Amending Sections Forty-One and Eighty-Seven of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred Sixty-Four, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the "Real Property Tax Code", and for Other Purposes
Amending Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-One as Amended, Entitled "An Act Establishing the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, Defining the Powers and Duties and for Other Purposes"
Repealing Presidential Decree No. 1737, Otherwise Known as An Act Providing for the Preservation of Public Order and the Protection of Individual Rights and Liberties During Periods of Emergency and Exercise of Extra-Ordinary Executive Powers
Codifying the Laws on Illegal/unlawful Possession, Manufacture, Dealing In, Acquisition or Disposition, of Firearms, Ammunition or Explosives or Instruments Used in the Manufacture of Firearms, Ammunition or Explosives, and Imposing Stiffer Penalties for Certain Violations Thereof and for Relevant Purposes
Defining the Conditions Under Which the President
May Issue Orders of Arrest or Commitment Orders During Martial Law or When the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus Is Suspended
Increasing the Penalties for the Crime of Rebellion, Sedition, and Related Crimes, and Amending for This Purpose Articles 135, 136, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146 and 147 of the Revised Penal Code and Adding Section 142-B Thereto
Granting Philippine Citizenship to the Spouses Chia Chang Chiek, Hereinafter to Be Known as Mr. John Tan Sia Seng, and Chan Sioe Ing, Hereinafter to Be Known as Mrs. Sandra Tan Sia Seng, to the Spouses Mr. Leandro Vasquez and Mrs. Andrea Vasquez, and to Mr. Eduardo J. Soriano
Further Amending Paragraph (1) of Section 6 of Republic Act No. 1828, as Amended By Republic Acts Nos. 2077 and 4167 and Presidential Decrees Nos. 1001 and 1714
Amending Section 1, Presidential Decree No. 1822, Providing for Trial By Courts-Martial of Members of the Armed Forces Charged With Offenses Related to the Performance of Their Duties
Prohibiting Courts From Issuing Restraining Orders or Preliminary Injunctions in Cases Involving Infrastructure and Natural Resource Development Projects Of, and Public Utilities Operated By, the Government
Amending Section Sixty Two of Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Four, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Code of Agrarian Reforms of the Philippines
Amending Presidential Decree No. 15, as Amended By Presidential Decree Nos. 179 and 1444, Entitled "Creating the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Defining Its Objectives, Powers, and Functions and for Other Purposes"
Amending Presidential Decree No. 464, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Real Property Tax Code, By Granting Special Authority to the President to Provide Flexibility in the Real Property Tax System to Meet Economic Exigencies And/Or Promote the General Welfare
Authorizing the Continuance of the System of Review By the President of Contracts, Franchises, Permits and Other Forms of Privileges Granted By the State, Established Under Presidential Decree No. 1677-A Dated February 19, 1980
Directing the Cancellation of Awards, Contracts of Sale, Titles of Lots Within the Agno-Leveriza Tenant Association Subdivision and the Reconveyance of the Same to the Government Upon Payment of Just Compensation and Ordering the Expropriation of Vacant Lots Adjacent Thereto Which Are Covered By Transfer Certificate of Titles Nos. 70406, 31713, 132081 and 134314 All Situated At Malate, Manila for Upgrading Under the Zonal Improvement Program (Zip) and the Disposal of Lots Generated Therein to Their Present Bona-Fide Occupants and Other Qualified Squatter Families and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds for the Purpose
Prescribing the Procedure Whereby the Republic of the Philippines
May Waive Sovereign Immunity From Suit and Other Legal Proceeding With Respect to Itself or Its Property in Connection With Foreign Obligations Contracted By It Pursuant to Law
Prohibiting and Penalizing the Granting of Permits for the Holding of Public Rallies, Demonstrations, Assemblies and Similar Meetings to Persons Found Guilty of Rebellion, Sedition or Subversion Who Have Not Been Granted Amnesty Therefor, and to Persons Charged With Any of Said Crimes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 949 Dated June 17, 1976 By Reserving Certain Parcels of Land of the Private Domain Situated in the Municipality of Mariveles, Province of Bataan as Part of the Petrochemical Industrial Zone
Abolishing the Councils for the Print and Broadcast Media Created Under Letter of Instructions No. 587 in Accordance With Presidential Decree No. 576, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 1776
