAN

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines in the Implementation and Monitoring of Approved Stock
Distribution Option (SDO) Plans
A.O. No. 1 - January 30, 1991

Subject: Amendment of Section 5 (f) of AO No. 10, S. 88 Entitled Guidelines and
Procedures for Corporate LOs Desiring to Avail Themselves of the Stock
Distribution Plan Under Section 31 of RA 6657 and Superseding DAR AO No. 48-87
Subject: Corporate LOs Desiring to Avail Themselves of the Stock Distribution Plan
Section 32. Production-Sharing.
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Pending final land transfer, individuals or entities owning, or operating under lease or management contract, agricultural lands are
hereby mandated to execute a production-sharing plan with their farm workers or farmworkers' reorganization, if any, whereby
three percent (3%) of the gross sales from the production of such lands are distributed within sixty (60) days of the end of the
fiscal year as compensation to regular and other farmworkers in such lands over and above the compensation they currently
receive: provided, that these individuals or entities realize gross sales in excess of five million pesos per annum unless the DAR,
upon proper application, determines a lower ceiling.
In the event that the individual or entity realizes a profit, an additional ten percent (10%) of the net profit after tax shall be
distributed to said regular and other farmworkers within ninety (90) days of the end of the fiscal year.
To forestall any disruption in the normal operation of lands to be turned over to the farmworker-beneficiaries mentioned above, a
transitory period, the length of which shall be determined by the DAR, shall be established.
During this transitory period, at least one percent (1%) of the gross sales of the entity shall be distributed to the managerial,
supervisory and technical group in place at the time of the effectivity of this Act, as compensation for such transitory managerial
and technical functions as it will perform, pursuant to an agreement that the farmworker-beneficiaries and the managerial,
supervisory and technical group may conclude, subject to the approval of the DAR.
PRODUCTION AND PROFIT SHARING

Subject: Production and Profit Sharing Under RA 6657
Subject: Production Sharing Under EO No. 229
Section 32-A. Incentives. Individuals or entities owning or operating fishponds and prawn farms are hereby mandated to
execute within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act an incentive plan with their regular fishpond or prawn farmworkers or
fishpond or prawn farm workers' organization, if any, whereby seven point five percent (7.5%) of their net profit before tax from
the operation of the fishpond or prawn farms are distributed within sixty (60) days at the end of the fiscal year as compensation to
regular and other pond workers in such ponds over and above the compensation they currently receive.
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In order to safeguard the right of the regular fishpond or prawn farm workers under the incentive plan, the books of the fishpond
or prawn farm owners shall be subject to periodic audit or inspection by certified public accountants chosen by the workers.
The foregoing provision shall not apply to agricultural lands subsequently converted to fishpond or prawn farms provided the size
of the land converted does not exceed the retention limit of the landowner. (as added bySection 4, RA 7881)
Section 33. Payment of Shares of Cooperative or Association.
Shares of a cooperative or association acquired by farmers-beneficiaries or workers-beneficiaries shall be fully paid for in an amount
corresponding to the valuation as determined in the immediately succeeding section. The landowner and the LBP shall assist the
farmers-beneficiaries and workers-beneficiaries in the payment for said shares by providing credit financing.
Section 34. Valuation of Lands.
A valuation scheme for the land shall be formulated by the PARC, taking into account the factors enumerated in Section 17, in
addition to the need to stimulate the growth of cooperatives and the objective of fostering responsible participation of the workers-
beneficiaries in the creation of wealth.
In the determination of price that is just not only to the individuals but to society as well, the PARC shall consult closely with the
landowner and the workers-beneficiaries.
In case of disagreement, the price as determined by the PARC, if accepted by the workers-beneficiaries, shall be followed, without
prejudice to the landowner's right to petition the Special Agrarian Court to resolve the issue of valuation.
CHAPTER IX
Support Services
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Section 35. Creation of Support Services Office.
There is hereby created the Office of Support Services under the There is hereby created the Office of Support Services under the
DAR to be headed by an Undersecretary. DAR to be headed by an Undersecretary.
The Office shall provide general support and coordinative

services in the implementation of the program particularly in
carrying out the provisions of the following services to farmer- The Office shall provide general support and coordinative
beneficiaries and affected landowners: services in the implementation of the program, particularly in
carrying out the provisions of the following services to farmer
beneficiaries and affected landowners:
1) Irrigation facilities, especially second crop or dry season (1) Irrigation facilities, especially second crop or dry season
irrigation facilities; irrigation facilities;
2) Infrastructure development and public works projects in (2) Infrastructure development and public works projects in
areas and settlements that come under agrarian reform, and areas and settlements that come under agrarian reform, and for
for this purpose, the preparation of the physical development this purpose, the preparation of the physical development plan
plan of such settlements providing suitable barangay sites, of such settlements providing suitable barangay sites, potable
potable water and power resources, irrigation systems and water and power resources, irrigation systems, seeds and
other facilities for a sound agricultural development plan; seedling banks, post harvest facilities, and other facilities for a
sound agricultural development plan. For the purpose of
providing the aforecited infrastructure and facilities, the DAR is
authorized to enter into contracts with interested private parties
on long term basis or through joint-venture agreements or
build-operate-transfer scheme;
3) Government subsidies for the use of irrigation facilities; (3) Government subsidies for the use of irrigation facilities;
4) Price support and guarantee for all agricultural produce; (4) Price support and guarantee for all agricultural produce;
5) Extending to small landowners, farmers' organizations the (5) Extending to small landowners, farmers and farmers'
necessary credit, like concessional and collateral-free loans, organizations the necessary credit, like concessional and
for agro-industrialization based on social collaterals like the collateral-free loans, for agro-industrialization based on social
guarantees of farmers' organization: collaterals like the guarantees of farmers' organizations;
6) Promoting, developing and extending financial assistance to (6) Promoting, developing and extending financial assistance to
small-and medium-scale industries in agrarian reform areas; small and medium-scale industries in agrarian reform areas;
7) Assigning sufficient numbers of agricultural extension (7) Assigning sufficient numbers of agricultural extension
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workers to farmers' organizations; workers to farmers' organizations;
8) Undertake research, development and dissemination of (8) Undertake research, development and dissemination of
information on agrarian reform and low-cost and ecologically information on agrarian reform, plants and crops best suited for
sound farm inputs and technologies to minimize reliance on cultivation and marketing, and low-cost and ecologically sound
expensive and imported agricultural inputs; farm inputs and technologies to minimize reliance on expensive
and imported agricultural inputs;
9) Development of cooperative management skills through (9) Development of cooperative management skills through
intensive training; intensive training;
10) Assistance in the identification of ready markets for (10) Assistance in the identification of ready markets for
agricultural produce and training in other various prospects of agricultural produce and training in the other various aspects of
marketing; and marketing;
11) Administration operation management and funding of (11) Conduct an effective information dissemination system
support services, programs and projects including pilot through the Department of Agriculture to promote marketing
projects and models related to agrarian reform as developed and minimize spoilage of agricultural produce and products;
by the DAR.
(12) Create a credit guarantee fund for agricultural landowners
that will enhance the collateral value of agricultural lands that
are affected or will be affected by coverage under the agrarian
reform program; and
(13) Administration, operation, management and funding of
support services programs and projects including pilot projects
and models related to agrarian reform as developed by the
DAR. (as amended bySection 1, RA 7905)
BENEFICIARIES DEVELOPMENT
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 05 Series of 2008

Subject: Amendment of the Joint DAR-LANDBANK Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 07, Series of
2006: Guidelines in the Implementation of Credit Assistance Program for Program
Beneficiaries Development Window III (CAP-PBD) WINDOW III
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 07 November 15, 2006

Subject: Guidelines in the Implementation of Credit Assistance Program for Program Beneficiaries
Development Window III (CAP-PBD WINDOW III)
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Subject: Clarifying Roles and Activities for the Beneficiaries Development Program
M.C. No. 21 - August 23, 1995

Subject: Creation of the Program Beneficiaries Development Coordinating Unit Under the
Office of the Undersecretary for Field Operation/Support Services and the
Operationalization of the PBD/SS Management Team
CARP (STRENGTHENING ITS IMPLEMENTATION)

PARC ExeCom Policy Order No. 1 August 18, 1997
Subject: Policy Guidelines on Joint Venture Agreement/Leaseback Arrangements
A.O. No. 5 - June 09, 1995 (Effectivity Date June 29, 1995)
Subject: Strengthening the Implementation of the CARP Pursuant to RA 7905
Amending Certain Provisions of RA 6657 and Other Pertinent Laws
R.A. No. 7905 - February 23, 1995

Subject: An Act to Strengthen the Implementation of the CARP and for Other Purposes
DEVELOPMENT FACILITATORS, ARCs

Subject: Deployment of ARC DFs
FARMERS SERVICE CENTER (BARBD)
Dept. M.C. No. 5 - April 22, 1988 (Effectivity Date April 29, 1988)
Subject: Establishing a Farmers Service Center in BARBD
INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM (ARBs)
M.C. No. 10 - May 17, 1999

Subject: Framework of the Information and Education Program for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
KALAHI ARZONES
M.C. No. 01 - January 16, 2003

Subject: Development Framework for Bayan-Anihan Agrarian Reform Zones (BARZones)
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M.C. No. 04 April 03, 2003
Subject: Operationalizing the Development of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan
Agrarian Reform Zones (KALAHI ARZones)
NRDP BAYANIHAN RESETTLEMENT COMMUNITY PROJECT (NRDP-BRCP)

Subject: DAR-Coordinating Secretariat for the National Reconciliation
and Development Program (NRDP)
Gen. Memo Order No. 4 - March 12, 1991

Subject: Project Management of the NRDP Bayanihan Resettlement Community Project
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
A.O. No. 5 - Series of 1990

Subject: SOP on CARP Research and Development Project
SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SRD)

Subject: Classification of Existing and to be Launched ARCs Pursuant to the
Sustainable Rural Development Framework for Agrarian Reform Communities
M.C. No. 6 - March 22, 1999

Subject: Guidelines for Regional and Provincial Offices for Sustainable Rural
Development (SRD) Planning in Convergence Model Sites
M.C. No. 5 - March 23, 1999

Subject: A Sustainable Rural Development (SRD) Framework for Agrarian Reform Communities
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP)
A.O. No. 5 - Series of 1990
Subject: SOP on CARP Research and Development Project
M.C. No. 10 - July 01, 1986
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Subject: Amendment to the SOP on MAR Loan Assistance for IGPs for Rural Women, etc.
Section 36. Funding for Support Services.
In order to cover the expenses and cost In order to cover the expenses and In order to cover the expenses and cost of
of support services, at least twenty-five cost of support services, at least support services, at least forty percent
percent (25%) of all appropriations for twenty-five percent (25%) of all (40%) of all appropriations for agrarian
agrarian reform shall be immediately set appropriations for agrarian reform reform during the five (5) year
aside and made available for this shall be immediately set aside and extension period shall be immediately
purpose. In addition, the DAR shall be made available for this set aside and made available for this
authorized to package proposals and purpose: Provided, That for the next purpose: Provided, That the DAR shall
receive grants, aid and other forms of five (5) years, a minimum of one (1) pursue integrated land acquisition and
financial assistance from any source. Agrarian Reform Community (ARC) distribution and support services
shall be established by the DAR, in strategy requiring a plan to be
coordination with the local government developed parallel to the land
units, non-governmental organizations acquisition and distribution process.
and people organizations in each The planning and implementation for
legislative district with a predominant land acquisition and distribution shall
agricultural population: Provided, be hand-in-hand with support services
further, That the areas in which the delivery:
ARCs are to be established shall have
been fully subjected under this law.
For this purpose, an Agrarian Reform

Community shall be defined as a
barangay or a cluster of barangays Provided, further, That for the next five (5)
primarily composed and managed by years, as far as practicable, a minimum of
Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries who two (2) Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs)
shall be willing to be organized and shall be established by the DAR, in
undertake the integrated development coordination with the local government units,
of an area and/or their non-governmental
organizations/cooperative. In each organizations,'community-based
community, the DAR, together with cooperatives and people's organizations in
the agencies and organizations each legislative district with a predominant
abovementioned, shall identify the agricultural population: Provided,furthermore,
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farmers association, cooperative or That the areas in which the ARCS are to be
their respective federation approved established shall have been substantially
by the farmers-beneficiaries that shall covered under the provisions of this Act
take the lead in the agricultural and other agrarian or land reform
development of the area. In addition, laws:Provided, finally, That a
the DAR shall be authorized to complementary support services
package proposals and receive grants, delivery strategy for existing agrarian
aid and other forms of financial reform beneficiaries that are not in
assistance from any source. (as barangays within the ARCs shall be
amended by Section 2, RA 7905) adopted by the DAR.
For this purpose, an Agrarian Reform

Community is composed and managed
by agrarian reform beneficiaries who
shall be willing to be organized and to
undertake the integrated development
of an area and/or their organizations/
cooperatives. In each community, the
DAR, together with the agencies and
organizations abovementioned, shall
identify the farmers' association,
cooperative or their respective
federations approved by the farmers-
beneficiaries that shall take the lead in
the agricultural development of the
area. In addition, the DAR, in close
coordination with the congressional
oversight committee created herein,
with due notice to the concerned
representative of the legislative district
prior to implementation shall be
authorized to package proposals and
receive grants, aids and other forms of
financial assistance from any
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source. (as amended bySection 13, RA
9700)
Section 37. Support Services to the Beneficiaries. The Section 37. Support Services for the Agrarian Reform
PARC shall ensure that support services to farmers-beneficiaries Beneficiaries. The State shall adopt the integrated policy of
are provided, such as: support services delivery to agrarian reform beneficiaries. To
this end, the DAR, the Department of Finance, and the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) shall institute reforms to liberalize
access to credit by agrarian reform beneficiaries. The PARC
shall ensure that support services for agrarian reform
beneficiaries are provided, such as:
(a) Land surveys and titling;

(a) Land surveys and titling;
(b) Socialized terms on agricultural credit facilities;
(b) Liberalized terms on credit facilities and production loans;
Thirty percent (30%) of all appropriations for
support services referred to in Section 36 of Republic
Act No. 6657, as amended, shall be immediately set
aside and made available for agricultural credit
facilities:Provided, That one-third (1/3) of this
segregated appropriation shall be specifically
allocated for subsidies to support the initial
capitalization for agricultural production to new
agrarian reform beneficiaries upon the awarding of
the emancipation patent or the certificate of land
ownership award and the remaining two-thirds (2/3)
shall be allocated to provide access to socialized
credit to existing agrarian reform beneficiaries,
including the leaseholders: Provided, further, the
LBP and other concerned government financial
institutions, accredited savings and credit
cooperatives, financial service cooperatives and
accredited cooperative banks shall provide the
delivery system for disbursement of the above
financial assistance to individual agrarian reform
beneficiaries, holders of collective titles and
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cooperatives.
For this purpose, all financing institutions may

accept as collateral for loans the purchase orders,
marketing agreements or expected
harvests: Provided, That loans obtained shall be
used in the improvement or development of the
farm holding of the agrarian reform beneficiary or
the establishment of facilities which shall enhance
production or marketing of agricultural products of
increase farm income therefrom: Provided, further,
That of the remaining seventy percent (70%) for the
support services, fifteen percent (15%) shall be
earmarked for farm inputs as requested by the duly
accredited agrarian reform beneficiaries'
organizations, such as, but not limited to: (1) seeds,
seedlings and/or planting materials; (2) organic
fertilizers; (3) pesticides; (4)herbicides; and (5) farm
animals, implements/'machineries; and five percent
(5%) for seminars, trainings and the like to help
empower agrarian reform beneficiaries.
(c) Extension services by way of planting, cropping,

production and post-harvest technology transfer, as well as
marketing and management assistance and support to
cooperatives and farmers' organizations;
(d) Infrastructure such as, but not limited to, access trails,
mini-dams, public utilities, marketing and storage facilities;
(e) Research, production and use of organic fertilizers and

other local substances necessary in farming and cultivation;
and
(f) Direct and active DAR assistance in the education and

organization of actual and potential agrarian reform
beneficiaries, at the barangay, municipal, city, provincial,
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and national levels, towards helping them understand their
rights and responsibilities as owner-cultivators developing
(c) Extension services by way of planting, cropping, farm- related trust relationships among themselves and their
production and post-harvest technology transfer, as well as neighbors, and increasing farm production and profitability
marketing and management assistance and support to with the ultimate end of empowering them to chart their
cooperatives and farmers' organizations; own destiny. The representatives of the agrarian reform
beneficiaries to the PARC shall be chosen from the 'nominees
(d) Infrastructure such as access trails, mini-dams, public of the duly accredited agrarian reform beneficiaries'
utilities, marketing and storage facilities; and organizations, or in its absence, from organizations of actual
and potential agrarian reform beneficiaries as forwarded to
and processed by the PARC EXCOM.
(e) Research, production and use of organic fertilizers and
other local substances necessary in farming and cultivation.
The PARC shall formulate policies to ensure that support
services for agrarian reform beneficiaries shall be provided at all
stages of the program implementation with the concurrence of
the concerned agrarian reform beneficiaries.
The PARC shall likewise adopt, implement, and monitor policies

and programs to ensure the fundamental equality of women
and men in the agrarian reform program as well as respect for
the human rights, social protection, and decent working
conditions of both paid and unpaid men and women farmer-
beneficiaries.
The Bagong Kilusang Kabuhayan sa Kaunlaran(BKKK)

