. Equal status shall be given to women and men, whether married or not, in the titling of the land and issuance of stewardship contracts and patents. Further: a. The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) shall issue the Emancipation Patent (EP) and Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA), to all qualified beneficiaries regardless of sex, ciyil status, or physical condition. In order to protect the rights of legally married spouses where properties form part of the conjugal partnership of gains or absolute community property, the names of both shall appear in the EP and CLOA preceded by the word "spouses." In unions where parties are not legally married, the names of both parties shall likewise appear in EP and CLOA with the conjunctive word and" between their names; b. DAR shall screen bonafide agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). As such, either spouse or party in a relationship who individually possess qualifications shall have the right to identification, screening and selection of ARBs; c. In no case shall a woman be excluded either in the titling of the land or issuance of stewardship contracts and patents on the or being in a of sex, being married, union without marriage to an agrarian retorm account beneficiary d. The Natural Department of Environment and Resources (DENR) shall issue Certificate of Stewardships in the name or both spouses who shall then be co-stewards of the land; 88

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