Establishing the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University By Merging the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State College; the Southern Ilocos Polytechnic State College, the La Union School of Arts and Trades and the La Union Community College and Likewise Integrating the Sapilang Elementary School Into the State University: Providing a Chapter for This Purpose and Appropriating Funds Thereof
An Act Further Amending Certain Sections of P.D. No. 1177, as Amended, Entitled "Revising the Budget Process in Order to Institutionalize the Budgetary Innovations of the New Society"
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 576, Entitled "Abolishing the Media Advisory Council and the Bureau of Standards for Mass Media, and Authorizing the Organization of Regulatory Councils for Print Media and for Broadcast Media"
Amending Section Eighty or Presidential Decree Numbered Seven Hundred Five, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the "Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines"
Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Three Hundred and Sixty Dated December 30, 1973 Adjusting the Authorized Grades in the Command and Staff Structure of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Empowering the President to Determine the Terms and Conditions of Power Contracts of the Government With Aluminum Smelter Projects and for Other Purposes
Conveying Certain Parcels of Land of the Public Domain to the National Development Company for Priority Projects, Establishing a Special Procedure for Making Available Lands of the Public Domain for Priority Projects of the National Development Company, and for Other Purposes.
Enlarging the Powers and Purposes of the Metals Industry Research and Development Center; Further Reconstituting Its Board of Trustees, and for Other Purposes
Requiring Compliance With Competitive Bidding Regulations and Adoption of Uniform General Terms and Conditions in Case of Certain Government and Private Contracts
Transferring, Ceding and Conveying to the Philippine Tourism Authority Certain Parcels of Land of the Private Domain of the Government Located in the City of Manila for Tourism Development Purposes
Penalizing Contractors and Subcontractors Who Violate Any Material Provisions of Contracts Involving Public Works Projects of the Government, and Public Officials Who Allow Such Violations, and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1663 Reconstituting the Municipalities of Panamao (Old) and New Panamao as Well as Talipao in the Province of Sulu and Changing the Name of New Panamao to Panglima Estino
Penalizing Contractors and Subcontractors Who Violate any Material Provisions of Contracts Involving Public Works Projects of the Government, and Public Officials Who Allow Such Violations, and for Other Purposes
Increasing the Statutory Daily Minimum Wage At All Levels By P4.00 After Integrating the Mandatory Emergency Living Allowances Under Presidential Decrees 525 and 1123 Into the Basic Pay of All Covered Workers
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1515 Vesting the Jurisdiction and Control Over Watershed Reservations in the Ministry of Energy and for Other Purposes
Providing for the Disposition of Cases Involving Simple Illegal Possession of Firearm, Ammunition, or Explosive, the Surrender of Such Contraband Under Certain Guarantees and Conditions, and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1110-A Penalizing Any Attempt On, or Conspiracy Against, the Life of the Chief Executive of the Republic of the Philippines, Any Member of His Cabinet of Their Families
Condoning Penalties for Certain Violations of the Income Tax Law Upon Voluntary Disclosure of Undeclared Income for Income Tax Purposes and Requiring Periodic Submission of Net Worth Statement
Amending Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 576 Entitled "Abolishing the Media Advisory Council and the Bureau of Standards for Mass Media, and Authorizing the Organization of Regulatory Councils for Print Media and for Broadcast Media"
An Act Providing for the Preservation of Public Order and the Protection of Individual Rights and Liberties During Periods of Emergency and Exercise of Extraordinary Executive Powers
Declaring the Syndicated Printing, Manufacture, Distribution, Possession or Use of Fake Official Bureau of Land Transportation Forms, Documents, Plates and Stickers as Offenses Involving Economic Sabotage
Prohibiting and Penalizing the Grant of Permits for the Holding of Public Rallies, Demonstrations, Assemblies and Similar Meetings to Persons Found Guilty of Rebellion, Sedition or Subversion Who Have Not Been Granted Amnesty Therefor, and to Persons Charged With Any of Said Crimes.