Secretariat shall be transferred and attached to the LBP, for its
supervision including all its applicable and existing funds,
personnel, properties, equipment and records.
Misuse or diversion of the financial and support services herein

provided shall result in sanctions against the beneficiary guilty
thereof, including the forfeiture of the land transferred
to him/her or lesser sanctions as may be provided by the PARC,
without prejudice to criminal prosecution. (as amended
bySection 14, RA 9700)
The PARC shall formulate policies to ensure that support
services to farmer-beneficiaries shall be provided at all stages
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of land reform.
The Bagong Kilusang Kabuhayan sa Kaunlaran (BKKK)

Secretariat shall be transferred and attached to the LBP, for its
supervision including all its applicable and existing funds,
personnel, properties, equipment and records.
Misuse or diversion of the financial and support services herein

provided shall result in sanctions against the beneficiary guilty
thereof, including the forfeiture of the land transferred to him
or lesser sanctions as may be provided by the PARC, without
prejudice to criminal prosecution.
AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES

Subject: Transforming the ARB Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Development Program (AREDP)
Office to National ARCCESS Program Coordinating Office (NAPCO) and Installing
ARCCESS Implementing Structure at All Levels
M.C. No. 02 January 30, 2009

Subject : Addendum to Memorandum Circular No. 9, Series of 2007 Harmonizing the
Implementation of Agribusiness Development Programs and Initiatives in the Department
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M.C. No. 09 November 23, 2007
Subject : Harmonizing the Implementation of Agribusiness Development Programs
and Initiatives in the Department
ALDA (assessment on the level of development of arcs)

Subject: Interim Guidelines Governing the Integration of Agrarian Reform Communities
Monitoring and Tracking System (ARC MTS) and ARC Level of Development
Assessment (ALDA) in the DARs Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME)
System During the Transition Period
Memorandum No. 252 of the Policy, Planning and External Affairs Office (PPEAO)
Undersecretary August 16, 2011
Subject: Operational Directives on the Conduct of ARC Level of
Development Assessment (ALDA) for CY 2011
Memorandum of the Secretary No. 147 May 04, 2011

Subject: Integrating ALDA and ARC-MTS in the Departments
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES)
M.C. No. 09 November 5, 2010

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Conduct of ARC Level of
Development Assessment (ALDA) for CY 2010
M.C. No. 06 June 20, 2001

Subject: Thresholds for ARCs Level of Development Assessment
[Amends Sec. VI.3 of M.C. No. 3, Series of 2001]
M.C. No. 03 - January 10, 2001

Subject: Amendments to Memorandum Circular No. 01, series of 1998, Entitled
Revised Guidelines and Procedures on the Assessment of the Level
of Development (ALDA) of Agrarian Reform Communities
ARC CLUSTERS, Development of

Subject: Operational Guidelines for the Development of ARC Clusters
ARCs CONNECTIVITY
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Subject: Intensified Rural Development Through Agrarian Reform
Communities (ARCs) Connectivity
ARC DEVELOPMENT FACILITATORS

Subject: Deployment of ARC DFs
ARC NETWORK
M.C. No. 10 - June 17, 1998
Subject: Guidelines on the Establishment and Operation of the ARC Network
ARCDP ACTIVITIES, Mainstreaming and Sustainability of
M.C. No. 09 - July 22, 2008

Subject: Operational Directives for Mainstreaming and Sustainability of
ARCDP2 (ARC Development Program 2) Activities
ARCP (AGRARIAN REFORM COMMUNITIES PROJECT), DAR-ADB

Subject: Implementing Guidelines on Operation and Maintenance of
Completed Rural Infrastructure Sub-Projects of the DAR-ADB
Agrarian Reform Communities Project (ARCP)
AREDP (ARB AGRIBUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM)
M.C. No. 06 October 25, 2006

Subject: Revised Implementing Policies and Guidelines on the ARB
Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Development Program (AREDP)

Subject: Implementing Polices and Guidelines on the ARB Agribusiness
Entrepreneurship Development Program (AREDP)
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ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM
Communities (ALDA)
M.C. No. 06 - June 20, 2001
Subject: Revised Thresholds for ARCs Level of Development Assessment
(Amending Memorandum Circular No. 03, series of 2001)
M.C. No. 03 - January 10, 2001

Subject: Amendments to Memorandum Circular No. 01, series of 1998, Entitled
Revised Guidelines and Procedures on the Assessment of the Level of
Development (ALDA) of Agrarian Reform Communities
M. C. No. 1 - January 21, 1998

Subject: Assessment of the Level of Development of Agrarian Reform Communities (ALDA)
M. C. No. 1 - December 23, 1997 (Effectivity Date January 1, 1997)

Subject: Assessment of the Level of Development of ARCs
Bayan-Anihan Agrarian Reform Zones (BARZones)

M.C. No. 01 - January 16, 2003
Subject: Development Framework for Bayan-Anihan Agrarian Reform Zones (BARZones)
BREACH OF OBLIGATIONS OF ARBs
M. C. No. 19 - August 8, 1996 (Effectivity Date August 26, 1996)

Committed by the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs), Providing
Sanctions Therefor and Filing of Appropriate Administrative,
Quasi-Judicial and/or Criminal Actions
A.O. No. 2 - March 07, 1994

Subject: Correction and Cancellation of Registered/Unregistered EPs,
and CLOAs Due to Unlawful Acts and Omissions or Breach of Obligations of ARBs
CAP-PBD
M.C. No. 03 - January 10, 2003
112
Subject: Amending M.C. No. 26, Series of 1996 and M.C. No. 29, Series of
1997 on the Composition of CAP-PBD Implementing Structures at Different Levels
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 4 March 24, 2000

Subject: Re-Availment of Loans Granted Under the Credit Assistance Program
for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD)
CAP-PBD WINDOW III

Subject: Amendment of the Joint DAR-LANDBANK Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 07,
Series of 2006: Guidelines in the Implementation of Credit Assistance
Program for Program Beneficiaries Development Window III (CAP-PBD WINDOW III)

Subject: Guidelines in the Implementation of Credit Assistance Program
for Program Beneficiaries Development Window III (CAP-PBD WINDOW III)
CARE-RD, Creation of
M.C. No. 06 May 20, 2003

Subject: Creation of the Center for Agrarian Reform Enterprise and Rural Development (CARE-RD)
M.C. No. 19 - August 08, 1996

Subject: Monitoring of Violations or Circumventions Committed by the ARBs, Providing
Sanctions and Filing of Appropriate Administrative/Criminal Actions
A.O. No. 2 - March 07, 1994

CREDIT ASSISTANCE - PBD
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Subject: Amendment of the Joint DAR-LANDBANK Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 07, Series of 2006:
Guidelines in the Implementation of Credit Assistance Program for Program
Beneficiaries Development Window III (CAP-PBD) WINDOW III

Subject: Guidelines in the Implementation of Credit Assistance Program for Program
Beneficiaries Development Window III (CAP-PBD WINDOW III)
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 03 January 10, 2003

Subject: Amending Memorandum Circular No. 26, Series of 1996 and Memorandum
Circular No. 29, Series of 1997 pm the Composition of CAP-PBD
Implementing Structures at Different Levels
Joint DAR-ETF M.C. No. 09 - May 19, 2000

Subject: Revised Implementing Policies and Guidelines for the
Joint DAR-ETF Livelihood Credit Assistance Program
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 04 - March 24, 2000

Subject: Re-Availment of Loans Granted Under the Credit Assistance
Program for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD)
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 13 - June 22, 1999

Subject: Restructuring and/or Refinancing of Loans Granted Under the Credit
Assistance Program for Program Beneficiaries Development

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines on the DAR-LBP Joint Financing for Rubber
Replanting Under the Credit Assistance Program for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD)
M.C. No. 7 - March 25, 1998

Subject: LBP-DAR Joint Financing for Rubber Replanting Under the
Credit Assistance Program for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD)
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Subject: Supplemental Guidelines on the Implementation of Credit Assistance
Joint DAR-NLSF M.C. No. 26 - July 22, 1997
Subject: Joint DAR-NLSF Livelihood Credit Assistance Program for ARCs
CREDIT (SUPPORT FUND AND MICROFINANCE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN AR AREAS)

M.C. No. 04 May 18, 2011
Subject: Implementing Guidelines to Access Funds, Implement and
Monitor Projects Under the DAR-PBD Partnership Support Fund
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 03 - Series of 2011

Subject: Microfinance Capacity Development Program in Agrarian Reform Areas (MicroFin_CAP@ARAs)
CREDIT BY ARBs, Liberalization of Access to

A.O. No. 03 June 24, 2010 (Effectivity Date July 12, 2010)
Subject: IRR on the Provisions of Agricultural Support to and Liberalization
of Access to Credit of ARBs under R.A. No. 9700
FARMERS BAYANIHAN CENTER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (FBCRD), Establishment of

Subject: Establishment of Farmers Bayanihan Center for Rural Development (FBCRD)
FARMERS TRUST DEVT. PROGRAM
E.O. No. 151 - September 27, 1999

Subject: Establishing the Farmers Trust Development Program and
Providing Institutional Reforms and Fund Mechanisms for Mobilizing
Long Term Private Sector Capital for Rural Development
FARMING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (FSD)

M.C. No. 8 - June 03, 1998
Subject: Application of the Farming System Development (FSD)
Approach in the Development of Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs)
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FOREIGN-ASSISTED PROJECTS, Creation of the Policy Governing Committee for
A.O. No. 3 - June 26, 2002

Subject: Creation of the Policy Governing Committee for Foreign-Assisted Projects
FOREIGN-ASSISTED PROJECTS, NGOs Involvement in

Subject: Rationalizing Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
Involvement in the DARs Foreign-Assisted Projects
HAND TRACTORS AND ACCESSORIES TO FARMER-BENEFICIARIES

M.C. No. 6 July 21, 1987
Subject: Guidelines in the Repossession, Voluntary Surrender and
Redistribution or Recycle of Hand Tractors and Accessories to Farmer-Beneficiaries
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
M.C. No. 6 - April 4, 1994 (Effectivity Date April 11, 1994)
Subject: Approved Policy on the Implementation of DPWH-CARP Infrastructure Projects by LGUs Concerned
INTEGRATION (LTI-PBD)
Memorandum of the Secretary No. 292 - October 14, 2010

Subject: LTI/PBD Integration Strategic Focus and Imperative on Support Services Delivery for 2011
KALAHI ARZONES, Operationalizing the Development of
M.C. No. 04 April 03, 2003

Subject: Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Agrarian Reform Zones (KALAHI ARZones)
LIVELIHOOD CREDIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Subject: Decentralized Implementation of the DAR-NLSF Livelihood Credit Assistance
Program (LCAP) [Supersedes Joint DAR-ETF M.C. No. 9, Series of 2000]
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Subject: Revised Implementing Policies and Guidelines for the Joint DAR-ETF Livelihood
Credit Assistance Program [Supersedes Joint DAR-NLSF M.C. No. 26, Series of 1997]
MICROFINANCE IN AGRARIAN REFORM AREAS, Grassroots

Joint DAR-LANDBANK M.C. No. 01 January 7, 2009
Subject: Grassroots Microfinance in Agrarian Reform Areas (GMFA)
MICROFINANCE POLICY FRAMEWORK/CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM


Subject: Microfinance Policy Framework for Agrarian Reform Areas
NAPCO (NATIONAL ARCCESS PROGRAM COORDINATING OFFICE)

Subject: Transforming the ARB Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Development Program
(AREDP) Office to National ARCCESS Program Coordinating Office (NAPCO)
and Installing ARCCESS Implementing Structure at All Levels
NLSF - (National Livelihood Support Fund)

Subject: Decentralized Implementation of the DAR-NLSF Livelihood Credit
Assistance Program (LCAP)

Subject: Revised Implementing Policies and Guidelines for the Joint DAR-ETF
Livelihood Credit Assistance Program
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PBD ACCOMPLISHMENT, Submission of Support Lists for
M.C. No. 07 April 01, 2009

Subject: Addendum to M.C. No. 12, Series of 2008, on the Submission of Support
Lists for PBD Accomplishment
M.C. No. 12, Series of 2008

Subject: Submission of Support Lists on Program Beneficiary Development (PBD) Accomplishment
PBD DIRECTIVES
M.C. No. 01 - January 28, 2000

Subject: Program Beneficiaries Development Directives for CY 2000
PBD PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT FUND
M.C. No. 04 May 18, 2011

Subject: Implementing Guidelines to Access Funds, Implement and Monitor
Projects Under the DAR-PBD Partnership Support Fund
PEASANT FUND, Availment of

M.C. No. 11 - June 14, 1999
Subject: Amendment on the Memorandum Circular No. 15, Series of 1997
Re: Availment of Peasant Fund
M.C. No. 15 - April 02, 1997

Subject: Availment of Peasant Fund Per AO No. 1, S. 97
M.C. No. 3 - April 18, 1996

Subject: Availment of Peasant Fund Per AO No. 7, S. 95
PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES DEVELOPMENT (Credit Assistance)
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Subject: Amendment of the Joint DAR-LANDBANK Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 07,
Series of 2006: Guidelines in the Implementation of Credit Assistance Program
for Program Beneficiaries Development Window III (CAP-PBD) WINDOW III

Subject: Guidelines in the Implementation of Credit Assistance Program for Program
Beneficiaries Development Window III (CAP-PBD WINDOW III)

Subject: Revised Implementing Policies and Guidelines for the Joint DAR-ETF
Livelihood Credit Assistance Program
Joint DAR-LBP M.C. No. 04 - March 24, 2000

Subject: Re-Availment of Loans Granted Under the Credit Assistance Program for Program
Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD)
M.C. No. 01 - January 28, 2000

Subject: Program Beneficiaries Development Directives for CY 2000

Subject: Restructuring and/or Refinancing of Loans Granted Under the Credit Assistance
Program for Program Beneficiaries Development

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines on the DAR-LBP Joint Financing for Rubber Replanting
Under the Credit Assistance Program for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD)
M.C. No. 7 - March 25, 1998

Subject: LBP-DAR Joint Financing for Rubber Replanting Under the Credit Assistance

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines on the Implementation of Credit Assistance Program
for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD)
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M.C. No. 21 - August 23, 1995

Subject: Creation of the PBD Coordinating Unit under the Office of the Undersecretary for
Field Operation/Support Services and the Operationalization of the PBD/SS Management Team
RUBBER PLANTATIONS

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines on the DAR-LBP Joint Financing for Rubber Replanting
Under the Credit Assistance Program for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD)
RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Subject: Intensified Rural Development Through Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) Connectivity
M.C. No. 06 May 20, 2003

Subject: Creation of the Center for Agrarian Reform Enterprise and Rural Development (CARE-RD)
SARC (SPECIAL ARCs), Identification/Selection/Confirmation of

Subject: Guidelines Governing the Identification/Selection/ Confirmation of Special Agrarian
Reform Communities (SARCs)
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOCAL CAPABILITY BUILDING (ARBs)
M.C. No. 19 - November 3, 1999

