Proclamation No. 127, s. 1937

MALACAÑANG PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 127

DECLARING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND FIFTY-FOUR, KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE RICE SHARE TENANCY ACT, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT, TO BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN, NUEVA ECIJA, PAMPANGA, PANGASINAN, AND TARLAC.

Whereas, extensive agricultural lands in the Province of Bulacan, Nueve Ecija, Pampanga, Pangasinan, and Tarlac are dedicated, under the "kasama system," to the rice industry; and

Whereas, time and again serious controversies due to conflicting interpretations of the terms of verbal contracts and other matters affecting the relationship between landlords and tenants in the aforesaid provinces have arisen, thereby menacing public peace and order;

Now, therefore, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Labor, do hereby declare the provisions of Act Numbered Four thousand fifty-four otherwise known as the Philippines Rice Share Tenancy Act as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred seventy-eight, to be in full force and effect from and after the date of this proclamation in all the municipalities of the Provinces of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Pangasinan, and Tarlac.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done at the City of Manila, this twentieth day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second.

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(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
Secretary of the Interior