Declaring as Unlawful the Malicious Dissemination of False Information of the Willful Making of Any Threat Concerning Bombs, Explosives or Any Similar Device or Means of Destruction and Imposing Penalties Therefor
Fixing the Period of Time Within Which Unlicensed or Loose Firearms Must Be Surrendered Without the Holder Incurring Criminal Liability and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1251 Imposing a Fee on Operating Mining Companies to Be Known as "Mine Wastes and Tailing Fee" to Compensate for Damages to Private Land-Owners and for Other Purposes
Providing for Incentives in the Pursuit of Economic Development Programs By Restricting the Use of Documents and Information Vital to the National Interest in Certain Proceedings and Processes
Exempting All Gifts, Bequests, Donations And/Or Contributions to the Gintong Alay Educational and Fund Campaign From Certain Taxes and Providing Tax Allowance Therefor
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 760, as Amended By Further Encouraging the Chartering of Specialized Ocean-Going Vessels and By Extending the Effectivity of the Decree Until 1999
Amending Presidential Decree No. 791, Entitled "Providing Exemption From the Payment of Customs and Tariff Duties, Special Import Tax and Compensating Tax Covering Importation of Sugar Mills, Machinery, Spare Parts and Equipment for a Limited Period"
Amending Paragraph (I), Section 2 of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Four Hundred and Twenty-Five, Otherwise Known as the "Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972", as Amended
Providing for Compulsory National Service for Filipino Citizens and Amending Certain Sections of Commonwealth Act Number One, as Amended, Otherwise Known as "The National Defense Act" for the Purpose
Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Thirteen Hundred Nine Authorizing the Central Bank of the Philippines to Engage in Special Borrowing and Lending Operations
Amending Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 1674 Entitled: "Providing a Mechanism for Price Regulation, Creating a Price Stabilization Council, Prescribing Its Powers and Responsibilities and for Other Purposes."
Amending Presidential Decree No. 492, as Amended, Entitled "Creating the Metro Manila Transit Corporation, Appropriating the Funds Therefor and Other Purposes."
Amending Certain Sections of Presidential Decree No. 463, Otherwise Known as "The Mineral Resources Development Decree of 1974", as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 1385.
Amending the 1978 Election Code By Providing That the Investigation, Prosecution and Disposition of Cases Involving Violations of Election Laws Shall Be Given Preference and Priority.
To Revise Tariff Heading 76.04 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 and to Modify the Rate of Duty on Imported Aluminum Foil Provided Under Presidential Decree No. 1628
An Act Providing for the Expropriation of the Property Along the Estero De Sunog-Apog Formerly Consisting of Lots Nos. 55-A, 55-B and 55-C, Block 2918 of the Subdivision Plan Psd-11746, Covered By Tct Nos. 49286, 49287 and 49288, Respectively, of the Register of Deeds of Manila and for the Sale At Cost of the Lots Therein to the Bonafide Occupants and Other Squatter Families and to Upgrade the Same, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds for the Purpose
Providing a New Section to Be Inserted Between Sections 6 and 7 to Be Known as "Section 6-A" of the 1978 Election Code and Amending Section 98 Thereof for the Purpose of Ensuring That the Participation of Voters Illegally Registered Shall Not Pervert the True Result of the Election
Empowering the Members of the Batasang Pambansa and Members of the Sangguniang Pampook (Regional Assembly) to Administer Oaths of Office to Elective Public Officials
Setting Additional Days for the Registration of Qualified Voters in the Voting Centers Before the Citizens' Election Committee and Extending the Last Day for the Registration Under the Continuing Systems With the Election Registrar
Declaring the Enclosed Coves and Waters Embraced By Puerto Galera Bay and Protected By Medio Island, An Ecologically Threatened Zone and Forbidding Therein the Construction of Marinas, Hotels, Restaurants or Any Structures Along Its Coastline Draining Into the Endangered Zone and Causing Further Pollution; and Further Forbidding Unwarranted Ship Docking, Ship Repair Except in Duluruan, and Appointing a Special Committee to Study the Ecologically Endangered Zone's Rehabilitation and Preservation