Subject: Social Infrastructure and Local Capability Building (ARBs) Framework for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
SUPPORT SERVICES DELIVERY
M.C. No. 04 May 18, 2011
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Subject: Implementing Guidelines to Access Funds, Implement and Monitor Projects Under the
DAR-PBD Partnership Support Fund

Memorandum of the Secretary No. 292 - October 14, 2010

Subject: LTI/PBD Integration Strategic Focus and Imperatives on Support
Services Delivery for 2011
A.O. No. 03 June 24, 2010 (Effectivity Date July 12, 2010)
Subject: IRR on the Provisions of Agricultural Support to and Liberalization of Access to
Credit of ARBs under R.A. No. 9700

Subject: IRR on Support Services Delivery Under R.A. No. 9700
M.C. No. 13 - July 18, 1996

Subject: Strategic Direction of Support Services
SURVEY SERVICES, Requisition, Approval and Monitoring of

M.C. No. 1 - January 4, 2008
Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures on Requisition, Approval and Monitoring of Survey Services
TESDA (Livelihood and Enterprise Assistance Program)
Joint DAR-TESDA M.C. No. 12 June 13, 2004

Subject : Implementing Guidelines on the DAR-TESDA Livelihood and Enterprise
Assistance Program in Agrarian Reform Areas (LEAP in ARAs)
TRAINING, Conduct of
M.C. No. 06 April 02, 2009
Subject: Amendment in the Conduct of Training and Other Human Resource Development-Related Activities for the Central and
Field Offices
WB-ARCDP SUB-PROJECTS
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M.C. No. 20 - November 18, 1999
Subject: General Guidelines on the Use of Stabilizer Materials in WB-ARCDP Sub-Projects
Section 37-A. Equal Support Services for Rural Women. - Support services shall be extended equally to women and men
agrarian reform beneficiaries.
The PARC shall ensure that these support services, as provided for in this Act, integrate the specific needs and well-being of
women farmer- beneficiaries taking into account the specific requirements of female family members of farmer- beneficiaries.
The PARC shall also ensure that rural women will be able to participate in all community activities. To this effect, rural women are
entitled to self-organization in order to obtain equal access to economic opportunities and to have access to agricultural credit and
loans, marketing facilities and technology, and other support services, and equal treatment in land reform and resettlement
schemes.
The DAR shall establish and maintain a women's desk, which will be primarily responsible for formulating and implementing
programs and activities related to the protection and promotion of women's rights, as well as providing an avenue where women
can register their complaints and grievances principally related t o their rural activities. (as amended by Section 15, RA 9700)
WOMEN/WOMENS DESK/GENDER EQUALITY/NON-GENDER BIAS
M.C. No. 05 March 26, 2009

Subject: Addendum to Memorandum Circular No. 03 Dated February 27, 2009
Re: Re-Constitution and Strengthening of the Gender and Development (GAD)
Focal Points

Subject: Addendum to Memorandum Circular No. 02 Dated January 16, 2008 Reconstitution
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M.C. No. 02 January 16, 2008
M.C. No. 01 April 11, 2005

M.C. No. 05 - January 24, 2001


Gen. M.C. No. 01 June 14, 1999

Patents/Certificates of Land Ownership Award (EPs/CLOAs) to Qualified Agrarian
Reform Beneficiaries and their Spouses Pursuant to R.A. No. 7192
M. C. No. 04 - August 27, 1992

Subject: Defining the DAR Policy/Program Framework in the Recognition of the Role of
Women on Development and in Addressing their Concerns: Implementing Rules and
Regulations to Build Mechanisms to Integrate Women and Pursue a Non-bias Gender
Consciousness Implementation for CARP
R.A. 7192 - February 12, 1992

Subject: An Act Promoting the Integration of Women as Full and Equal Partners of Men
in Development and Nation Building and for Other Purposes
Section 38. Support Services to Landowners. The Section 38. Support Services for Landowners. The
PARC with the assistance of such other government agencies PARC, with the assistance of such other government agencies
and instrumentalities as it may direct, shall provide landowners and instrumentalities as it may direct, shall provide landowners
affected by the CARP and prior agrarian reform programs with affected by the CARP and prior agrarian reform programs with
the following services: the following services:
(a) Investment information financial and counseling (a) Investment information, financial and counseling
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assistance; assistance, particularly investment information on
government-owned and/or -controlled corporations and
disposable assets of the government in pursuit of national
industrialization and economic independence:
(b) Facilities, programs and schemes for the conversion or

exchange of bonds issued for payment of the lands acquired
with stocks and bonds issued by the National
Government, the BSPand other government institutions and
(b) Facilities, programs and schemes for the conversion or
instrumentalities;
exchange of bonds issued for payment of the lands acquired
with stocks and bonds issued by the National Government,
the Central Bank and other government institutions and (c) Marketing of agrarian reform bonds, as well as
instrumentalities; promoting the marketability of said bonds in traditional and
non-traditional financial markets and stock
exchanges: and/or
(c) Marketing of LBP bonds, as well as promoting the
marketability of said bonds in traditional and non-traditional
financial markets and stock exchanges; and (d) Other services designed to utilize productively the
proceeds of the sale of such lands for rural industrialization.
(d) Other services designed to utilize productively the
proceeds of the sale of such lands for rural industrialization. A landowner who invests in rural-based industries shall be
entitled to the incentives granted to a registered enterprise
engaged in a pioneer or preferred area of investment as
A landowner who invests in rural-based industries shall be
provided for in the Omnibus Investment Code of 1987, or to
entitled to the incentives granted to a registered enterprise
such other incentives as the PARC, the LBP, or other
engaged in a pioneer or preferred area of investment as
government financial institutions shall provide.
provided for in the Omnibus Investment Code of 1987, or to
such other incentives as the PARC, the LBP, or other
government financial institutions may provide. The LBP shall redeem a landowner's agrarian reform bonds at
face value as an incentive: Provided, That at least fifty
percent (50%) of the proceeds thereof shall be invested in a
The LBP shall redeem a landowner's LBP bonds at face value,
Board of Investments (BOI)-registered company or in any agri-
provided that the proceeds thereof shall be invested in a BOI-
business or agro-industrial enterprise in the region where the
registered company or in any agri-business or agro-industrial
CARP-covered landholding is located. An additional incentive of
enterprise in the region where the landowner has previously
two percent (2%) in cash shall be paid to a landowner who
made investments, to the extent of thirty percent (30%) of the
maintains his/her enterprise as a going concern for five (5)
face value of said LBP bonds, subject to guidelines that shall
years or keeps his/her investments in a BOI- registered firm for
be issued by the LBP.
the same period: Provided, further, That the rights of the
agrarian reform beneficiaries are not, in any way, prejudiced or
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impaired thereby.
The DAR, the LBP and the Department of Trade and Industry
shall jointly formulate the program to carry out these
provisions under the supervision of the PARC: Provided, That
in no case shall the landowners' sex, economic, religious,
social, cultural and political attributes exclude them from
accessing these support services. (as amended Section 16,
RA 9700)
Section 39. Land Consolidation.
The DAR shall carry out land consolidation projects to promote equal distribution of landholdings, to provide the needed
infrastructures in agriculture, and to conserve soil fertility and prevent erosion.
CHAPTER X
Special Areas of Concern
Section 40. Special Areas of Concern.
As an integral part of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, the following principles in these special areas of concern shall
be observed:
(1) Subsistence Fishing. Small fisherfolk, including seaweed farmers, shall be assured of greater access to the
utilization of water resources.
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(2) Logging and Mining Concessions. Subject to the requirement of a balanced ecology and conservation of water
resources, suitable areas, as determined by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in logging,
mining and pasture areas, shall be opened up for agrarian settlements whose beneficiaries shall be required to undertake
reforestation and conservation production methods. Subject to existing laws, rules and regulations, settlers and members
of tribal communities shall be allowed to enjoy and exploit the products of the forest other than timer within the logging
concessions.
(3) Sparsely Occupied Public Agricultural Lands. Sparsely occupied agricultural lands of the public domain shall be
surveyed, proclaimed and developed as farm settlements for qualified landless people based on an organized program to
ensure their orderly and early development.
Agricultural land allocations shall be made for ideal family-size farms as determined by the PARC. Pioneers and other
settlers shall be treated equally in every respect.
Subject to the prior rights of qualified beneficiaries, uncultivated lands of the public domain shall be made available on a
lease basis to interested and qualified parties. Parties who will engaged in the development of capital-intensive,
traditional or pioneering crops shall be given priority.
The lease period, which shall not be more than a total of fifty (50) years, shall be proportionate to the amount of
investment and production goals of the lessee. A system of evaluation and audit shall be instituted.
(4) Idle, Abandoned, Foreclosed and Sequestered Lands. Idle, abandoned, foreclosed and sequestered lands shall be
planned for distribution as home lots and family-size farmlots to actual occupants. If land area permits, other landless
families shall be accommodated in these lands.
SEQUESTERED LANDS
Subject: Acquisition/Distribution of All Agricultural Lands Subject of Sequestration/Acquisition
by the PCGG & APT Whose Ownership is Under Court Litigation
(5) Rural Women. All qualified women members of the agricultural labor force must be guaranteed and assured equal right to
ownership of the land, equal shares of the farm's produce, and representation in advisory or appropriate decision-making bodies.
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WOMEN (Rights, Womens Desk, Non-Gender Bias and GAD)
M.C. No. 05 March 26, 2009

Subject: Addendum to Memorandum Circular No. 03 Dated February 27, 2009 Re: Re-Constitution

M.C. No. 02 January 16, 2008

M.C. No. 01 April 11, 2005

M.C. No. 05 - January 24, 2001


Subject: Guidelines Governing the Non-Gender Biased Implementation of Agrarian Laws (January 9, 2001)
Gen. M.C. No. 01 June 14, 1999

Patents/Certificates of Land Ownership Award (EPs/CLOAs) to Qualified Agrarian Reform
Beneficiaries and their Spouses Pursuant to R.A. No. 7192
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M. C. No. 04 - August 27, 1992
Subject: Defining the DAR Policy/Program Framework in the Recognition of the Role of Women
on Development and in Addressing their Concerns: Implementing Rules and Regulations
to Build Mechanisms to Integrate Women and Pursue a Non-bias Gender
Consciousness Implementation for CARP
R.A. 7192 - February 12, 1992

Subject: An Act Promoting the Integration of Women as Full and Equal Partners
of Men in Development and Nation Building and for Other Purposes
(6) Veterans and Retirees. In accordance with Section 7 of Article XVI of the Constitution, landless war veterans and veterans of
military campaigns, their surviving spouse and orphans, retirees of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Integrated
National Police (INP), returnees, surrenderees, and similar beneficiaries shall be given due consideration in the disposition of
agricultural lands of the public domain.
AFP AND INP/PNP RETIREES, AWARD OF PUBLIC LANDS TO

Subject: Award of Lands of the Public Domain Under the Jurisdiction of DAR to Landless War Veterans
of Military Campaigns, Their Surviving Spouses & Orphans, AFP and INP/PNP Retirees,
Returnees, Surrenderees, Agriculture Graduates of Agricultural Schools & Other Similar Beneficiaries
RETURNEES/SURRENDEREES, Award of Public Lands to

of Military Campaigns, Their Surviving Spouses & Orphans, AFP and INP/PNP Retirees,
Returnees, Surrenderees, Agriculture Graduates of Agricultural Schools & Other Similar Beneficiaries
VETERANS (WAR), Award of Public Lands to

Subject: Award of Lands of the Public Domain Which are Under the Jurisdiction of the DAR, to
Landless War Veterans of Military Campaigns, Their Surviving Spouses and Orphans, AFP
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and INP/PNP Retirees, Returnees, Surrenderees, Agriculture Graduates of Agricultural
Schools and Other Similar Beneficiaries
(7) Agriculture Graduates. Graduates of agricultural schools who are landless shall be assisted by the government, through the
DAR, in their desire to own and till agricultural lands.
AGRICULTURAL GRADUATES, Award of Public Lands to

of Military Campaigns, Their Surviving Spouses & Orphans, AFP and INP/PNP
Retirees, Returnees, Surrenderees, Agriculture Graduates of Agricultural Schools
& Other Similar Beneficiaries
CHAPTER XI
Program Implementation
Section 41. The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council.
The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) shall be The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) shall be
composed of the President of the Philippines as Chairman, the composed of the President of the Philippines as Chairperson, the
Secretary of Agrarian Reform as Vice-Chairman and the following Secretary of Agrarian Reform as Vice-Chairperson and the
as members; Secretaries of the Departments of Agriculture; following as members: Secretaries of the Departments of
Environment and Natural Resources; Budget and Management; Agriculture; Environment and Natural Resources; Budget and
Local Government: Public Works and Highways; Trade and Management; Interior and Local Government; Public Works and
Industry; Finance; Labor and Employment; Director-General of Highways; Trade and Industry; Finance; and Labor and
the National Economic and Development Authority; President, Employment; Director-General of the National Economic and
Land Bank of the Philippines; Administrator, National Irrigation Development Authority; President, Land Bank of the Philippines;
Administration; and three (3) representatives of affected Administrator, National Irrigation
landowners to represent Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao; six (6) Administration; Administrator, Land Registration Authority;
representatives of agrarian reform beneficiaries, two (2) each and six (6) representatives of affected landowners to
from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, provided that one of them represent Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao; six (6)
shall be from the cultural communities. representatives of agrarian reform beneficiaries, two (2)
each from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao: Provided, That
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at least one (1) of them shall be from the indigenous
peoples: Provided, further, That at least one (1)of them
shall come from a duly recognized national organization
of rural women or a national organization of agrarian
reform beneficiaries with a substantial number of women
members: Provided, finally, That at least twenty percent
(20%) of the members of the PARC shall be women but
in no case shall they be less than two (2). (as amended
Section 42. Executive Committee.
There shall be an Executive Committee (EXCOM) of the PARC composed of the Secretary of the DAR as Chairman, and such other
members as the President may designate, taking into account Article XIII, Section 5 of the Constitution. Unless otherwise directed by
PARC, the EXCOM may meet and decide on any and all matters in between meetings of the PARC: provided, however, that its
decisions must be reported to the PARC immediately and not later than the next meeting.
Section 43. Secretariat.
A PARC Secretariat is hereby established to provide general support and coordinative services such as inter-agency linkages; program
and project appraisal and evaluation and general operations monitoring for the PARC.
The Secretariat shall be headed by the Secretary of Agrarian Reform who shall be assisted by an Undersecretary and supported by a
staff whose composition shall be determined by the PARC Executive Committee and whose compensation shall be chargeable against
the Agrarian Reform Fund. All officers and employees of the Secretariat shall be appointed by the Secretary of Agrarian Reform.
Section 44. Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM).
A Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee A Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee is hereby
(PARCCOM) is hereby created in each province, composed of a created in each province, composed of a Chairman, who shall be
Chairman, who shall be appointed by the President upon the appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the
recommendation of the EXCOM, the Provincial Agrarian Reform EXCOM, the Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer as Executive
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Officer as Executive Officer, and one representative each from Officer, and one (1) representative each from the Departments
the Departments of Agriculture, and of Environment and Natural of Agriculture, and of Environment and Natural Resources and
Resources and from the LBP, one representative each from from the LBP; one (1) representative each from existing farmers'
existing farmers' organizations, agricultural cooperatives and organizations, agricultural cooperatives and non-governmental
non-governmental organizations in the province; two organizations in the province; two (2) representatives from
representatives from landowners, at least one of whom shall be landowners, at least one (1) of whom shall be a producer
a producer representing the principal crop of the province, and representing the principal crop of the province, and two (2)
two representatives from farmer and farmworker-beneficiaries, representatives from farmer and farmworker or beneficiaries, at
at least one of whom shall be a farmer or farmworker least one (1) of whom shall be a farmer or farmworker
representing the principal crop of the province, as members: representing the principal crop of the province, as
provided, that in areas where there are cultural communities, the members: Provided, That in areas where there are cultural
latter shall likewise have one representative. communities, the latter shall likewise have one (1)
representative.
The PARCCOM shall coordinate and monitor the implementation

of the CARP in the province. It shall provide information on the
provisions of the CARP, guidelines issued by the PARC and on
the progress of the CARP in the province. The PARCCOM shall coordinate and monitor the implementation
of the CARP in the province. It shall provide information on the
provisions of the CARP, guidelines issued by the PARC and on the
progress of the CARP, in the province; in addition, it shall:
(a) Recommend to the PARC the following:
(1) Market prices to be used in the determination of the profit

sharing obligation of agricultural entities in the province;
(2) Adoption of the direct payment scheme between the
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landowner and the farmer and/or farmworker beneficiary:
Provided, that the amount and terms of payment are not more
burdensome to the agrarian reform beneficiary than under the
compulsory coverage provision of the CARL: Provided, further,
That the agrarian reform beneficiary agrees to the amount and
terms of payment: Provided, furthermore,That the DAR shall act
as mediator in cases of disagreement between the landowner
and the farmer and/or farmworker beneficiary; Provided, finally,
That the farmer and/or farmer beneficiary shall be eligible to
borrow from the LBP an amount equal to eighty-five percent
(85%) of the selling price of the land that they have acquired;
(3) Continuous processing of applications for lease back

arrangements, joint-venture agreements and other schemes that
will optimize the operating size for agricultural production and
also promote both security of tenure and security of income to
farmer beneficiaries: Provided, That lease back arrangements
should be the last resort. (as amended by Section 3, RA
7905)

