AN ACT TO REVISE COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LANDOWNER AND TENANT AND TO PROVIDE FOR COMPULSORY ARBITRATION OF ANY CONTROVERSY ARISING BETWEEN THEM," AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHT
Year:
1946
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
October 3, 1946
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This Act revises Commonwealth Act No. 461, which regulates the relations between landowners and tenants, providing for compulsory arbitration of disputes arising between them. It aims to protect tenants from unjust dispossession and outlines the enforcement powers of the Department of Justice in tenancy matters.Full Text
Republic Act No. 44 October 3, 1946
AN ACT TO REVISE COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LANDOWNER AND TENANT AND TO PROVIDE FOR COMPULSORY ARBITRATION OF ANY CONTROVERSY ARISING BETWEEN THEM," AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHT
Section 1. Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-one, entitled, "An Act to regulate the relations between landowner and tenant and to provide for compulsory arbitration of any controversy arising between them," as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred and eight, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: October 3, 1946
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