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Various definitions set out in sections 4 and 5 are modified notably the definition of "leasehold tenancy". Section 9, providing for contractual implications in the case of severance of relationship between landlord and tenant, is completely rewritten. The tenant shall have the right to change the tenancy contract from a share tenancy to leasehold tenancy and vice versa and from one crop sharing arrangement to another (sect. 14). The landholder shall have the right to choose the kind of crop and the seeds that the tenant shall plant in his holdings (sect. 25). Various sections relating to obligations of a landholder in a tenancy relationship are amended. Section 32 defines the method of calculation for share of the parties shall in tenancy share agreements relative to ricelands. Provisions relative to protection of tenants are also amended.

Amends: Agricultural Tenancy Act of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 1199). (1954-08-30)

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