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"

August 22, 1940

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 608

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"

SECTION 1. Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-one is revised so that said Act shall read as follows:

"SECTION 1. Any agreement or provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in all cases where land is held under any system of tenancy the tenant shall not be dispossessed of the land cultivated by him except for any of the causes mentioned in section nineteen of Act Numbered Four thousand and fifty-four or for any just cause, and without the approval of a representative of the Department of Justice duly authorized for the purpose. The Department of Justice is, likewise, charged with the duty of enforcing the Rice Share Tenancy Act and, in pursuance thereof, may issue such orders as may be necessary with respect to the liquidation of the crop, the division thereof, and the apportionment of the expenses. Should the landowner or the tenant feel aggrieved by the action taken by the Department of Justice under the authority herein granted, or in the event of any dispute between them arising out of their relationship as landowner and tenant, either party may appeal to the Court of Industrial Relations which is given jurisdiction to determine the controversy in accordance with law."

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, August 22, 1940.