To Amend Paragraph a of Section 401, Presidential Decree No. 1464, Otherwise Known as the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as Amended, By Providing Flexibility in the Reduction and Modification of Tariffs
Amending the Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1196 Regarding the Election of Municipal Officials of the Municipality of Doña Remedios Trinidad, Province of Bulacan
Amending Certain Sections of the 1978 Election Code to Grant the Commission on Elections the Power to Transfer or Reassign Election Registrars, Election Deputy Regional Directors and Election Regional Directors
Amending Further Sections 2 and 3 of Presidential Decree No. 1271, as Amended, Entitled "An Act Nullifying Decrees of Registration and Certificates of Title Covering Lands Within the Baguio Townsite Reservation Issued in Civil Reservation Case No. 1 G.L.R.O. Record No. 211 Pursuant to Republic Act No. 931, as Amended, But Considering as Valid Certain Titles of Such Lands That Are Alienable and Disposable Under Certain Conditions and for Other Purposes" By Granting Another Period to File Manifestation of Intention to Validate Titles
Amending Sections 3 and 5 of Presidential Decree No. 1638 Entitled "Establishing a New System of Retirement and Separation for Military Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and for Other Purposes"
Amending the Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1112 Entitled, "Authorizing the Establishment of Toll Facilities on Public Improvements, Creating a Board for the Regulation Thereof and for Other Purposes", Otherwise Known as the "Toll Operation Decree"
Amending Presidential Decree No. 269, Increasing the Capitalization and Broadening the Lending and Regulatory Powers of the National Electrification Administration and for Other Purposes
Freezing the Rates of Rental, Above Three Hundred Pesos a Month, of Residential and Commercial Buildings, Houses, Apartments and Dwelling Units in Metropolitan Manila At Current Levels
Amending Further Republic Act Numbered Thirty-Five Hundred and Eighteen Entitled "An Act Creating the Philippine Veterans Bank and for Other Purposes" as Amended By Presidential Decree Numbered Two Hundred Thirty Six
Amending Republic Act No. 6173 as Amended for the Purpose of Clarifying the Procedural and Other Requirements Under Section 17 Thereof in Relation to Payments to the Special Fund Created Under Section 8(J) of the Same, and for Other Purposes
Amending Sections Three and Four of Presidential Decree No. 1067-B DatedJanuary 1, 1977, Entitled "Granting the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation a Franchise to Establish, Operate, and Maintain Gambling Casinos on Land or Water Within the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Republic of the Philippines as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 1399 DatedJune 2, 1978
To Amend the Second Paragraph of Section 104 and to Modify the Rates of Duty on Certain Imported Articles Provided Under Presidential Decree No. 1464, Otherwise Known as the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978
Further Amending Section 1 of Republic Act No. 2087, Entitled "An Act Granting Life Pension and Franking Privilege to Widows of Former Presidents of the Philippines"
Further Amending Republic Act One Thousand Entitled "An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds to Finance Public Works and Projects for Economic Development, Authorized By Law and for Other Purposes," Amended
Amending Sections Six; Twenty, Paragraph (D) and the Last Paragraph Thereof; Twenty-One; Forty, Paragraph (D); and Forty-One of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred and Sixty-Four, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Real Property Tax Code, and Adding Thereto a New Section Denominated as Section Ninety-Seven (A)
Penalizing the Use or Possession or the Unauthorized Sale to Minors of Volatile Substances for the Purpose of Inducing Intoxication or in Any Manner Changing, Distorting or Disturbing the Auditory, Visual or Mental Process
Integrating the Balaoan School of Fisheries Located At Barangay Paraoir, Balaoan La Union With the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State College and Appropriating Funds for the Purpose
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1276, Entitled "Authorizing the Central Bank of the Philippines to Continue the Implementation of Its Reward System for Information Leading to the Confiscation of Gold and Foreign Exchange"
