ALLOWING PASTURE LESSEES TO USE THEIR PASTURE LANDS FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 861
• Sections: 6

Preamble

WHEREAS, the government is intensifying its food production

campaign in line with the New Society's economic and social development

goals; and

WHEREAS, this program can be enhanced by allowing pasture

permittees or lessees to use their pasture lands for agriculture if said

lands are suited for this purpose;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,

do hereby order and decree;

Section 1

SECTION 1. Any provision of existing law to the contrary

notwithstanding, a pasture lessee or permittee is hereby allowed to

devote his pasture land for agricultural purposes; Provided, That a

certification of the Secretary of Agriculture is first obtained that the

land is suited for agricultural purposes.

Section 2

SEC. 2. In case the Secretary of Agriculture certifies that

the land is more suitable to agriculture than for pasture purposes and

upon proper application by the pasture permittee or lessees, the

Secretary of Natural Resources shall issue the necessary order

reclassifying the land, subject to the approval thereof by the

President.

Section 3

SEC. 3. After the reclassification of the pasture land into

an agricultural land, the same shall be reappraised for the purpose of

determining the reasonable rental thereof. The pasture permittee or

lessee may be allowed to lease the same, subject to the limitations

provided in the Constitution, the Public Land Act and other existing

laws, rules and regulations.

Section 4

SEC. 4. All provisions of existing laws, orders or

regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified

accordingly.

Section 5

SEC. 5. This decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December, in the year

of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive Assistant