AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND FIFTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE RICE SHARE TENANCY ACT"
Philippine Rice Share Tenancy Act
Year:
1946
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
September 30, 1946
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This Act amends certain sections of the Philippine Rice Share Tenancy Act to clarify the definitions of landlord and tenant, and to establish guidelines for tenancy contracts. It aims to ensure fair distribution of agricultural produce and protect the rights of tenants in agricultural land agreements.Full Text
Republic Act No. 34 September 30, 1946
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND FIFTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE RICE SHARE TENANCY ACT"
Section 1. Sections three and four of Act Numbered Four thousand and fifty-four are hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. Section seven of the same Act, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred seventy-eight, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
Section 3. Sections eight, nine and twenty-two of the same Act are amended to read as follows:
Section 4. This Act shall take effect immediately, provided that when the landlord has advanced money, seeds or the like to the tenant, and in the cases in which it might be applicable, the landlord shall have a preferential lien on the share of the tenant for the payment of such advances made plus six per cent interest per annum.
Approved: September 30, 1946
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