Granting the Metropolitan Manila Commission Certain Powers Related to Traffic Management and Control in Metropolitan Manila, Providing Penalties, and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree Number Six Hundred Eighty-One Entitled "Creating the Farm Systems Development Corporation Prescribing Its Powers and Activities Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"
An Act Granting a New Franchise to Philippine Airlines, Inc. to Establish, Operate, and Maintain Air-Transport Services in the Philippines and Other Countries
Excluding Certain Areas From the Operation of Proclamation No. 87 DatedAugust 9, 1966, Under Republic Act No. 3092, and Opening the Same for Mining Purposes
Establishing a National Cartography, Photogrammetry and Remote-Sensing Center, Defining Its Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
Prescribing Certain Standard Conditions for Government Contracts, Concessions, Licenses, Permits, Leases or Similar Privileges Involving the Exploration, Development Exploitation or Utilization of Natural Resources
Granting to the Chairman and Members of the Civil Service Commission the Retirement Benefits Extended to Chairmen and Members of the Commission on Audit and the Commission on Elections Under Republic Act No. 3595 and Pertinent Laws
Transferring, Ceding and Conveying to the Philippine Tourism Authority Certain Parcels of Land of the Public Domain of the Government Located in the Ternate, Cavite, for Tourism Development Purposes
Empowering the Secretary of Trade to Regulate and Control the Operation of Service and Repair Enterprises for Motor Vehicles, Heavy Equipment and Engines and Engineering Works; Electronics, Electrical, Airconditioning and Refrigeration; Office Equipment; Medical and Dental Equipment; and Other Consumer Mechanical and Industrial Equipment, Appliances or Devices, Including the Technical Personnel Employed Therein
Strengthening the Barangay Nutrition Program By Providing for a Barangay Nutrition Scholar in Every Barangay, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 1183, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 1205, Entitled "Amending and Consolidating the Provisions on Travel Tax of Republic Act No. 1478 as Amended and Republic Act No. 6141, Prescribing the Manner of Collection Thereof, Providing Penalties for Violation Thereof, and for Other Purposes"
Establishing An Integrated System for the Control and Eradication of Mendicancy, Providing Penalties, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
Implementing the Cotabato-Agusan River Basin Development Program Creating for This Purpose the Cotabato-Agusan River Basin Program Office and Providing Funds Therefor
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 742 as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 773 Transferring the Regional Center of Region Ix From Jolo to Zamboanga City
Amending Republic Act No. 5631, Which Declared the Paoay Lake and Its Extremities Situated in the Province of Ilocos Norte a National Park, By Excluding a Certain Portion of the Land Embraced Therein and Declaring the Same Open for Disposition Under Existing Laws
Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree Number Nine Hundred Twenty-Six Entitled "Modifying the Organizational Structure for the Bicol River Basin Program, Providing Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes", Including Sorsogon Province and the Efficient Coordination, Supervision and Control of the Bicol River Basin Development Program
Transferring to the Provincial Government of Tawi-Tawi Certain Parcels of Land of the Public Domain Situated in the Barrio of Tubig Boh, Municipality of Bongao, Province of Tawi-Tawi
Establishing the Lungsod Silangan Mental Health Center and Providing for the 5-Year Decentralization Program of the National Mental Hospital and for Other Purposes
Amending Section 24 (B) (1) of the National Internal Revenue Code, for the Imposition of a Special Rate of Withholding Tax for Rental, Lease or Charter Payments for Foreign Owned Vessels Under Charter or Leased to Philippine Nationals
Repealing Sections Nine and Section Twelve (C) of Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Nine, as Amended, Otherwise Known as "The Savings and Loan Association Act"
Providing for Microfilming of Paid Treasury Warrants and Checks Chargeable Against Treasury Checking Account for Agencies (Tcaa), and the Disposal of Their Originals
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1277 DatedJanuary 4, 1978 Entitled "Providing for the Preservation of the Walls of Intramuros and the Restoration of Its Original Moat and Esplanade" By Including Preservation and Restoration of the Walled City
