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Displaying 7521 - 7525 of 15550Republic Act No. 10374 amending Agricultural Land Reform Code by extending the life of the Land Bank of the Philippines.
This Act aims at financing the acquisition by the Government of land estates for division and resale to small landholders, as well as the purchase of the landholding by the agricultural lessee from the landowner, there is hereby established a body corporate to be known as the "Land Bank of the Philippines", which shall have its principal place of business in Manila. The legal existence of the Bank is extended for a period of fifty years from the expiration of its original term on 08 August 2013, renewable for another fifty years.
Land Tax (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 5 of 2013).
This Act amends the Land Tax Act in section 6B with respect to tax rates to be paid by pensioner. It also inserts new section 28B concerning waiver of penalties and interest.
Amends: Land Tax Act. (2003)
Land Valuation (Amendment) Act (No. 4 of 2013).
This Act amends the Land Valuation Act in section 10 by inserting a subsection which disapplies subsections (1) and (2) of that section to hotels within the meaning of section 6B of the Land Tax Act, Cap. 78A for a specified period. Section 10 concerns new valuations.
Amends: Land Valuation Act. (1985)
Agricultural Census Order, 2012 (S.R.O. No. 20 of 2012).
This Order requires a census to be carried out in 2012. The information required for the Agricultural Census and the particulars to be stated in the Census forms shall be those set out in Schedule I of this Order and the forms set out in Schedule II to this Order shall be used for the collection of statistics for the purposes of the Agricultural Census. The Census also concerns livestock keeping, irrigation, use of land and land tenure, and use of fertilizers.
Land Husbandry Act, 1969 (No. 22 of 1969).
The Act provides for soil conservation and livestock control. It harmonizes soil conservation activities in agriculture, livestock management and proper management of water resources. The Act contains provisions on range management and grazing control for communities to manage range resources in a sustainable manner, guaranteeing equal access.The Act applies to agricultural land, i.e. land utilised for the purpose of the growing of crops or the grazing of livestock.