Section 1. Renumbering of Sections 8 to 16. - Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 of Department of Agrarian Reform Administrative Order No. 03, Series of 2011, are hereby renumbered to Sections 7, 8, 9,10,11,12,13,14, and 15, respectively to read as follows:

"Section 7. Prima Facie Presumption of an Existence of Agrarian Dispute or that the Case is Agrarian in Nature.

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"Section 8. Facts Tending To Prove that A Case is Agrarian In Nature,

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"Section 9. DAR Certification.

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"Section 10. Return of Referred Case.

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"Section 11. Recommendation, of the PARO is Final.

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"Section 12. Separability Clause.

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"Section 13. Repealing Clause.

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"Section 14. Transitory Provision.

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"Section 15. Effectivity.

Section 2. Effectivity. - This A.O. shall take effect upon its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.


Adopted: 16 August 2011


(SGD.) VIRGILIO R. DE LOS REYES
Secretary