Republic Act No. 6657

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Republic Act No. 6657, also known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988, is a Philippine statute that governs land redistribution and agrarian reform to promote social justice and rural development.

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instanceOf Philippine statute
agrarian reform law
abbreviation CARL
administeredBy Department of Agrarian Reform
aimsToProtect rights of landless farmers
rights of regular farmworkers
alsoKnownAs Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988
amendedBy Republic Act No. 7881
Republic Act No. 9700
appliesTo agricultural lands in the Philippines
beneficiaries farmworkers
landless farmers
component institutional development for agrarian reform
land acquisition and distribution
support services to agrarian reform beneficiaries
country Philippines
dateEnacted 1988-06-10
enactedBy Congress of the Philippines
establishes Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
goal equitable distribution of agricultural land
improvement of farmers’ lives
hasAmendingLaw Republic Act No. 9700
historicalContext Philippine democratic transition after 1986 EDSA Revolution
jurisdiction Republic of the Philippines
linked to: Philippines
language English
legalArea land law
rural development policy
social justice
officialName Republic Act No. 6657
policyObjective achieve social justice in the countryside
increase agricultural productivity
policyType redistributive land policy
social reform policy
programName Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
purpose agrarian reform
land redistribution
promotion of social justice
rural development
region Southeast Asia
requires distribution of certain public agricultural lands
distribution of private agricultural lands
shortName RA 6657
signedBy Corazon C. Aquino
signingPresident Corazon C. Aquino
subjectMatter agrarian reform
agricultural lands
timePeriod post-Marcos era
tookEffectIn Philippines
yearEnacted 1988

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DAR legalFramework Republic Act No. 6657
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program legalBasis Republic Act No. 6657
Republic Act No. 6657 officialName Republic Act No. 6657