Section 1. A Presidential Committee composed of the Minister of Agrarian Reform as Chairman, with the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Justice as members, is hereby created which shall have the principal responsibility to determine the classes or nature of relationships or arrangements where tenancy shall be considered to have been established by a farmer-tiller with the landowner, landholder or legal possessor.
In cases where tenancy is said to exist, the tenant shall be entitled to the full protection and rights of tenants under Presidential Decree No. 1038 dated October 21, 1976.
In addition, the Committee shall have the following functions:
1. Review and look deeper into the existing situations of tenant-tillers and recommend policies or courses of action to strengthen their tenurial security and
2. Undertake studies and perform such other tasks as may be necessary for the protection and improvement of the status of tenants in plantations devoted to crops other than rice and/or corn.
The Committee may call upon any agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as may be necessary for the performance of its functions.