Commonwealth Act No. 53 (CA 53) — An Act to Provide That the Testimony of a Lessee or Tenant Shall Be Accepted, in Certain Cases, as "Prima Facie" Evidence on the Terms of His Contract with the Owner of Land.

Commonwealth Act No. 53 · Commonwealth Act · Approved October 17, 1936 · 2 sections

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Section 1

SECTION 1. Where a covenant or contract made between the owner of land and a lessee or tenant on share thereof has not been reduced to writing or has not been set forth in a document written in a language known to the lessee or tenant, the testimony of such lessee or tenant shall be accepted as prima facie evidence on the terms of a covenant or contract.

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, October 17, 1936.

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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