PARC Executive Committee M.C. No. 01 - August 30, 2000
Subject: Designating PARCCOM Representatives as One of the Signatories on the Final Inspection
Team Report Prior to Turn-Over of Completed CARP-Funded Projects

Subject: Strengthening the Implementation of the CARP Pursuant to RA 7905 Amending Certain
Provisions of RA 6657 and Other Pertinent Laws
R.A. No. 7905 - February 23, 1995

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PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM COORDINATING COMMITTEE (PARCCOM)
PARC Executive Committee M.C. No. 01 - August 30, 2000
Subject: Designating PARCCOM Representatives as One of the Signatories on the Final Inspection
Team Report Prior to Turn-Over of Completed CARP-Funded Projects
A.O. No. 6 - June 15, 1995 (Effectivity Date July 2, 1995)

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to AO No. 7, S. 94, Re: New Implementing Guidelines Strengthening the
Formation, Organization and Operation of the PARCCOM
M.C. No. 16 - July 04, 1995

Subject: Financial Support for the PARCCOM Operations
M.C. No. 14 - June 20, 1995

Subject: Operationalizing/Strengthening the Operations of the PARCCOM Nationwide
Subject: New Guidelines Strengthening the Formation, Organization and Operation of the PARCCOM
Subject: Organization of the PARCCOM and the BARC
Section 45. Province-by-Province Implementation.
The PARC shall provide the guidelines for a province-by-province The PARC shall provide the guidelines for the province-by-
implementation of the CARP. The ten-year program of province implementation of the CARP, taking into account the
distribution of public and private lands in each province shall be peculiarities and needs of each place, kind of crops needed or
adjusted from year to year by the province's PARCCOM in suited, land distribution workload, beneficiaries development
accordance with the level of operations previously established activities and other factors prevalent or obtaining in the area. In
by the PARC, in every case ensuring that support services are all cases, the implementing agencies at the provincial level shall
available or have been programmed before actual distribution is promote the development of identified ARCs without neglecting
effected. the needs and problems of other beneficiaries.
The ten-year program of distribution of public and private land
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in each province shall be adjusted from year to year by the
province's PARCCOM in accordance with the level of operations
previously established by the PARC, in every case ensuring that
support services are available or have been programmed before
actual distribution is effected. (as amended by Section 4, RA
7905)

Subject: Strengthening the Implementation of the CARP Pursuant to RA 7905 Amending Certain Provisions
of RA 6657 and Other Pertinent Laws
R.A. No. 7905 - February 23, 1995

Section 46. Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (BARC).
Unless otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of Executive Order No. 229 regarding the organization of the Barangay Agrarian
Reform Committee (BARC) shall be in effect.
BARANGAY AGRARIAN REFORM COMMITTEE (BARC)
M.C. No. 05 Series of 2010

Subject: Updated Guidelines on Formation, Organization, Operationalization and Strengthening of Barangay
Agrarian Reform Council (BARC)
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A.O. No. 14 - August 03, 1990

Subject: Formation, Organization & Operation of the BARC
BARC, Philhealth Coverage for Members of

Subject: Prioritizing PhilHealth Coverage for Members of the Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee (BARC)
Section 47. Functions of the BARC.
In addition to those provided in Executive Order No. 229, the BARC shall have the following functions:
(a) Mediate and conciliate between parties involved in an agrarian dispute including matters related to tenurial and financial
arrangements;
(b) Assist in the identification of qualified beneficiaries and landowners within the barangay;
(c) Attest to the accuracy of the initial parcellary mapping of the beneficiary's tillage;
(d) Assist qualified beneficiaries in obtaining credit from lending institutions;
(e) Assist in the initial determination of the value of the land;
(f) Assist the DAR representatives in the preparation of periodic reports on the CARP implementation for submission to the
DAR;
(g) Coordinate the delivery of support services to beneficiaries; and
(h) Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the DAR.
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(2) The BARC shall endeavor to mediate, conciliate and settle agrarian disputes lodged before it within thirty (30) days from its taking
cognizance thereof. If after the lapse of the thirty day period, it is unable to settle the dispute, it shall issue a certificate of its
proceedings and shall furnish a copy thereof upon the parties within seven (7) days after the expiration of the thirty-day period.
AGRARIAN DISPUTES
DAR A.O. No. 8 - August 30, 1994 (Effectivity Date September 17, 1994)
BARANGAY AGRARIAN REFORM COMMITTEE (BARC)

M.C. No. 05 Series of 2010 (Effectivity Date March 24, 2010)
Subject: Updated Guidelines on Formation, Organization, Operationalization and Strengthening of
Barangay Agrarian Reform Council (BARC)
A.O. No. 14 - August 03, 1990

Subject: Formation, Organization & Operation of the BARC
MEDIATION/CONCILIATION
Subject: Conciliation of Agrarian Disputes by the BARC
Section 48. Legal Assistance.
The BARC or any member thereof may, whenever necessary in the exercise of any of its functions hereunder, seek the legal
assistance of the DAR and the provincial, city, or municipal government.
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AUTHORITY OF DAR LAWYERS
DAR M.C. No. 9 - May 26, 1994
Subject: Authority of DAR Lawyers to Appear as Counsel for the DAR Secretary or Other DAR
Officials Who May Be Sued in Their Official Capacity
Administrative Code of 1987 (Executive Order No. 292)

Subject: Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance (BALA) no. 8, Section 13, Chapter 4 of Title XI
LEGAL ASSISTANCE, DAR MANUAL ON
Subject: DAR Manual on Legal Assistance
Section 49. Rules and Regulations.
The PARC and the DAR shall have the power to issue rules and regulations, whether substantive or procedural, to carry out the
objects and purposes of this Act. Said rules shall take effect ten (10) days after publication in two (2) national newspapers of general
circulation.
ALI RULES (Rules on Agrarian Law Implementation Cases)
Subject: 2003 Rules for Agrarian Law Implementation Cases
APPEAL PROCESS (RD to the Secretary)
137
Subject: Authorizing RDs to Hear or Decide Protests Involving Coverage Under
RA 6657/PD 27 & Defining the Appeal Process from the RDs to the Secretary
AUTHORITY OF REGIONAL DIRECTORS

M.C. No. 14 August 29, 2003
Subject: Amending Memorandum Circular No. 9, Series of 1997 as Amended by
MC No. 6, Series of 1998, Restoring the Authority to Approve/Disapprove/Act
on Protest Cases of Regional Directors (RDs) in Certain Provinces in Region IV Granted
Under Administrative Order No. 9, 10 and 12, Series of 1994 and
Administrative Order No. 5, Series of 1992
M.C. No. 11 - July 22, 1998

Subject: Amendment to M.C. No. 9, S. 1997 Entitled: Recalling the Authority
to Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of Regional Directors (RDs) in Certain
Provinces in Regions III and IV Granted Under A.O. Nos. 9,10
and 12, S. 1994 and A.O. No. 5, Series of 1992
M.C. No. 6 - March 11, 1998

M.C. No. 18 - May 07, 1997

Subject: Amending Certain Provisions in MC No. 9, S. 1997
M.C. No. 9 - March 13, 1997

Subject: Recalling the Authority to Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of RDs in Certain
Provinces in Regions III & IV Per AOs 9,10, and 12 S. 94 & AO 5, S. 1992
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Subject: Amending AO 13, S. 1990: Rules and Procedures Governing Exemption of Lands
from CARP Under Sec. 10 of RA 6657, to Authorize All RDs to
Hear & Decide Application for Exemption
Subject: Authorizing All RDs to Hear & Decide All Protests Involving Coverage Under
RA 6657 or PD 27 and Defining the Process from the RDs to the Secretary
A.O. 14 - October 28, 1988

Subject: Authorizing the Heirs of Deceased Beneficiary to Acquire and Register in the
Name of the Heirs Lands Acquired Under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
M.C. No. 5 - May 21, 1987

Subject: Authorizing Regional Offices to Hear/Investigate and Resolve Cases
Ministry M.C. No. 5 - August 19, 1984

Subject: Authorizing all MAR RDs to Confirm and/or Designate the Successor of
a Deceased Farmer-Beneficiary
Ministry M.C. No. 19 - September 12, 1978

Subject: Death of a Tenant-Beneficiary
CONFIDENTIALITY (Inter-Office Communications)/RIGHT TO INFORMATION

M.C. No. 07 July 19, 2011
Subject: Adopting and Implementing the Right to Information with Respect to the
Quasi-Judicial and Disciplinary Functions of the Department of Agrarian Reform
and Providing the Guidelines Therefor
M.C. No. 10 December 19, 2007 (Effectivity Date January 7, 2008) Sections 10 to 14
Subject: Code of Conduct for the Officials and Employees of DAR
M.C. No. 25 - October 23, 1995

Subject: Measures to Uphold the Integrity and Confidentiality of Inter-Office
Communications Involving AR Law Implementation and Personnel Discipline
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DOCKETING
M.C. No. 5 - April 03, 1995
Subject: Rules on the Docketing of Agrarian Law Implementation and Personnel Discipline Cases
DOCKETING OF ALI AND PERSONNEL DISCIPLINE CASES
M.C. No. 21 October 25, 2004

Subject: Revision of MC No. 11, Series of 2004, Re: Release of Decisions, Resolutions,
or Orders in Agrarian Law Implementation Cases and Personnel Discipline Cases
M.C. No. 11 June 18, 2004

Subject: Release of DAR Central Office Decisions, Resolutions, or Orders in Agrarian
Law Implementation Cases and Personnel Discipline Cases
M.C. No. 5 - April 03, 1995

Subject: Rules on the Docketing of Agrarian Law Implementation and Personnel Discipline Cases
FEES AND CHARGES
M.C. No. 02 March 25, 2011 (Effectivity Date April 10, 2011)
Subject: Revised Rates of Fees and Charges
M.C. No. 15 - December 21, 2000 (Effectivity Date December 31, 2000)
M.C. No. 10 - May 18, 2000
MAR M.C. No. 12 - August 22, 1983
Subject: 1983 MAR Revised Rates of Fees and Charges
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FLASHPOINT CASES
M.C. No. 13 - March 31, 1997
Subject: Providing Mechanism for the Resolution of Flashpoint Cases
LEGAL OPINION
M.C. No. 10 - March 13, 1997
Subject: Guidelines on the Rendition of Legal Opinions
OPEN DOOR POLICY/TRANSPARENCY
M.C. No. 04 March 03, 2004

Subject: Adopting and Directing an Open Door Policy and Planning Implementing Accessibility
and Transparency in the Department of Agrarian Reform
POLICY FORMULATION PROCESS, Institutionalizing the
M.C. No. 14 July 30, 2004

Subject: Institutionalizing the Policy Formulation Process and Delineating the Responsibilities,
Scope of Work and Accountability of Concerned Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
Units Involved In Policy Formulation, and Providing for the Procedures and
Systems for the Approval of Policy Issuances
PROTEST CASES
M.C. No. 10 June 15, 2004 (Effectivity Date June 25, 2004)
Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on Non-Acceptance of Application for Exemption,
Exclusion, Protest, Opposition or Petition for Lifting of CARP Coverage
M.C. No. 14 August 29, 2003

Subject: Amending M.C. No. 9, Series of 1997 as Amended by MC No. 6, Series of 1998,
Restoring the Authority to Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of Regional
Directors (RDs) in Certain Provinces in Region IV Granted Under A.O. Nos. 9, 10 and 12,
Series of 1994 and A.O. No. 5, Series of 1992 [Amending M.C. No. 9, Series of 1997,
as amended by M.C. No. 6, Series of 1998]
M.C. No. 11 - July 22, 1998
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Provinces in Regions III and IV Granted Under A.O. Nos. 9,10 and
12, S. 1994 and A.O. No. 5, Series of 1992
M.C. No. 6 - March 11, 1998

Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of RDs in Certain Provinces in Regions
III and IV Granted under AO No. 9 & 12, S. 1994 and AO No. 5, S. 1992
M.C. No. 18 - May 07, 1997

Subject: Clarifying the Internal Rules of Procedure of MC No. 9, S. 97, Amending Certain Provisions
M.C. No. 9 - March 13, 1997

Subject: Recalling the Authority to Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of RDs in Regions
III & Granted Under AO Nos. 9,10 & 12, S. 94 and AO 5, S. 1992
Subject: Authorizing All RDs to Hear & Decide All Protests Involving Coverage Under RA 6657
or PD 27 and Defining the Process from the RDs to the Secretary
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND COMPLAINTS UNIT (PACU)

A.O. No. 8 - April 26, 1989
Subject: Creation of a PACU in the DAR
RECONSTITUTION OF TITLES
M.C. No. 5 - April 11, 1994 (Effectivity Date April 22, 1994)
Subject: Guidelines on the Reconstitution of Lost or Destroyed Original Copies of Certificates
of Title to be Initiated by the DAR Provincial Office
R.A. 6732 - July 17, 1989

Subject: An Act Allowing Administrative Reconstitution of Original Copies of Certificates
of Titles Lost or Destroyed Due to Fire, Flood and Other Force Majeure, Amending
for the Purpose Section One Hundred Ten of Presidential Decree Numbered Fifteen
Twenty-Nine and Section Five of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Six
LRA Circular No. 13 - July 26, 1989
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Subject: Administrative Reconstitution of Original Copies of Lost or Destroyed Certificate
of Title Pursuant to R.A. 6732
LRA Circular No. 35 June 13, 1983

Subject: Supplemental Rules and Regulations Governing the Reconstitution of Lost or
Destroyed Land Certificates of Title
R.A. No. 26 - September 25, 1946

Subject: An Act Providing a Special Procedure for the Reconstitution of Torrens
Certificates of Title Lost of Destroyed
P.D. 1529 - Property Registration Decree
RECONVEYANCE (Found to be Outside CARP Coverage)

Subject: Amending DAR Administrative Order No. 9, Series of 1997, Revised Rules
and Regulations on A.O. No. 3, Series of 1996, Re: Reconveyance of Properties Turned
Over to DAR Pursuant to E.O. No. 407, as Amended, and Lands Voluntarily Offered Under
Section 19 of R.A. No. 6657 But Found to be Outside the Coverage of CARP
Subject: Revision on A. O. No. 3, S. 1996, Re: Reconveyance of Properties
Turned-Over to DAR Pursuant to EO 407, as Amended
Subject: Reconveyance of Properties Turned-Over to DAR Pursuant to EO No. 407/448 and
Lands Voluntarily Offered Under Sec. 19 of RA 6657 but Found to
be Outside the Coverage of CARP
REGIONAL DIRECTORS, Authority of (RDs)

Subject: Agrarian Law Implementation (ALI) Cases [Modifies
and Repeals DAR A.O. No. 6, Series of 2000]
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M.C. No. 11 - July 22, 1998
Provinces in Regions III and IV Granted Under A.O. Nos. 9,10
and 12, S. 1994 and A.O. No. 5, Series of 1992
M.C. No. 6 - March 11, 1998

Subject: Amendment to M.C. No. 9, S. 1997 Entitled: Recalling the Authority
to Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of Regional Directors (RDs) in Certain
M.C. No. 18 - May 07, 1997

