December 22, 1972

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 84

AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORMS TO SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES LAND TRANSFER CERTIFICATES ISSUED TO TENANT-FARMERS PURSUANT TO PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 27

WHEREAS, it is my desire that the land reform program of the Government be implemented with maximum efficiency and speed;

WHEREAS, the distribution of the Land Transfer Certificates to be issued pursuant to the implementing Rules and Regulations for Presidential Decree No. 27 will be expedited if the Secretary of Agrarian Reforms is authorized to sign and issue such Certificates in the name of, and on behalf of, the President of the Republic of the Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby authorize and empower the Secretary of Agrarian Reform to sign and issue the Land Transfer Certificates to be issued pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 27 in the name and on behalf of the President of the Republic of the Philippines.

This Decree shall take effect immediately; it shall be part of the law of the land.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.