7/24/2019 (004) Luz Farms vs Secretary of Agrarian Reform - GR
No. 86889 - December 4, 1990
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Luz Farms vs Secretary of Agrarian Reform
In 1988, RA 6657 was arove! "y t#e $resi!ent of t#e
$#i%iines& Itinc%u!es t#e raising of %ivestoc', ou%try, an!
swine in its coverage&
In 1989, t#e Secretary of Agrarian Reform romu%gate! t#e IRR of
Secs& 11,1(, an! (9 of t#e sai! %aw&
Luz Farms, a cororation engage! in t#e %ivestoc' an! ou%try
"usiness,
a%%ege!%y stan!s to "e a!verse%y a)ecte! "y t#e enforcement of
certain
sections of RA 6657, of t#e *ui!e%ines an! $roce!ures
Im%ementing
$ro!uction an! $ro+t S#aring un!er RA 6657, an! of t#e IRR of
Section 11& It
rays t#at t#e aforesai! statutes "e !ec%are!
unconstitutiona%&
ISS-.
/0 t#e 2ARL s#ou%! inc%u!e t#e raising of %ivestoc', ou%try an!
swine in its
coverage&
/0 t#e re3uirement in Sections 1( an! (4 of RA 6657 !irecting
cororatefarms to eecute an! im%ement ro!uctions#aring %ans is
unreasona"%efor "eing con+scatory an! vio%ative of !ue rocess, wit#
resect to %ivestoc'an! ou%try raisers&
-L:.
;& It was never t#e intention of t#e framers of t#e
2onstitution to inc%u!et#e %ivestoc' an! ou%try in!ustry in t#e
coverage of t#e agrarian reformrogram of t#e government&