Subject: Amending Certain Provisions in MC No. 9, S. 1997
M. C. No. 9 - March 13, 1997

Subject: Recalling the Authority to Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of RDs in
Certain Provinces in Regions III & IV Per AOs 9,10, and 12 S. 94 & AO 5, S. 1992
Subject: Amending AO 13, S. 1990: Rules and Procedures Governing Exemption of Lands
from CARP Under Sec. 10 of RA 6657, to Authorize All RDs to Hear &
Decide Application for Exemption
Subject: Authorizing All RDs to Hear & Decide All Protests Involving Coverage Under
RA 6657 or PD 27 and Defining the Process from the RDs to the Secretary
M.C. No. 2 - July 15, 1992

Subject: RDs Have no Supervision and Control Over the PARADs and RARADs
A.O. 14 - October 28, 1988

Subject: Authorizing the Heirs of Deceased Beneficiary to Acquire and Register in the
Name of the Heirs Lands Acquired Under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
M.C. No. 5 - May 21, 1987
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Subject: Authorizing Regional Offices to Hear/Investigate and Resolve Cases
Ministry M.C. No. 5 - August 19, 1984

Subject: Authorizing All MAR RDs to Confirm and/or Designate the Successor of a
Deceased Farmer-Beneficiary
Ministry M.C. No. 19 - September 12, 1978

Subject: Death of a Tenant-Beneficiary
SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF THE AGRARIAN LAWS

M.C. No. 3 - July 24, 1992
Subject: Lecture on the Substantive and Procedural Aspects of the Agrarian Laws, Including the CARL
CHAPTER XII
Administrative Adjudication
Section 50. Quasi-Judicial Powers of the DAR.
The DAR is hereby vested with the primary jurisdiction to The DAR is hereby vested with primary jurisdiction to determine
determine and adjudicate agrarian reform matters and shall and adjudicate agrarian reform matters and shall have exclusive
have exclusive original jurisdiction over all matters involving the original jurisdiction over all matters involving the implementation
implementation of agrarian reform except those falling under of agrarian reform, except those falling under the exclusive
the exclusive jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture (DA) jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the DENR.
and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR).
It shall not be bound by technical rules of procedure and

It shall not be bound by technical rules of procedure and evidence but shall proceed to hear and decide all cases, disputes
evidence but shall proceed to hear and decide all cases, disputes or controversies in a most expeditious manner, employing all
or controversies in a most expeditious manner, employing all reasonable means to ascertain the facts of every case in
reasonable means to ascertain the facts of every case in accordance with justice and equity and the merits of the case.
accordance with justice and equity and the merits of the case. Toward this end, it shall adopt a uniform rule of procedure to
Toward this end, it shall adopt a uniform rule of procedure to achieve a just, expeditious and inexpensive determination of
achieve a just, expeditious and inexpensive determination for every action or proceeding before it.
every action or proceeding before it.
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It shall have the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, It shall have the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths,
take testimony, require submission of reports, compel the take testimony, require submission of reports, compel the
production of books and documents and answers to production of books and documents and answers to
interrogatories and issue subpoena, and subpoena duces tecum, interrogatories and issuesubpoena, and subpoena duces
and enforce its writs through sheriffs or other duly deputized tecum and to enforce its writs through sheriffs or other duly
officers. It shall likewise have the power to punish direct and deputized officers. It shall likewise have the power to punish
indirect contempts in the same manner and subject to the same direct and indirect contempts in the same manner and subject to
penalties as provided in the Rules of Court. the same penalties as provided in the Rules of Court.
Responsible farmer leaders shall be allowed to represent Responsible farmer leaders shall be allowed to represent
themselves, their fellow farmers, or their organizations in any themselves, their fellow farmers, or their organizations in any
proceedings before the DAR: provided, however, that when proceedings before the DAR Provided, however, That when there
there are two or more representatives for any individual or are two or more representatives for any individual or group, the
group, the representatives should choose only one among representatives should choose only one among themselves to
themselves to represent such party or group before any DAR represent such party or group before any DAR proceedings.
proceedings.
Notwithstanding an appeal to the Court of Appeals, the decision

Notwithstanding an appeal to the Court of Appeals, the decision of the DAR shall be immediately executoryexcept a decision or
of the DAR shall be immediately executory. a portion thereof involving solely the issue of just
compensation. (as amended by Section 18, RA 9700)
ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS

Subject: 2011 Rules on the Administration of Oaths in Pursuance of Section 50 of R.A. No. 6657, as Amended
ALI (AGRARIAN LAW IMPLEMENTATION) CASES
146
Subject: Agrarian Law Implementation (ALI) Cases [Modifies and Repeals DAR A.O. No. 6, Series of 2000]
Subject: Agrarian Law Implementation (ALI) Cases [Modifies or Repeals DAR A.O. No. 9, Series of 1994]
DARAB Rules
2009 Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) Rules of Procedure September 01, 2009
2003 Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) Rules of Procedure January 17, 2003
M.C. No. 1 - January 05, 1995

Subject: Authority of the Adjudication Board to Conduct Summary Administrative Proceedings for the
Preliminary Determination of Just Compensation
DARAB New Rules of Procedure (1994)

Subject: Signing Authority on Travel Orders of DARAB Officials and Personnel

PARALEGALS, Vital Role of Farmer
M.C. No. 15 August 6, 2004

Subject: Reaffirming the Vital Roles of Farmer-Paralegals in Facilitating the Delivery of Agrarian
Justice and Providing for the Creation of Agrarian Justice Paralegal Support Fund
SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
M.C. No. 1 - January 5, 1995

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Subject: Amendment to AO No. 8, s. 1991: Amendments to AO No. 2, Series of 1991, on Summary
A.O. No. 8 - July 31, 1991

Subject: Amendments to AO No. 2, Series of 1991, Entitled Rules and Regulations on Summary

A.O. No. 13 - November 08, 1989

Section 50-A. Exclusive Jurisdiction on Agrarian Dispute. - No court or prosecutor's office shall take
cognizance of cases pertaining to the implementation of the CARP except those provided under Section 57 of
Republic Act No. 6657, as amended. If there is an allegation from any of the parties that the case is agrarian in
nature and one of the parties is a farmer, farmworker, or tenant, the case shall be automatically referred by the
judge or the prosecutor to the DAR which shall determine and certify within fifteen (15) days from referral
whether an agrarian dispute exists: Provided, That from the determination of the DAR, an aggrieved party shall
have judicial recourse. In cases referred by the municipal trial court and the prosecutor's office, the appeal shall
be with the proper regional trial court, and in cases referred by the regional trial court, the appeal shall be to the
Court of Appeals.
In cases where regular courts or quasi-judicial bodies have competent jurisdiction, agrarian reform beneficiaries
or identified beneficiaries and/or their associations shall have legal standing and interest to intervene concerning
their individual or collective rights and/or interests under the CARP.
The fact of non-registration of such associations with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or Cooperative
Development Authority, or any concerned government agency shall not be used against them to deny the
existence of their legal standing and interest in a case filed before such courts and quasi-judicial bodies. (as
added by Section 19, RA 9700)
REFERRAL OF OR JURISDICTION ON AGRARIAN DISPUTE
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Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations Implementing Section 19 of R.A. No. 9700 (Jurisdiction
on and Referral of Cases that are Agrarian in Nature)
DOJ Circular No. 40 June 10, 2010

Subject: Guidelines on the Investigation and Referral of Cases to the Department of Agrarian
Reform Pursuant to Section 19 of R.A. No. 9700
Supreme Court Court Administrator Circular No. 62-2010 April 28, 2010
Subject: Implementation of Sections 7 and 50-A of R.A. No. 6657, Also Known as the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, as Respectively Amended by Sections 5 and 19 of R.A. No. 9700
(An Act Strengthening the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program [CARP], Extending the
Acquisition and Distribution of All Agricultural Lands, Instituting Necessary Reforms, Amending
for the Purpose Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 6657, Otherwise Known as the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, as Amended, and Appropriating Funds Therefor)

Subject: Implementing Section 19 of R.A. No. 9700 (Jurisdiction on and Referral of Agrarian Dispute)
DOJ Circular No. 23 June 14, 2007

Subject: Preliminary Investigation of Criminal Cases Related to Agrarian Reform
CUENCA CASE, Continuation of the LAD Process Pursuant to the


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INJUNCTIONS AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS, Effect on CARP Coverage of
M.C. No. 09 - May 13, 2004

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to Memorandum Circular No. 06, Series of 2004, Providing
Legal Assistance to DAR Officials and Employees Unjustly Charged in Court or Other
Government Bodies in the Performance of Their Duties, and Creating the
Legal Support Fund for the Purpose
M.C. No. 06 March 03, 2004

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Effect of Injunctions and Temporary Restraining
Orders Issued by the Regular Courts on Acquisition and Distribution of Lands Under
the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)
JURISDICTION OF DARAB, RARAD AND PARAD

M.C. No. 1 - January 5, 1995
Subject: Authority of the Adjudication Board to Conduct Summary Administrative
Proceedings for the Preliminary Determination of Just Compensation

Section 51. Finality of Determination.
Any case or controversy before it shall be decided within thirty (30) days after it is submitted for resolution. Only one (1) motion for
reconsideration shall be allowed. Any order, ruling or decision shall be final after the lapse of fifteen (15) days from receipt of a
copy thereof.
FINALITY OF ORDERS/DECISIONS
A.O. No. 03 January 16, 2003 (Effectivity Date February 8, 2003) Sections 35 and 36
Subject: Agrarian Law Implementation (ALI) Cases [Modifies
and Repeals DAR A.O. No. 6, Series of 2000]
M.C. No. 10 - May 28, 1994

Subject: Procedure in the Issuance of Finality of Orders/Resolution of Cases Arising from
the Administrative Implementation of AR Law Issued by the Secretary
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Subject: Finality of Decisions/Orders Issued by the DAR Through the Secretary
Section 52. Frivolous Appeals.
To discourage frivolous or dilatory appeals from the decisions or orders on the local or provincial levels, the DAR may impose
reasonable penalties, including but not limited to fines or censures upon erring parties.
Section 53. Certification of the BARC.
The DAR shall not take cognizance of any agrarian dispute or controversy unless a certification from the BARC that the dispute has
been submitted to it for mediation and conciliation without any success of settlement is presented: provided, however, that if no
certification is issued by the BARC within thirty (30) days after a matter or issue is submitted to it for mediation or conciliation the case
or dispute may be brought before the PARC.
CHAPTER XIII
Judicial Review
Section 54. Certiorari.
Any decision, order, award or ruling of the DAR on any agrarian dispute or on any matter pertaining to the application, implementation,
enforcement, or interpretation of this Act and other pertinent laws on agrarian reform may be brought to the Court of Appeals by
certiorari except as otherwise provided in this Act within fifteen (15) days from the receipt of a copy thereof.
The findings of fact of the DAR shall be final and conclusive if based on substantial evidence.
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Section 55. No Restraining Order or Preliminary Injunction.
No court in the Philippines shall have jurisdiction to issue any Except for the Supreme Court, no court in the Philippines
restraining order or writ of preliminary injunction against the PARC shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or writ of
or any of its duly authorized or designated agencies in any case, preliminary injunction against the PARC, the DAR, or any of
dispute or controversy arising from, necessary to, or in connection its duly authorized or designated agencies in any case,
with the application, implementation, enforcement, or dispute or controversy arising from, necessary to, or in
interpretation of this Act and other pertinent laws on agrarian connection with the application, implementation, enforcement,
reform. or interpretation of this Act and other pertinent laws on
agrarian reform. (as amended bySection 20, RA 9700)

Subject: Supplemental/Clarificatory Guidelines on DAR Memorandum Circular No. 2, Series of 2005
(Full Implementation and Continuation of the Land Acquisition and Distribution Process Pursuant
to the Provisions of DAR Memorandum Circular Nos. 6 and 9, Series of 2004 and the
Supreme Court Ruling in the Cuenca Case)

M.C. No. 09 - May 13, 2004

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to Memorandum Circular No. 06, Series of 2004, Providing
Legal Assistance to DAR Officials and Employees Unjustly Charged in Court or Other
Government Bodies in the Performance of Their Duties, and Creating the Legal Support Fund for the Purpose
M.C. No. 06 March 03, 2004

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Section 56. Special Agrarian Court.
The Supreme Court shall designate at least one (1) branch of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) within each province to act as a Special
Agrarian Court.
The Supreme Court may designate more branches to constitute such additional Special Agrarian Courts as may be necessary to cope
with the number of agrarian cases in each province. In the designation, the Supreme Court shall give preference to the Regional Trial
Courts which have been assigned to handle agrarian cases or whose presiding judges were former judges of the defunct Court of
Agrarian Relations.
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) judges assigned to said courts shall exercise said special jurisdiction in addition to the regular
jurisdiction of their respective courts.
The Special Agrarian Courts shall have the powers and prerogatives inherent in or belonging to the Regional Trial Courts.
Section 57. Special Jurisdiction.
The Special Agrarian Courts shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all petitions for the determination of just compensation
to landowners, and the prosecution of all criminal offenses under this Act. The Rules of Court shall apply to all proceedings before
the Special Agrarian Courts, unless modified by this Act.
The Special Agrarian Courts shall decide all appropriate cases under their special jurisdiction within thirty (30) days from submission
of the case for decision.
Section 58. Appointment of Commissioners.
The Special Agrarian Courts, upon their own initiative or at the instance of any of the parties, may appoint one or more
commissioners to examine, investigate and ascertain facts relevant to the dispute including the valuation of properties, and to file a
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written report thereof with the court.
Section 59. Orders of the Special Agrarian Courts.
No order of the Special Agrarian Courts on any issue, question, matter or incident raised before them shall be elevated to the
appellate courts until the hearing shall have been terminated and the case decided on the merits.
Section 60. Appeals.
An appeal may be taken from the decision of the Special Agrarian Courts by filing a petition for review with the Court of Appeals
within fifteen (15) days receipt of notice of the decision; otherwise, the decision shall become final.
An appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeals, or from any order, ruling or decision of the DAR, as the case may be, shall be
by a petition for review with the Supreme Court within a non-extendible period of fifteen (15) days from receipt of a copy of said
decision.
APPEAL FEES/FEES AND CHARGES
M.C. No. 02 March 25, 2011

