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RA 6657 Section 73

Prohibited Acts and Omissions.

Section 73

SEC. 73. Prohibited Acts and Omissions.—The following are prohibited: The ownership or possession, for the purpose of circumventing the provisions of this Act, of agricultural lands in excess of the total retention limits of award ceilings by any person, natural or juridical, except those under collective ownership by farmer-beneficiaries. The forcible entry or illegal detainer by persons who are not qualified beneficiaries under this Act to avail themselves of the rights and benefits of the Agrarian Reform Program. The conversion by any landowner of his agricultural land into any non-agricultural use with intent to avoid the application of this Act to his landholdings and to dispossess his tenant farmers of the land tilled by them. The willful prevention or obstruction by any person, association or entity of the implementation of the CARP. The sale, transfer, conveyance or change of the nature of lands outside of urban centers and city limits either in whole or in part after the effectivity of this Act. The date of the registration of the deed of conveyance in the Register of Deeds with respect to tilted lands and the date of the issuance of the tax declaration to the transferee of the property with respect to unregistered lands, as the case may be, shall be conclusive for the purpose of this Act. The sale, transfer or conveyance by a beneficiary of the right to use or any other usufructuary right over the land he acquired by virtue of being a beneficiary, in order to circumvent the provisions of this Act.

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CitationRA 6657 Section 73 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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