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RA 1199 Section 27

RA 1199 Section 27

Section 27

SEC. 27. Prohibitions to the Landholder: The landholder shall not dispossess the tenant of his holdings except for any of the causes enumerated in Section fifty, and without the cause having been proved before, and the dispossession authorized by, the court; otherwise, he shall, aside from the penalty of fine and/or imprisonment provided for any violation of this Act, be liable to the tenant for damages to the extent of the landholder's participation in the harvest in addition to the tenant's right under Section twenty-two of this Act. The landholder shall be responsible for the payment of taxes levied by the Government upon the land which is the subject-matter of the contract and it shall be unlawful to make the tenant bear a part or all of the same, either; directly or indirectly. The landholder shall not require the tenant to bear, directly or indirectly, any part of the rent, "canon” or other consideration which he, the former, may be obligation to pay to a third person for the use of the land.

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