MALACAŅANG PALACE
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 427

DECLARING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NO. 4054 KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE RICE SHARE TENANCY ACT," AS AMENDED, TO BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO.

For the purpose of regulating the relations between landlords and tenants and of preventing serious controversies in the Province of Iloilo, which have arisen as a result of conflicting interpretations of the terms of verbal contracts and other agreements affecting their relationship, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by law, and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Labor, do hereby declare the provisions of Act Numbered Four thousand and fifty-four, otherwise known as "The Philippine Rice Share Tenancy Act," as amended, to be in full force and effect from and after the date of this proclamation in the Province of Iloilo.

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 fifth day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fourth.

MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President


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