1.    Direct payment subject to supervision. — The workers' share shall be paid directly by the planter concerned to the workers or claimants entitled thereto subject to the supervision of the Minister of Labor or his duly designated representatives. 

2.    Release of the planters' share. — No part of the 60% share of any planter shall be released to him without the certification of the Minister of Labor that the planter has fully paid the shares of all the workers or claimants entitled thereto.

3.    Unclaimed shares. — Pursuant to Article 129 of the Labor Code, as amended, any undistributed or unclaimed share of the workers shall be held in a special deposit account in an authorized depository bank in the name of the Minister of Labor to be held in trust for the worker for a period of two (2) years, after which any sum remaining unclaimed shall constitute a special fund to be used exclusively for the promotion of the welfare of rural workers.

4.    Prohibition on deductions. — No deduction whatsoever shall be made from the share of the workers for payment of attorney's or other fees for any service rendered in connection with the release and distribution of such share.

5.    Prohibition on waive of benefits. — As a matter of public policy, any contract, device or quitclaim of any sort tending to exempt the planter, in whole or in part, from his liability under the Act shall be null and void. 

6.    Funding. — For calendar year 1979, the sum of P300,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby set aside from the available funds of the Rural Workers' Office, Ministry of Labor, for the implementation of the Act.

Since 19.07.98.