Preamble
WHEREAS, the present laws do not adequately provide for a method of registering the ownership of tenant-farmers covered by Presidential Decree No. 27; and WHEREAS, there is urgent need of registering such rights to prevent confusion in land titles; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby decree and order the registration of said rights in the following manner: