(9) Provide administrative services to the Municipal Agrarian Reform Offices within the province; (10) Provide legal services to agrarian reform beneficiaries in cases arising from or connected with agrarian reform disputes, handling of expropriation proceedings, registering cooperatives and reviewing and acting on all matters initially investigated and elevated by Municipal Agrarian Reform Office; (11) Provide technical assistance to Municipal Agrarian Reform Officers in the implementation of approved plans and programs; (12) Conduct periodic performance audit in collaboration with the regional office and monitor agrarian reform program accomplishments, including operational problems and constraints, and recommend appropriate remedial measures for effective program implementation; and (13) Perform such other functions as may be necessary. SEC. 14. Municipal Agrarian Reform Offices. - The Department shall have as many Municipal Agrarian Reform Offices as may be necessary in promoting efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of its service, which shall be headed by a Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer (MARO). The Municipal Agrarian Reform Office shall be responsible for directly implementing agrarian reform programs and delivering expected results at the municipal level. For such purpose, it shall have the following functions: (1) Implement policies and programs on land acquisition and distribution and transfer of landownership to actual tillers, including identification of farms, landowners, and beneficiaries, leasehold arrangements, landowner‟s compensation and transfer actions as determined in accordance with law; (2) Undertake continuing information and education programs on agrarian reform among the beneficiaries thereof; (3) Encourage and promote the organization and development of agrarian reform beneficiaries and assist in the registration of organized cooperatives; (4) Institutionalize beneficiaries‟ participation in agrarian reform policy formulation and programs implementation; (5) Organize/establish compact farms, land consideration integrated farm system, sloping agricultural land technology and other cooperative-cultivatorship schemes; (6) Provide assistance in agrarian reform research; 54