ni Atty. Persida Rueda-Acosta @Magtanong Kay Attorney | August 2, 2023
Dear Chief Acosta,
Nais ko lamang malaman kung maaari ko bang paalisin ang kasalukuyang tenant sa aking nabiling lupang sakahan sapagkat nais kong ipalit sa kanya ang aking pinsan na mayroong mas malawak na kaalaman sa pagsasaka? -- Ian
Dear Ian,
Para sa iyong kaalaman, ang Section 16 ng Republic Act No. 2263 o mas kilala bilang An Act Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Nine, otherwise known as the Agricultural Tenancy Act of the Philippines ang batas na naaangkop sa iyong sitwasyon:
“Section 16. Section forty-nine of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 49. Ejectment of Tenant. Notwithstanding any agreement or provision of law as to the period or future surrender of the land, in all cases where land devoted to any agricultural purpose is held under any system of tenancy, the tenant shall not be dispossessed of his holdings by the landholder except for any of the causes hereinafter enumerated and only after the same has been proved before and the dispossession is authorized by the court.
It shall likewise be unlawful for any third party to dispossess the tenant of his holding except by order of the Court. Any violation of this provision shall be penalized in accordance with section fifty-seven of this Act and/or under the general provisions of law applicable to the act committed.”
Malinaw sa nabanggit na probisyon ng batas na maaari lamang paalisin ng isang third party na tulad ng nakabili ng lupang sakahan ang tenant nito kung ito ay ipag-uutos ng korte. Ang paglabag sa nasabing probisyon ay mayroong karampatang kaparusahan sang-ayon sa Section 21 ng parehong batas, kung saan nakasaad na:
“Section 21. Section fifty-seven of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 57. Penal Provision. Violation of the provisions of subsections one and three, section twenty-seven and of sections thirty-nine and forty-nine of this Act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand pesos or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court. Any person who in bad faith shall induce or cause anybody to violate the aforesaid sections of Republic Act numbered one thousand one hundred ninety-nine shall be punished with a fine not exceeding four thousand pesos or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
In case of juridical persons, the manager or the person who has charge of the management or administration of the property or, in their default, the person acting in their stead, shall be liable under this section.”
Sana ay nabigyan namin ng linaw ang iyong katanungan. Ang payong aming ibinigay ay base lamang sa mga impormasyon na iyong inilahad at maaaring magbago kung mababawasan o madaragdagan ang mga detalye ng iyong salaysay.
Maraming salamat sa inyong patuloy na pagtitiwala.
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