M.C. No. 15 - December 21, 2000 (Effectivity Date December 31, 2000)
M. C. No. 10 - May 18, 2000
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Section 61. Procedure on Review.
Review by the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, as the case may be, shall be governed by the Rules of Court. The Court of
Appeals, however, may require the parties to file simultaneous memoranda within a period of fifteen (15) days from notice, after
which the case is deemed submitted for decision.
Section 62. Preferential Attention in Courts.
All courts in the Philippines, both trial and appellate, shall give preferential attention to all cases arising from or in connection with
the implementation of the provisions of this Act.
All cases pending in court arising from or in connection with the implementation of this Act shall continue to be heard, tried and
decided into their finality, notwithstanding the expiration of the ten-year period mentioned in Section 5 hereof.
CHAPTER XIV
Financing
Section 63. Funding Source.
The initial amount needed to The amount needed to implement this The amount needed to further
implement this Act for the period of Act until the year 2008 shall be funded implement the CARP as provided in
ten (10) years upon approval hereof from the Agrarian Reform Fund. this Act, until June 30, 2014, upon
shall be funded from the Agrarian expiration of funding under Republic
Reform Fund created under Sections Act No. 8532 and other pertinent
20 and 21 of Executive Order No. laws,shall be funded from the Agrarian
229. Reform Fund and other funding
sources in the amount of at least
One hundred fifty billion pesos
(P150,000,000,000.00).
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Additional amounts are hereby
Additional amounts necessary for this authorized to be appropriated as and
Additional amounts are hereby purpose are hereby authorized to be when needed to augment the Agrarian
authorized to be appropriated as and appropriated in excess of the initial Reform Fund in order to fully implement
when needed to augment the funds, amounting to Fifty billion pesos the provisions of this Act during the
Agrarian Reform Fund in order to fully (P50,000,000,000.00) provided under five (5)-year extension period.
implement the provisions of this Act. Sections 20 and 21 of Executive Order
No. 229.
The additional amount hereby authorized

to be appropriated shall in no case
exceed Fifty billion pesos Sources of funding or appropriations shall
(P50,000,000,000.00). include the following:
Sources of funding or appropriations shall

include the following:
Sources of funding or appropriations
shall include the following:
(a) Proceeds of the sales of the a) Proceeds of the sales of the Assets (a) Proceeds of the sales of the
Assets Privatization Trust; Privatization Trust; Privatization and Management Office
(PMO);
(b) All receipts from assets b) All receipts from assets recovered and b)All receipts from assets recovered and
recovered and from sales of ill- from sales of ill-gotten wealth recovered from sales of ill-gotten wealth recovered
gotten wealth recovered through through the Presidential Commission on through the PCGG excluding the amount
the Presidential Commission on Good Government; appropriated for compensation to victims
Good Government; of human rights violations under the
applicable law;
(c) Proceeds of the disposition of c) Proceeds of the disposition of the (c) Proceeds of the disposition and
the properties of the Government in properties of the Government in foreign development of the properties of the
foreign countries; countries, for the specific purposes of Government in foreign countries, for the
financing production credits, specific purposes of financing production
infrastructure and other support services credits, infrastructure and other support
services required by this Act;
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required by this Act;
d) All income and collections arising from (d) All income and, collections of
the agrarian reform operations, projects whatever form and nature
and programs of CARP implementing arisingfrom the agrarian reform
agencies; operations, projects and programs of the
DARand other CARP implementing
agencies;
(d) Portion of amounts accruing to e) Portion of amounts accruing to the (e) Portion of amounts accruing to the
the Philippines from all sources of Philippines from all sources of official Philippines from all sources of official
official foreign grants and foreign aid grants and concessional foreign aid grants and concessional
concessional financing from all financing from all countries, to be used financing from all countries, to be used for
countries, to be used for the for the specific purposes of financing the specific purposes of financing
specific purposes of financing production, credits, infrastructures, and productions, credits, infrastructures, and
production credits, infrastructures, other support services required by this other support services required by this
and other support services required Act; Act;
by this Act;
f) Yearly appropriations of no less (f) Yearly appropriations of no less
than Three billion pesos than Five billion pesos
(P3,000,000,000.00) from the General (P5,000,000,000.00) from the General
Appropriations Act; Appropriations Act;
g) Other government funds not otherwise (g) Gratuitous financial assistance
appropriated. (as amended by Section from legitimate sources; and
1, RA 8532)
(e) Other government funds not (h) Other government funds not otherwise
otherwise appropriated. appropriated.
All funds appropriated to implement All funds appropriated to implement the

the provisions of this Act shall be provisions of this Act shall be considered
considered continuing continuing appropriations during the
appropriations during the period of period of its implementation: Provided,
its implementation That if the need arises, specific amounts
for bond redemptions, interest payments
and other existing obligations arising from
the implementation of the program shall
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be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act:Provided, further, That
all just compensation payments to
landowners, including execution of
judgments therefore, shall only be sourced
from the Agrarian Reform
Fund: Provided, however, That just
compensation payments that cannot be
covered within the approved annual
budget of the program shall be chargeable
against the debt service program of the
national government, or any
unprogrammed item in the General
Appropriations Act: Provided,finally, That
after the completion of the land
acquisition and distribution component of
the CARP, the yearly appropriation shall
be allocated fully to support services,
agrarian justice delivery and operational
requirements of the DAR and the other
CARP implementing agencies. (as
amended bySection 21, RA 9700)
Section 64. Financial Intermediary for the CARP.
The Land Bank of the Philippines shall be the financial intermediary for the CARP, and shall insure that the social justice objectives
of the CARP shall enjoy a preference among its priorities.
CHAPTER XV
General Provisions
Section 65. Conversion of Lands.
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After the lapse of five (5) years from its award, when the land After the lapse of five (5) years from its award, when the land
ceases to be economically feasible and sound for agricultural ceases to be economically feasible and sound for agricultural
purposes, or the locality has become urbanized and the land will purposes, or the locality has become urbanized and the land will
have a greater economic value for residential, commercial or have a greater economic value for residential, commercial or
industrial purposes, the DAR, upon application of the beneficiary industrial purposes, the DAR, upon application of the beneficiary
or the landowner, with due notice to the affected parties, and or the landowner with respect only to his/her retained area
subject to existing laws, may authorize the reclassification or which is tenanted, with due notice to the affected parties, and
conversion of the land and its disposition: provided, that the subject to existing laws, may authorize the reclassification or
beneficiary shall have fully paid his obligation. conversion of the land and its disposition: Provided, That if the
applicant is a beneficiary under agrarian laws and the land
sought to be converted is the land awarded to him/her or any
portion thereof, the applicant, after the conversion is granted,
shall invest at least ten percent (10%)of the proceeds coming
from the conversion in government securities: Provided, further,
That the applicant upon conversion shall fully pay the price of
the land:Provided, furthermore, That irrigated and irrigable
lands, shall not be subject to conversion: Provided,finally, That
the National Irrigation Administration shall submit a consolidated
data on the location nationwide of all irrigable lands within one
(1)year from the effectivity of this Act.
Failure to implement the conversion plan within five (5) years

from the approval of such conversion plan or any violation of the
conditions of the conversion order due to the fault of the
applicant shall cause the land to automatically be covered by
CARP. (as amended bySection 22, RA 9700)
CONVERSION

Subject: Rules on the Conversion of Agricultural Lands for Government Housing Projects Intended for Armed
Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police Personnel Pursuant to
Office of the President Administrative Order No. 9, Series of 2011
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OP A.O. No. 226-A July 14, 2008 (Amending OP A.O. No. 226)
OP A.O. No. 226 May 16, 2008 (Suspending the Processing and Approval of All Land
Conversion Applications of All Rice Lands)
Subject: Amendments to the 2002 Comprehensive Rules on Land Use Conversion
M.C. No. 20 August 16, 2004

Subject: Enjoining Strict Compliance with the Pertinent Provisions of DAR A.O. No. 1, S. 2002
in the Processing of Application for Extension of Time to Conduct Development on Lands Issued
with Conversion Order and Mandating the Immediate Acquisition and Distribution of Lands
Not Developed Despite the Expiration of the Maximum Period for Development
MEMORANDUM FROM THE SECRETARY June 30, 2004
Subject : Lifting of Moratorium on Conversion and Exemption Applications
S.O. No. 453 June 28, 2004

Subject: Modifying Special Orders Nos. 823 and 832 and Providing Guidelines for Rationalizing
the Disposition of Applications for Conversion, Exemption, Exclusion and Other Agrarian
Law Implementation (ALI) Cases and For Purposes of Ensuring the Integrity of Case Records
M.C. No. 08 May 06, 2004
Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on DAR Memorandum Circular No. 5, S. 2004 (Moratorium on the Processing
and Grant of Applications for Conversion and Exemption of All Lands Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture)
M.C. No. 05 March 03, 2004
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S.O. No. 823 October 27, 2003


M.C. No. 02 - May 21, 2002

Subject: Guidelines for the Processing of Land Use Conversion Applications Pursuant to
Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2002 Entitled 2002 Comprehensive Rules on Land Use Conversion
A.O. No. 01 - February 28, 2002 (Effectivity Date May 13, 2002) Major Guideline
Subject: 2002 Comprehensive Rules on Land Use Conversion
E.O. No. 45 - October 24, 2001

Subject: Prescribing Time Periods for Issuance of Housing Related Certifications, Clearances
and Permits, and Imposing Sanctions for Failure to observe the Same
M.C. No. 08 - October 15, 2001

Subject: Issuance of DAR Certification and Extending Full Support and Cooperation to Local Government
Units in the Preparation/Completion and/or Updating of Their Comprehensive Land Use Plans
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

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Subject: Operational Guidelines for the Posting and Disposition of Cash Bond and Performance Bond
Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 1, series of 1999, Entitled Revised Rules and Regulations
on the Conversion of Agricultural lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
Subject: Modified Guidelines on the Conversion of Agricultural Lands for Socialized and Low Cost Housing Purposes
M.C. No. 11 July 06, 2000

Subject: Directing All Municipal Agrarian Reform Officers (MAROs), Provincial Agrarian Reform
Officers (PAROs), and Regional Directors (RDs) to Extend Full Support and Cooperation
to All Concerned Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Preparation and Completion of
Their Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs)
M.C. No. 17 - October 26, 1999 (Effectivity Date November 8, 1999)

Subject: Granting a Final Grace Period for Acceptance of Conversion Applications Under
DAR Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 1999, Using the Prescribed Forms Under AO 7, Series of 1997
M.C. No. 9 - May 15, 1999

Subject: Internal/Clarificatory Guidelines for the Processing of Land Use Conversion Applications
Pursuant to A.O. No. 1, Series of 1999 Entitled Revised Rules and Regulations on the
Conversion of Agricultural to Non-Agricultural Uses
A.O. No. 1 - March 30, 1999

Subject: Conversion of Agricultural Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
M.C. No. 1 - January 11, 1999

Subject: Suspension of Issuance of Land Use Conversion

Subject: Internal Guidelines for the Processing of Land Use Conversion Applications Under
A.O. No. 7, S. 1997: Omnibus Rules and Procedures Governing Conversion of Agricultural
Lands to Non-agricultural uses, and its Amendments
R.A. No. 8435 - December 22, 1997

Subject: An Act Prescribing Urgent Related Measures to Modernize the Agriculture and Fisheries
Sectors of the Country in Order to Enhance their Profitability, and Prepare Said Sectors for
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the Challenges of Globalization Through an Adequate, Focused and Rational Delivery of Necessary
Support Services, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
A.O. No. 10 - December 16, 1997 (Effectivity Date November 15, 1997)
Subject: Amendments to A. O. No. 7, S. 1997, Entitled: Omnibus Rules and Procedures Governing
Conversion of Agricultural Lands to Non-agricultural Uses
M.C. No. 9 - March 13, 1997

Subject: Recalling the Authority to Approve/Disapprove/Act on Protest Cases of RDs in Certain
Provinces in Regions III and IV Granted Under A. O. Nos. 9,10 and 12, Series of 1994 and A. O. No. 5, Series of 1992
A.O. No. 7 - October 29, 1997 (Effectivity Date November 15, 1997)
Subject: Omnibus Rules and Procedures Governing Conversion of Agricultural Lands to Non-agricultural Uses
A.O. No. 363 - October 9, 1997 (Office of the President)

Subject: Prescribing Guidelines for the Protection of Areas Non-Negotiable for Conversion and
Monitoring Compliance with Section 20 of the Local Government Code
M.C. No. 23 - June 02, 1997

Subject: Amending MC 04, S. 1996, Designating a SHOPC Desk Officer with Authority to
Approve/Disapprove Applications for Conversion and Exemption Pursuant to EO 184, S.
1994 & Providing Additional Guidelines
M.C. No. 6 - January 29, 1997

Subject: Additional Guidelines on Land Use Conversion Application Processing and Status Reporting
M.C. No. 4 - April 22, 1996

Subject: Expedited Processing of Applications for Conversion/Exemption Thru the SHOPC Per EO 184 S. 1994
Subject: Conversion of Public Agricultural Lands to Fishponds/Prawn Farms Pursuant to RA 6657 as Amended
A.O. No. 4 - May 16, 1995

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to AO No. 12, Series of 1994 on Conversion of Agricultural Lands
to Non-agricultural Uses, Pursuant to RA 7881
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A.O. No. 12 - October 24, 1994 (Effectivity Date November 10, 1994)
Subject: Revised Rules Governing Conversion of Agricultural Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
Joint DAR-DOJ A.O. No. 5 - April 22, 1994

Subject: Amendments to Joint AO No. 4, Series of 1993, on Illegal Conversion of Agricultural Lands
Joint A.O. No. 4 - May 04, 1993

Subject: Illegal Conversion of Agricultural Lands
A.O. No. 20 - Dec. 07, 1992 (Office of the President)

Subject: Interim Guidelines on Agricultural Land Use Conversion
M.C. No. 54 - June 08, 1993 (Office of the President)

Subject: Prescribing the Guidelines on the LGC of 1991 Authorizing Cities and Municipalities to Reclassify
Agricultural Lands into Non-agricultural Uses
E.O. 124 (OP) - September 8, 1993

Subject: Establishing Priorities and Procedures in Evaluating Areas Proposed for Land Conversion
in Regional Agri-Industrial Centers/Regional Industrial Centers, Tourism Development Areas
and Sites for Socialized Housing
E.O. No. 72 - March 25, 1993

Subject: Providing for the Preparation and Implementation of the Comprehensive Land Use Plans
of LGU Pursuant to the LGC 1991 and Other Pertinent Laws

Subject: Amendments to AO No. 8, Series of 1990
DA A.O. No. 2 - February 24, 1992

Subject: Amending the Guidelines on Certification of Eligibility for Conversion of Agricultural
Land to Non-agricultural Uses
A.O. No. 8 - August 13, 1990

Subject: Amendments to AO No. 18, Series of 1989 and AO No. 1 and 2, Series of 1990
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A.O. No. 2 - March 22, 1990
Subject: Processing and Approval of Applications for Land Use Conversion
A.O. No. 1 - March 22, 1990

Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations on the Conversion on Private Agricultural Lands to Non-agricultural Uses
A.O. No. 18 - December 14, 1989

Subject: Revised Rules and Procedures on Conversion of Private Agricultural Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses

Subject: Cutting of Coconut Trees and/or Change in Use of Lands Primarily Devoted to Coconut

Subject: Conversion of Untenanted Lands Located Within the Non-agricultural Zones as Embodied
in the Land Use Plans of Cities/Municipalities

Subject: Rules and Procedures Governing Conversion of Private Agricultural Lands to Non-agricultural Uses
Section 65 of R.A. 6657
CONVERSION CLEARANCES, Suspension of Issuance

M.C. No. 1 - January 11, 1999
Subject: Suspension of Issuance of Land Use Conversion
CONVERSION FOR AFP/PNP PERSONNEL HOUSING PROJECTS

Subject: Rules on the Conversion of Agricultural Lands for Government Housing Projects Intended
for Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police Personnel Pursuant to
ELIGIBILITY for Conversion, Certificate of

DA A.O. No. 2 - February 24, 1992
Subject: Amending the Guidelines on Certification of Eligibility for Conversion of Agricultural Land to Non-agricultural Uses
EXPEDITED PROCESSING (Conversion/Exemption)

M.C. No. 4 - April 22, 1996
165
Subject: Expedited Processing of Applications for conversion & Exemption Thru the SHOPC Per EO 184 S. 94
HOUSING, Socialized or Low-Cost (Conversion)
Subject: Modified Guidelines on the Conversion of Agricultural Lands for Socialized and Low Cost Housing Purposes
M.C. No. 23 - June 02, 1997

Subject: Designating a SHOPC Desk Officer and Authorizing Him to Approve/ Disapprove Applications for
Conversion & Exemption Through the Socialized Housing One Stop Processing Center Per EO 185 S. 1994
E.O. No. 184 - June 27, 1994

Subject: Creating Socialized Housing One-Stop Processing Centers to Facilitate the Processing and Issuance
of Permits, Clearances, Certifications and Licenses Appropriate and Necessary for the Implementation
of Socialized Housing Projects, and Directing All Government Agencies Concerned to Support the
Operations of the Said Centers
E.O. No. 124 - September 8, 1993

Subject: Establishing Priorities and Procedures in Evaluating Areas Proposed for Land Conversion in Regional
Agri-Industrial Centers/Regional Industrial Centers, Tourism Development Areas and
Sites for Socialized Housing
R.A. No. 7279 - March 24, 1992

Subject: An Act to Provide for a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and Continuing
Urban Development and Housing Program, Establish the Mechanism for
Its Implementation, and for Other Purposes
ILLEGAL CONVERSION
Joint DAR-DOJ A.O. No. 5 - April 22, 1994

Subject: Amendment to Joint AO No. 4, Series of 1993 on Illegal Conversion of Agricultural Lands
Joint A.O. No. 4 - May 04, 1993

Subject: Illegal Conversion of Agricultural Lands
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NON-NEGOTIABLE FOR CONVERSION
A.O. No. 363 - October 9, 1997 (Office of the President)

Subject: Prescribing Guidelines for the Protection of Areas Non-negotiable for Conversion
and Monitoring Compliance with Section 20 of the Local Government Code