Regulating the Practice of the Metallurgical Engineering Profession in the Philippines and Providing for the Licensing and Registration of Metallurgical Engineers
Extending the Period Within Which to Conform With the Zoning Requirements, Prescribed By Presidential Decree No. 449, Otherwise Known as the "Cockfighting Law of 1974"
Establishing a Uniform Basis for Determining Just Compensation and the Amount of Deposit for Immediate Possession of the Property Involved in Eminent Domain Proceedings
Providing for the Ex-Officio Membership of Cabinet Ministers in Appropriate Government Boards and Bodies or Membership in Other Bodies in Representation of the Government
Further Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Seventy-Two Entitled "An Act Providing for the Establishment of a Vocational Technical Department of the Eulogio Rodriguez Vocational High School in the City of the Manila" as Amended By Republic Act Numbered Five Thousand Eighty-Eight Entitled "An Act Converting Eulogio Rodriguez Vocational High School Into Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Memorial School of Arts and Trades" By Providing for a Board of Trustees, Defining the Board's Powers and Duties, and for Other Purposes
Converting the Iloilo Regional School of Fisheries in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo Into a State College to Be Known as the Iloilo State College of Fisheries, Providing a Chapter for the Purpose, Expanding Its Curricular Offerings, Redirecting Its Objectives and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Converting the Philippine College of Arts and Trades Into the Technological University of the Philippines, Defining Its Objectives, Organizational Structure and Functions, and Expanding Its Programs
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1275 Entitled "Reorganizing the Prosecution Staff of the Department of Justice and the Offices of the Provincial and City Fiscals, Regionalizing the Prosecution Service, and Creating the National Prosecution Service"
Decree Granting An Exclusive Franchise to Construct, Operate and Maintain a Community Antenna Television System (Catv) in the Philippines in Favor of Sining Makulay, Incorporated
Ratifying the Tax Convention Between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of Canada for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income
An Act Granting the Philippine Games and Holidays Corporation a Franchise to Operate, Construct and Maintain a Fronton for Basque Pelota and Similar Games of Skill in the City of Cebu
Transferring to the Tarlac College of Agriculture Certain Parcels of Land of the Public Domain in the Municipalities Of
Mayantoc and San Clemente, Province of Tarlac
Amending Presidential Decree No. 260, as Amended, By Prohibiting the Unauthorized Modification, Alteration, Repair and Destruction of Original Features of All National Shrines, Monuments, Landmarks and Other Important Historic Edifices
Establishing a State University in the Province of Pangasinan to Be Known as the Pangasinan State University By Transferring All College Level Courses of the State-Supported Institutions of Higher Learning Thereat Into Said Institution/University, Providing a Charter for This Purpose, and Appropriating Funds Thereto
Establishing New Rates of Burial Allowance of Officers and Men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines While in the Active Duty in Case of Death From Injuries Received or Sickness Contracted in the Performance of Duty
Entitling Offices and Enlisted Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to Accumulate and Commute, Subject to Certain Conditions, Leave Credits, and for Other Purposes
Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-Two Hundred and Seven Entitled "An Act Providing for the Licensing and Regulation of Atomic Energy Facilities and Materials, Establishing the Rules on Liability for Nuclear Damage, and for Other Purposes"
Further Amending the Judiciary Act of 1948, Republic Act No. 296, as Amended, By Increasing the Number of Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals to Forty-Four
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 198 Otherwise Known as the "Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973", as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 768
Declaring the San Pedro Tunasan Estate of the Department of Agrarian Reform Suitable for Residential, Commercial or Industrial, or Other Non-Agricultural Purposes.
