RA 9303 Section 9

Tenured Migrants.

Section 9

SEC. 9. Tenured Migrants. — Tenured migrants shall be eligible to become stewards of portions of land within production zones as may be designated by the DENR and from which they may derive subsistence. The DENR shall develop an appropriate tenurial instrument for these inhabitants within the PA. Tenured migrants shall be considered and treated individually or per household on the basis of head of families with legitimate dependents. Tenured migrants occupying portions of ancestral domain shall be treated separately. The PAMB shall develop appropriate mechanisms to resolve any dispute arising therein. Absentee/transient migrants in the PA who do not qualify as tenured migrants shall not be eligible to become stewards of portions of land within multiple-use and sustainable zones.

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