.
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