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1190 By Cancelling the Titles of Lot Purchasers At the Malaya-East Avenue Subdivision, Quezon City, and to Reconvey the Same to the National Housing Authority for Housing Purposes.
Amending Republic Acts Nos. 4852 and 6026 By Providing Additional Guidelines in the Utilization, Disposition and Administration of All Government Housing and Resettlement Projects.
Amending Presidential Decree No. 604 Entitled "Integrating Nationwide Youth Development, Physical Fitness and Amateur Sports Development Programs and Creating for This Purpose the Department of Youth and Sports Development" and for Other Purposes
Amending Sections 187 and 202 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, and Providing for the Registration of Export Produces and Trades With the Philippine Export Councils.
Creating the "Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation" Prescribing Its Powers and Activities, Providing for Its Capitalization and for the Required Government Premium Subsidy, and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 492, as Amended, Entitled "Creating the Metro Manila Transit Corporation, Appropriating the Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
Authorizing the Secretary of Energy to Enter Into and Conclude Service Contracts, or Re-Negotiate and Modify Existing Contracts Subject to Certain Limitations
Creating the Finance Department Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (FDIIB), Prescribing Its Powers and Functions, Appropriating Funds for Its Operations, and Amending for This Purpose Portions of the Integrated Reorganization Plan on Finance and National Security
Amending Republic Act No. 5631, Which Declared the Paoay Lake and its Extremities Situated in the Province of Ilocos Norte a National Park, By Excluding a Certain Portion of the Land Embraced Therein and Declaring the Same Open for Disposition Under Existing Laws
Amending Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-One, as Amended, Entitled "An Act Establishing the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, Defining Its Powers and Duties and for Other Purposes"
Reorganizing the Investments Coordination Committee and Instituting a Mechanism for the Reorganization of All Committees Attached to the National Economic and Development Authority; Amending for this Purpose Article Five, Chapter One, Part Six of the Integrated Reorganization Plan
Providing for the Imposition of an Additional Tax on Idle Lands and Amending for the Purpose the Pertinent Provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred and Sixty-Four, Otherwise Known as the Real Property Tax Code
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 15 as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 179, Entitled "Creating the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Defining Its Objectives, Powers and Functions and for Other Purposes"
Creating Additional Branches of the Courts of First Instance and City Courts, and New and Additional Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, in Certain Provinces and Cities
Defining the Composition and Powers of the Governing Boards, the Appointment and Term of Office of the President of Chartered State Universities and Colleges, and for Other Purposes
Merging the Cagayan Valley College of Arts and Trades and Northern Luzon College of Agriculture Into a State University to Be Known as the Cagayan State University Transferring the College Level Courses of Aparri College of Fisheries, Bukig National Agricultural and Technical School, Cagayan Valley Agricultural Colleges, Sanches-Mira Rural Vocational School, Aparri School of Arts and Trades, Gonzaga National Agricultural Vocational School, and Western Cagayan School of Arts and Trades Into Said University, Providing a Charter for This Purpose, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Merging the Isabela State College of Agriculture and Cagayan Valley Institute of Technology Into a State University to Be Known as the Isabela State University, Transferring the College Level Courses of Isabela School of Arts and Trades, Jones Rural School, Roxas Memorial Agricultural and Industrial School, and San Mateo Vocational and Industrial School Into Said University, Providing a Charter for This Purpose, and Appropriate Funds Therefor
Promulgating the Plant Quarantine Law of 1978, Thereby Revising and Consolidating Existing Plant Quarantine Laws to Further Improve and Strengthen the Plant Quarantine Service of the Bureau of Plant Industry
