SECTION 1. In view of the determination of the Government to
emancipate the tenant-farmers from a feudalistic system of
landownership, it is hereby declared a policy of the State, in
furtherance of its desire to protect the tenant-farmers, that no acts or
schemes designed to obstruct the implementation of land reform program
or obviously in derogation of the rights of tenant-farmers shall remain
unpunished.
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CitationPD 583 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