Subject: Prescribing the Guidelines on the LGC of 1991 Authorizing Cities and Municipalities
to Reclassify Agricultural Lands into Non-agricultural Uses
A.O. No. 20 - December 07, 1992 (Office of the President)
Subject: Interim Guidelines on Agricultural Land Use Conversion
AUTHORITY OF SHOPC DESK OFFICER
M.C. No. 23 - June 02, 1997
Subject: Designating a SHOPC Desk Officer and Authorizing Him to

Approve/Disapprove Applications for Conversion & Exemption Through the Socialized
Housing One Stop Processing Center Per EO 185 S. 1994
BOND (CASH AND PERFORMANCE)
Subject: Operational Guidelines for the Posting and Disposition of Cash Bond and Performance
Bond Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 1, series of 1999, Entitled Revised Rules
and Regulations on the Conversion of Agricultural Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
M.C. No. 06 - May 21, 1993 (Effectivity Date May 31, 1993)
Subject: Pre-Qualification, Public Raffle and Award of CARP Module Survey Projects
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CLUPPI

S.O. No. 823 October 27, 2003


Subject: Creating a Center for Land Use Policy, Planning and Implementation (CLUPPI)
EXTENSION OF TIME TO CONDUCT DEVELOPMENT (Conversion)
M.C. No. 20 August 16, 2004

in the Processing of Application for Extension of Time to Conduct Development on Lands
Issued with Conversion Order and Mandating the Immediate Acquisition and Distribution
of Lands Not Developed Despite the Expiration of the Maximum Period for Development
GRACE PERIOD (Acceptance of Conversion Applications)

M.C. No. 17 - October 26, 1999 (Effectivity Date November 18, 1999)
Subject: Granting a Final Grace Period for Acceptance of Conversion Applications Under
DAR Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 1999, Using the Prescribed
Forms Under AO 7, Series of 1997
INVENTORY
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

LAND USE PLANS, Comprehensive
M.C. No. 08 - October 15, 2001
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Subject: Issuance of DAR Certification and Extending Full Support and Cooperation to
Local Government Units in the Preparation/Completion and/or Updating of
Their Comprehensive Land Use Plans
LOW-COST AND SOCIALIZED HOUSING, Conversion of Agricultural Lands for
Subject: Conversion of Agricultural Lands for Socialized and Low Cost Housing
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

M.C. No. 16 - July 18, 1996

Subject: Prescribing the Revised Guidelines in the Performance of the Regular
Functions of the Regional Planning Divisions (RPDs) and Provincial Planning,
Monitoring and Evaluation Units (PMEUs)
MORATORIUM ON CONVERSION/EXEMPTIONS
M.C. No. 08 May 06, 2004
Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on DAR Memorandum Circular No. 5, S. 2004

(Moratorium on the Processing and Grant of Applications for Conversion and Exemption
of All Lands Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture)
M.C. No. 05 March 03, 2004
Subject: Moratorium on the Processing and Grant of Applications for Conversion and
Exemption of All Lands Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture

Subject: 2003 Rules on Exemption of Lands from CARP Coverage Under Section 3 (c )
of Republic Act No. 6657 and Department of Justice (DOJ) Opinion No. 44, series of 1990
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001
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PERFORMANCE BOND
Subject: Operational Guidelines for the Posting and Disposition of Cash Bond and
Performance Bond Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 1, series of 1999,
Entitled Revised Rules and Regulations on the Conversion of Agricultural
Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
R.A. 7881
R.A. No. 7881 February 20, 1995
Subject: Lifting the Suspension of the Implementation of R.A. No. 7881 and its Implementing Rule, A. O. No. 3, S. 1985
M.C. No. 27 - November 20, 1995

Subject: Suspension of the Implementation of RA 7881, Its Implementing Rule, AO No. 3, Series of
1995, Per Supreme Court Resolution dated Nov. 13, 1995
RECLASSIFICATION/CONVERSION
Subject: Prescribing the Guidelines Governing Sec. 20 of RA 7160 Known as the LGC of 1991
Authorizing Cities and Municipalities to Reclassify Agricultural Lands into Non-Agricultural Uses
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Joint HLRB-DAR, DA, DILG M.C. - March 21, 1995
Subject: Prescribing the Guidelines to Implement MC 54 (The Authority of Cities and Municipalities to
Reclassify Lands Within the Limits Prescribed by Section 20 of RA 7160 Otherwise
Known as the Local Government Code of 1991)
REGIONAL AGRI-INDUSTRIAL/INDUSTRIAL CENTERS/TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AREAS

E.O. 124 (OP) - September 8, 1993
Subject: Establishing Priorities and Procedures in Evaluating Areas Proposed for Land
Conversion in Regional Agri-Industrial Centers/Regional Industrial Centers,
Tourism Development Areas and Sites for Socialized Housing
SOCIALIZED HOUSING ONE STOP PROCESSING CENTER - (SHOPC)
Subject: Modified Guidelines on the Conversion of Agricultural Lands for Socialized
and Low Cost Housing Purposes
M.C. No. 23 - June 02, 1997

Subject: Designating a SHOPC Desk Officer and Authorizing Him to Approve/Disapprove
Applications for Conversion & Exemption Through the Socialized Housing
One Stop Processing Center Per EO 185 S. 1994
M.C. No. 4 - April 22, 1996

Subject: Expedited Processing of Applications for Conversion/Exemption Thru the SHOPC Per EO 184 S. 1994
E.O. No. 184 - June 27, 1994

Subject: Creating Socialized Housing One-Stop Processing Centers to Facilitate the Processing and
Issuance of Permits, Clearances, Certifications and Licenses Appropriate and Necessary for the
Implementation of Socialized Housing Projects, and Directing All Government Agencies
Concerned to Support the Operations of the Said Centers
E.O. No. 124 - September 8, 1993

Subject: Establishing Priorities and Procedures in Evaluating Areas Proposed for Land Conversion in
Regional Agri-Industrial Centers/Regional Industrial Centers, Tourism Development
Areas and Sites for Socialized Housing
R.A. No. 7279 - March 24, 1992
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Subject: An Act to Provide for a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and Continuing
Urban Development and Housing Program, Establish the Mechanism for Its
Implementation, and for Other Purposes
TOURIST DEVELOPMENT AREAS
E.O. 124 (OP) - September 8, 1993

Subject: Establishing Priorities and Procedures in Evaluating Areas Proposed for Land
Conversion in Regional Agri-Industrial Centers/Regional Industrial Centers, Tourism
Development Areas and Sites for Socialized Housing
TOURIST ZONES
DAR M.C. No. 07 March 29, 2004

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Effect of Declarations of General Areas in the Country
as Tourist Zones to the Coverage of Lands Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture Within
Said Areas Under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)
UNTENANTED LANDS, Conversion of

Subject: Conversion of Untenanted Lands Located Within the Non-agricultural Zones as
Embodied in the Land Use Plans of Cities/Municipalities
Section 65-A. Conversion into Fishpond and Prawn Farms. No conversion of public agricultural lands into
fishponds and prawn farms shall be made except in situations where the provincial government with the concurrence of
the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) declares a coastal zone as suitable for fishpond development. In
such case, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) shall allow the lease and development of such
areas: Provided, That the declaration shall not apply to environmentally critical projects and areas as contained in title (A)
sub-paragraph two, (B-5) and (C-1) and title (B), number eleven (11) of Proclamation No. 2146, entitled "Proclaiming
Certain Areas and Types of Projects as Environmentally Critical and Within the Scope of the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) System established under Presidential Decree No. 1586," to ensure the protection of river systems,
aquifers and mangrove vegetations from pollution and environmental degradation: Provided, further, That the approval
shall be in accordance with a set of guidelines to be drawn up and promulgated by the DAR and the BFAR: Provided,
furthermore, That small-farmer cooperatives and organizations shall be given preference in the award of the Fishpond
Lease Agreement (FLAs).
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No conversion of more than five (5) hectares of private lands to fishpond and prawn farms shall be allowed after the
passage of this Act, except when the use of the land is more economically feasible and sound for fishpond and/or prawn
farm, as certified by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and a simple and absolute majority of the
regular farm workers or tenants agree to the conversion, the Department of Agrarian Reform, may approve applications
for change in the use of the land: Provided, finally, That no piecemeal conversion to circumvent the provisions of this Act
shall be allowed. In these cases where the change of use is approved, the provisions of Section 32-A hereof on incentives
shall apply. (as added by Section 5, RA 7881)
Section 65-B. Inventory. Within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act, the BFAR shall undertake and finish an
inventory of all government and private fishponds and prawn farms, and undertake a program to promote the sustainable
management and utilization of prawn farms and fishponds. No lease under Section 65-A hereof may be granted until after
the completion of the said inventory.
The sustainable management and utilization of prawn farms and fishponds shall be in accordance with the effluent
standards, pollution charges and other pollution control measures such as, but not limited to, the quantity of fertilizers,
pesticides and other chemicals used, that may be established by the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA), the
Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), and other appropriate government regulatory bodies, and existing regulations
governing water utilization, primarily Presidential Decree No. 1067, entitled "A Decree Instituting A Water Code, Thereby
Revising and Consolidating the Laws Governing the Ownership, Appropriation, Utilization, Exploitation, Development,
Conservation and Protection of Water Resources. (as added by Section 5, RA 7881)
Section 65-C. Protection of Mangrove Areas. In existing Fishpond Lease Agreements (FLAs) and those that will
be issued after the effectivity of this Act, a portion of the fishpond area fronting the sea, sufficient to protect the
environment, shall be established as a buffer zone and be planted to specified mangrove species to be determined in
consultation with the regional office of the DENR. The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall provide the
penalties for any violation of this undertaking as well as the rules for its implementation. (as added by Section 5, RA
7881)
Section 65-D. Change of Crops. The change of crops to commercial crops or high value crops shall not be
considered as a conversion in the use or nature of the land. The change in crop should, however, not prejudice the rights
of tenants or leaseholders should there be any and the consent of a simple and absolute majority of the affected farm
workers, if any, shall first be obtained. (as added by Section 5, RA 7881)
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CONVERSION

Subject: Rules on the Conversion of Agricultural Lands for Government Housing Projects Intended
for Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police Personnel Pursuant to
Subject: Amendments to the 2002 Comprehensive Rules on Land Use Conversion
M.C. No. 20 August 16, 2004

in the Processing of Application for Extension of Time to Conduct Development on Lands
Issued with Conversion Order and Mandating the Immediate Acquisition and Distribution of
Lands Not Developed Despite the Expiration of the Maximum Period for Development
M.C. No. 08 May 06, 2004
Processing and Grant of Applications for Conversion and Exemption of All Lands
Devoted to or Suitable for Agriculture)
M.C. No. 05 March 03, 2004
M.C. No. 02 - May 21, 2002

Subject: Guidelines for the Processing of Land Use Conversion Applications Pursuant to
Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2002, Entitled: 2002 Comprehensive
Rules on Land Use Conversion
A.O. No. 1 February 28, 2002 (Effectivity Date May 13, 2002)
Subject: 2002 Comprehensive Rules on Land Use Conversion
M.C. No. 07 - August 08, 2001

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M.C. No. 01 - January 09, 2001
Subject: Posting and Disposition of Cash Bond and Performance Bond Pursuant to
Administrative Order No. 1, series of 1999, Entitled: Revised Rules and
Regulations on the Conversion of Agricultural Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
Subject: Conversion of Agricultural Lands for Socialized and Low-Cost Housing
INTERNAL/CLARIFICATORY GUIDELINES, Processing of Conversion Applications
M.C. No. 9 - May 15, 1999

Subject: Internal/Clarificatory Guidelines for the Processing of Land Use Conversion Applications
Pursuant to A.O. No. 1, Series of 1999 Entitled Revised Rules and Regulations on the
Conversion of Agricultural to Non-Agricultural Uses

Subject: Internal Guidelines for the Processing of Land Use Conversion Applications Under
A.O. No. 7, S. 1997: Omnibus Rules and Procedures Governing Conversion of
Agricultural Lands to Non-agricultural uses, and its Amendments
Section 66. Exemptions from Taxes and Fees of Land Transfers.
Transactions under this Act involving a transfer of ownership, whether from natural or juridical persons, shall be exempted from taxes
arising from capital gains. These transactions shall also be exempted from the payment of registration fees, and all other taxes and
fees for the conveyance or transfer thereof; provided, that all arrearages in real property taxes, without penalty or interest, shall be
deductible from the compensation to which the owner may be entitled.
Section 67. Free Registration of Patents and Titles.
All Registers of Deeds are hereby directed to register, free from payment of all fees and other charges, patents, titles and documents
required for the implementation of the CARP.
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Section 68. Immunity of Government Agencies from Undue Interference .
No injunction, restraining order, prohibition or mandamus shall In cases falling within their jurisdiction, no injunction,
be issued by the lower courts against the Department of restraining order, prohibition or mandamus shall be issued by
Agrarian Reform (DAR), the Department of Agriculture (DA), the regional trial courts, municipal trial courts,
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources municipal circuit trial courts, and metropolitan trial
(DENR), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in their courts against the DAR, the DA, the DENR, and the
implementation of the program. Department of Justice in their implementation of the
program. (as amended bySection 23, RA 9700)

Subject: Supplemental/Clarificatory Guidelines on DAR Memorandum Circular No. 2, Series of 2005
(Full Implementation and Continuation of the Land Acquisition and Distribution Process Pursuant
to the Provisions of DAR Memorandum Circular Nos. 6 and 9, Series of 2004 and the Supreme
Court Ruling in the Cuenca Case)

Subject: Full Implementation and Continuation of the Land Acquisition and Distribution Process Pursuant
to the Provisions of DAR Memorandum Circular Nos. 6 and 9, Series of 2004 and the Supreme
Court Ruling in the Cuenca Case
M.C. No. 09 - May 13, 2004

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to Memorandum Circular No. 06, Series of 2004, Providing Legal
Assistance to DAR Officials and Employees Unjustly Charged in Court or Other Government
Bodies in the Performance of Their Duties, and Creating the Legal Support Fund for the Purpose
M.C. No. 06 March 03, 2004

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Effect of Injunctions and Temporary Restraining Orders Issued by
the Regular Courts on Acquisition and Distribution of Lands Under the
Section 69. Assistance of Other Government Entities.
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The PARC, in the exercise of its functions, is hereby authorized to call upon the assistance and support of other government
agencies, bureaus and offices, including government-owned or -controlled corporations.
ENFORCEMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM LAWS AND PROGRAM
Joint DAR-DILG-DND Circular No. 05 - June 10, 2002

Subject: Law Enforcement of Agrarian Reform Laws and Programs
Earlier MOAs:
1) MOA Between DAR-DILG-PNP (May 3, 1995)
2) MOA Between DAR-DND (December 20, 1989)
Section 70. Disposition of Private Agricultural Lands.
The sale or disposition of agricultural lands retained by a landowner as a consequence of Section 6 hereof shall be valid as long as
the total landholdings that shall be owned by the transferee thereof inclusive of the land to be acquired shall not exceed the
landholding ceilings provided for in this Act.
Any sale or disposition of agricultural lands after the effectivity of this Act found to be contrary to the provisions hereof shall be null
and void.
Transferees of agricultural lands shall furnish the appropriate Register of Deeds and the BARC an affidavit attesting that his total
landholdings as a result of the said acquisition do not exceed the landholding ceiling. The Register of Deeds shall not register the
transfer of any agricultural land without the submission of this sworn statement together with proof of service of a copy thereof to
the BARC.
CONVEYANCE UNDER SECTIONS 6, 70 AND 73 (a) OF R.A. NO. 6657, Acquisition of Lands Subject of
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Subject: Rules for the Coverage of CARP-Covered Lands Subject to Unauthorized Transfers or Conveyances
A.O. No. 05 May 26, 2006 (Effectivity Date June 10, 2006)
Subject: Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands Subject of Conveyance Under Sections 6,
70 and 73 (a) of R.A. No. 6657 [Repeals/Amends M.C. Nos. 2, Series of 2001
and 18, Series of 2004 and amends DAR A.O. No. 2, Series of 2003]
M.C. No. 18 August 18, 2004

Subject: Clarificatory Guidelines on the Coverage, Acquisition and Distribution of Agricultural Lands
Subject of Conveyance Executed in Violation of Sec. 6., Par. 4 of R.A.
No. 6657 [Modifies M.C. No. 2, Series of 2001]
M.C. No. 16 August 10, 2004

Subject: Strengthening the Safeguards on Transfer or Conveyance of Agricultural Lands
Covered by CARP Pursuant to RA 6657

Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Executed in Violation of Section 6,
paragraph 4 of Republic Act (RA) No. 6657

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to A.O. No. 8, Series of 1995 Re Transferability of
Awarded Lands Awarded to ARBs Pursuant to PD 27/EO No. 228 and RA 6657

Subject: Transferability of Lands Awarded to ARBs Pursuant to PD 27 as
Amended by EO No. 228 and RA 6657

A.O. No. 1 - January 03, 1989

RETENTION
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M.C. No. 12 - August 14, 1998

A.O. No. 4 - April 26, 1991

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines Governing the Exercise of Retention Rights by Landowners Under PD 27
A.O. No. 11 - August 30, 1990

Subject: Exercise of Retention Rights by Landowners and Award to Children Under Section 6 of RA 6657
Subject: Providing for a Cut-Off Date for Landowners to Apply for Retention and/or Protest the
Coverage of their Landholdings Under Operation Land Transfer Pursuant to P.D. No. 27
SAFEGUARDS ON TRANSFER OR CONVEYANCE OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS
M.C. No. 16 August 10, 2004 (Effectivity Date August 10, 2004)
Section 71. Bank Mortgages.
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Banks and other financial institutions allowed by law to hold mortgage rights or security interests in agricultural lands to secure loans
and other obligations of borrowers, may acquire title to these mortgaged properties, regardless of area, subject to existing laws on
compulsory transfer of foreclosed assets and acquisition as prescribed under Section 13 of this Act.
FORECLOSED BY GFIs, Acquisition of Agricultural Lands
M.C. No. 13 Series of 2008

Subject: Clarification in the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Foreclosed by Government
Financial Institutions (GFIs)
FORECLOSURE OR MORTGAGE, ACQUISITION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS SUBJECT OF

Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations on the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of
Mortgage or Foreclosure
M.C. No. 5 - April 18, 1996

Subject: Guidelines Clarifying Sections 3 and 6 of RA 7881 Relative to Applications for Commercial
Farm Deferment and the Turn-Over to DAR of Foreclosed Assets of Government
Financial Institutions, Respectively
Section 72. Lease, Management, Grower or Service Contracts, Mortgages and Other Claims.
Lands covered by this Act under lease, management, grower or service contracts, and the like shall be disposed of as follows:
(a) Lease, management, grower or service contracts covering private lands may continue under their original terms and
conditions until the expiration of the same even if such land has, in the meantime, been transferred to qualified
beneficiaries.
(b) Mortgages and other claims registered with the Register of Deeds shall be assumed by the government up to an
amount equivalent to the landowner's compensation value as provided in this Act.
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FORECLOSURE OR MORTGAGE
Subject: Revised Rules and Regulations on the Acquisition of Agricultural Lands Subject of
Mortgage or Foreclosure
M.C. No. 5 - April 18, 1996

Commercial Farm Deferment and the Turn-Over to DAR of Foreclosed Assets of
Government Financial Institutions, Respectively
Section 73. Prohibited Acts and Omissions.
The following are prohibited: The following are prohibited:
(a) The ownership or possession, for the purpose of (a) The ownership or possession, for the purpose of
circumventing the provisions of this Act, of agricultural lands circumventing the provisions of this Act, of agricultural lands
in excess of the total retention limits or award ceilings by any in excess of the total retention limits or award ceilings by any
person, natural or juridical, except those under collective person, natural or juridical, except those under collective
ownership by farmer-beneficiaries; ownership by farmer-beneficiaries;
(b) The forcible entry or illegal detainer by persons who are (b) The forcible entry or illegal detainer by persons who are
not qualified beneficiaries under this Act to avail themselves not qualified beneficiaries under this Act to avail themselves
of the rights and benefits of the Agrarian Reform Program; of the rights and benefits of the Agrarian Reform Program;
(c) The conversion by any landowner of his agricultural land (c) Any conversion by any landowner of his/heragricultural
into any non-agricultural use with intent to avoid the land into any non-agricultural use with intent to avoid the
application of this Act to his landholdings and to dispossess application of this Act to his/herlandholdings and to
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his tenant farmers of the land tilled by them; dispossess his/her bonafide tenant farmers;
(d) The willful prevention or obstruction by any person, (d) The malicious and willful prevention or obstruction by any
association or entity of the implementation of the CARP; person, association or entity of the implementation of the
CARP;
(e) The sale, transfer, conveyance or change of the nature of
lands outside of urban centers and city limits either in whole (e) The sale, transfer, conveyance or change of the nature of
or in part after the effectivity of this Act. The date of the lands outside of urban centers and city limits either in whole
registration of the deed of conveyance in the Register of or in part after the effectivity of this Act, except after final
Deeds with respect to titled lands and the date of the completion of the appropriate conversion under Section 65 of
issuance of the tax declaration to the transferee of the Republic Act No. 6657, as amended. The date of the
property with respect to unregistered lands, as the case may registration of the deed of conveyance in the Register of
be, shall be conclusive for the purpose of this Act. Deeds with respect to titled lands and the date of the
issuance of the tax declaration to the transferee of the
property with respect to unregistered lands, as the case may
be, shall be conclusive for the purpose of this Act;
(f) The sale, transfer or conveyance by a beneficiary of the
right to use or any other usufructuary right over the land he (f) The sale, transfer or conveyance by a beneficiary of the
acquired by virtue of being a beneficiary, in order to right to use or any other usufructuary right over the
circumvent the provisions of this Act. land he/she acquired by virtue of being a beneficiary, in
order to circumvent the provisions of this Act;
(g) The unjustified, willful, and malicious act by a responsible

officer or officers of the government through the following:
(1) The denial of notice and/or reply to landowners;
(2) The deprivation of retention rights;
(3) The undue or inordinate delay in the preparation of

claim folders; or
(4) Any undue delay, refusal or failure in the payment of

just compensation;
(h) The undue delay or unjustified failure of the DAR, the LBP,
the PARC, the PARCCOM, and any concerned government
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agency or any government official or employee to submit the
required report, data and/or other official document involving
the implementation of the provisions of this Act, as required by
the parties or the government, including the House of
Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines as well as
their respective committees, and the congressional oversight
committee created herein;
(i) The undue delay in the compliance with the obligation to

certify or attest and/or falsification of the certification or
attestation as required under Section 7 of Republic Act No.
6657, as amended; and
(j) Any other culpable neglect or willful violations of the

provisions of this Act.
In the case of government officials and employees, a conviction

under this Act is without prejudice to any civil case and/or
appropriate administrative proceedings under civil service law,
rules and regulations. "Any person convicted under this Act shall
not be entitled to any benefit provided for in any agrarian
reform law or program. (as amended bySection 24, RA
9700)
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M.C. No. 12 - August 14, 1998

A.O. No. 4 - April 26, 1991

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines Governing the Exercise of Retention Rights by Landowners Under PD 27
A.O. No. 11 - August 30, 1990

Subject: Exercise of Retention Rights by Landowners and Award to Children Under Section 6 of RA 6657
Subject: Providing for a Cut-Off Date for Landowners to Apply for Retention and/or Protest the Coverage of
their Landholdings Under Operation Land Transfer Pursuant to P.D. No. 27
BREACH OF OBLIGATIONS/VIOLATIONS/ CIRCUMVENTIONS OF ARBs

Subject: Guidelines and Procedures Governing the Monitoring of Violations or Circumventions Committed
by the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs), Providing Sanctions Therefor and Filing of
Appropriate Administrative, Quasi-Judicial and/or Criminal Actions
A.O. No. 2 - March 07, 1994

Subject: Correction and Cancellation of Registered/Unregistered EPs, and CLOAs Due to Unlawful
Acts and Omissions or Breach of Obligations of ARBs

Subject: Monitoring of Violations or Circumventions Committed by the ARBs, Providing Sanctions
and Filing of Appropriate Administrative/Criminal Actions
A.O. No. 2 - March 07, 1994
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Subject: Correction and Cancellation of Registered/Unregistered EPs, and CLOAs Due to Unlawful
Acts and Omissions or Breach of Obligations of ARBs
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF DAR
Subject: Code of Conduct for the Officials and Employees of DAR
LAND TRANSACTIONS/TRANSFERS

Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Executed in Violation of Section 6, paragraph 4 of
Republic Act (RA) No. 6657

Subject: Supplemental Guidelines to A.O. No. 8, Series of 1995 Re Transferability of Awarded
Lands Awarded to ARBs Pursuant to PD 27/EO No. 228 and RA 6657

Subject: Transferability of Lands Awarded to ARBs Pursuant to PD 27 as
Amended by EO No. 228 and RA 6657

A.O. No. 1 - January 03, 1989

SAFEGUARDS ON TRANSFER OR CONVEYANCE OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS
M.C. No. 16 August 10, 2004

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TRANSFER OR CONVEYANCE OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS, Safeguards on
M.C. No. 16 August 10, 2004

Subject: Strengthening the Safeguards on Transfer or Conveyance of Agricultural
Lands Covered by CARP Pursuant to RA 6657
R.A. 7881
R.A. No. 7881 February 20, 1995
Subject: Lifting the Suspension of the Implementation of R.A. No. 7881 and its
Implementing Rule, A. O. No. 3, S. 1985
M.C. No. 27 - November 20, 1995

Section 73-A. Exception.
The provisions of Section 73, paragraph (e), to the contrary notwithstanding, the sale and/or transfer of agricultural land in cases
where such sale, transfer or conveyance is made necessary as a result of a bank's foreclosure of the mortgaged land is hereby
permitted. (as added by Section 6, RA 7881)
Section 74. Penalties.
Any person who knowingly or willfully violates the provisions of Any person who knowingly or willfully violates the provisions
this Act shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than one of this Act shall be punished by imprisonment of not less
(1) month to not more than three (3) years or a fine of not less than one (1) month to not more than three (3) years or a
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than one thousand pesos (P1,000.00) and not more than fifteen fine of not less than One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) and
thousand pesos (P15,000.00), or both, at the discretion of the not more than Fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000.00), or both,
court. at the discretion of the court: Provided, That the following
corresponding penalties shall be imposed for the specific
violations hereunder:
(a) Imprisonment of three (3) years and one (1) day to six
(6) years or a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos
(P50,000.00)and not more than One hundred fifty
thousand pesos (P150,000.00), or both, at the discretion of
the court upon any person who violates Section 73,
subparagraphs (a), (b), (f), (g), and (h) of Republic Act No.
6657, as amended; and
(b) Imprisonment of six (6) years and one (1) day to

twelve (12) years or a fine of not less than Two hundred
thousand pesos (P200,000.00) and not more than One
million pesos (P1,000,000.00), or both, at the discretion of
the court upon any person who violates Section 73,
subparagraphs (c), (d), (e), and (i) of Republic Act No.
6657, as amended.
If the offender is a corporation or association, the officer

responsible therefore shall be criminally liable.(as amended
If the offender is a corporation or association, the officer

responsible therefore shall be criminally liable
Section 75. Suppletory Application of Existing Legislation.
The provisions of Republic Act No. 3844 as amended, Presidential Decree Nos. 27 and 266 as amended, Executive Order Nos. 228
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and 229, both Series of 1987; and other laws not inconsistent with this Act shall have suppletory effect.
Section 76. Repealing Clause.
Section 35 of Republic Act No. 3834, Presidential Decree No. 316, the last two paragraphs of Section 12 of Presidential Decree No.
946, Presidential Decree No. 1038, and all other laws, decrees executive orders, rules and regulations, issuances or parts thereof
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
REFERRAL Cases
M.C. No. 7 - August 25, 1988

Subject: Disposition of Referral Cases Upon the Effectivity of RA 6657
Section 77. Separability Clause.
If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Act is declared null and void, no other section, provision, or part thereof shall be
affected and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
ection 78. Effectivity Clause.
This Act shall take effect immediately after publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved: June 10, 1988
New Provisions in RA 9700 which did not repeal, neither amend nor supersede any provision in RA 6657
Section 26. Congressional Oversight Committee.
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A Congressional Oversight Committee on Agrarian Reform (COCAR) is hereby created to oversee and monitor the implementation of
this Act. It shall be composed of the Chairpersons of the Committee on Agrarian Reform of both Houses of Congress, three (3)
Members of the House of Representatives, and three (3) Members of the Senate of the Philippines, to be designated respectively by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate of the Philippines.
The Chairpersons of the Committees on Agrarian Reform of the House of Representatives and of the Senate of the Philippines shall be
the Chairpersons of the COCAR. The Members shall receive no compensation; however, traveling and other necessary expenses shall
be allowed.
In order to carry out the objectives of this Act, the COCAR shall be provided with the necessary appropriations for its operation. An
initial amount of Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated for the COCAR for the first year of its operation
and the same amount shall be appropriated every year thereafter.
The term of the COCAR shall end six (6) months after the expiration of the extended period of five (5) years.
Section 27. Powers and Functions of the COCAR.
The COCAR shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) Prescribe and adopt guidelines which shall govern its work;
(b) Hold hearings and consultations, receive testimonies and reports pertinent to its specified concerns;
(c) Secure from any department, bureau, office or instrumentality of the government such assistance as may be needed,
including technical information, preparation and production of reports and submission of recommendations or plans as it may
require, particularly a yearly report of the record or performance of each agrarian reform beneficiary as provided under Section
22 of Republic Act No. 6657, as amended;
(d) Secure from the DAR or the LBP information on the amount of just compensation determined to be paid or which has been
paid to any landowner;
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(e) Secure from the DAR or the LBP quarterly reports on the disbursement of funds for the agrarian reform program;
(f) Oversee and monitor, in such a manner as it may deem necessary, the actual implementation of the program and projects
by the DAR;
(g) Summon by subpoena any public or private citizen to testify before it, or require by subpoena duces tecum to produce
before it such records, reports, or other documents as may be necessary in the performance of its functions;
(h) Engage the services of resource persons from the public and private sectors as well as civil society including the various
agrarian reform groups or organizations in the different regions of the country as may be needed;
(i) Approve the budget for the work of the Committee and all disbursements therefrom, including compensation of all
personnel;
(j) Organize its staff and hire and appoint such employees and personnel whether temporary, contractual or on constancy
subject to applicable rules; and
(k) Exercise all the powers necessary and incidental to attain the purposes for which it is created.
Section 28. Periodic Reports.
The COCAR shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate of the Philippines periodic
reports on its findings and recommendations on actions to be undertaken by both Houses of Congress, the DAR, and the PARC.
Section 29. Access to Information.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Republic Act No. 1405 and other pertinent laws, information on the amount of just compensation paid
to any landowner under Republic Act No. 6657, as amended, and other agrarian reform laws shall be deemed public information.
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Section 30. Resolution of Case.
Any case and/or proceeding involving the implementation of the provisions of Republic Act No. 6657, as amended, which may remain
pending on June 30, 2014 shall be allowed to proceed to its finality and be executed even beyond such date.
Section 31. Implementing Rules and Regulations.
The PARC and the DAR shall provide the necessary implementing rules and regulations within thirty (30) days upon the approval of this
Act. Such rules and regulations shall take effect on July 1, 2009 and it shall be published in at least two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.
Section 32. Repealing Clause.
Section 53 of Republic Act No. 3844, otherwise known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code, is hereby repealed and all other laws,
decrees, executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby likewise repealed or
amended accordingly.
Section 33. Separability Clause.
If, for any reason, any section or provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions not affected
thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 34. Effectivity Clause.
This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009 and it shall be published in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
DATES OF APPROVAL OF RELEVANT AGRARIAN REFORM LAWS
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TITLE DATE OF APPROVAL
Republic Act 6657 June 10, 1988
Republic Act No. 7881 February 20, 1995
Republic Act No. 9700 August 7, 2009
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

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A.O. No. 11 - April 26, 1989

A. O. No. 1 - December 27, 1988

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R.A. 7192 - February 12, 1992

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LUNGSOD SILANGAN TOWNSITE, Coverage of

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2003 Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) Rules

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DARAB New Rules of Procedure (1994)

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