Converting the Mindanao School of Arts and Trades in Cagayan De Oro City Into Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College of Northern Mindanao, Giving it Corporate Existence, Providing for a Board of Trustees and Defining Its Powers, Duties and Responsibilities, Providing for Higher Vocational, Professional, and Technological Education and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Amending Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 757 to Increase the Capitalization of the National Housing Authority and Creating a National Housing Fund
Amending Republic Act No. 6629 Changing the Name of the Burauen Agro-Industrial High School to Don Vicente Orestes Romualdez Agricultural College and Authorizing the Secretary of Education and Culture to Determine the Site of the School
Converting the Zamboanga State College Into the Western Mindanao State University, Defining Its Powers, Functions, and Duties and Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
Granting Emergency Monthly Incentive Allowance to Lawyers in the Bureau of Agrarian Legal Assistance and in the Regional and Field Offices of the Department of Agrarian and Providing Appropriate Funds Therefor
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1040 By Strengthening the Prohibition Against Agricultural Share Tenancy and Providing Penalties for Violation Thereof
Prescribing Incentives for the Establishment of Multinational Regional Warehouses By Multinational Companies Supplying Spare Parts or Manufactured Components and Raw Materials to the Asia-Pacific Area
Further Amending Section 114 (C) of Act No. 496, Otherwise Known as "The Land Registration Act", as Amended By Republic Act No. 928, By Increasing the Fees Payable to Registries of Deeds
Further Amending Section 198 of the Revised Administrative Code as Amended By Republic Act Nos. 116 and 2711, By Increasing the Fees Collectible in Connection With Registration of Chattel Mortgages
Dissolving the GSIS Hospital Inc., and Transferring All Its Assets, Liabilities and Properties to the Department of Health and Appropriating Funds for its Operations and for Other Purposes.
Conferring Civil Service Eligibility on Electronic Data Processing (EDP) Specialists on the Bases of their Qualifications and the Requirements of Public Service.
Ratifying the Agreement Between the World Tourism Organization and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines Concerning the Legal Status of the World Tourism Organization and Its Regional Secretariat at Manila, Philippines.
Transferring, Ceding and Conveying to the Philippine Tourism Authority Certain Parcels of Land of the Public Domain of the Government Located in Calarian, Zamboanga City, for Tourism Development Purposes.
Further Amending Presidential Decree 564, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Revised Charter of the Philippine Tourism Authority, and for Other Purposes.
Amending Certain Sections of Presidential Decree No. 1067-A DatedJanuary 1, 1977, Entitled "Creating the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation, Defining Its Powers and Functions, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes," and Presidential Decree No. 1067-B DatedJanuary 1, 1977, Entitled, "Granting the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation a Franchise to Establish, Operate, and Maintain Gambling Casinos on Land or Water Within the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Republic of the Philippines."
Creating the Department of Human Settlements and the Human Settlement Development Corporation, Appropriation Funds Therefor, and Accordingly Amending Certain Presidential Decrees.
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1193 By Authorizing the Tourist Duty Free Shops, Inc. to Establish Only the Customs Bonded Warehouse, Exempting It From the Duties and Taxes Imposed By Presidential Decrees Nos. 1352 and 1395, and for Other Purposes.
Amending Title Iv (Specific Taxes) of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1977, By Adding a New Section Thereto Providing for a Flexibility Clause, and Further Amending Section 193 (C). Title V (Taxes on Business), By Providing for Additional Conditions and Specific Limitations on the Exercise of the Power Under the Flexibility Clause.
Further Amending Republic Act One Thousand Entitled "An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds to Finance Public Works and Projects for Economic Development, Authorized By Law and for Other Purposes ," as Amended.
Extending the Period for the General Revision of Real Property Assessments in Calendar Year 1978 Up To
June 30, 1979 and Fixing the Date of Accrual of the Real Property Tax Based on the Revised Property Valuations.
Amending Sections Three, Paragraphs (M); Six; Twenty; Eighty-Eight; Ninety and One Hundred Four of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred Sixty Four, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Real Property Tax Code.
Authorizing the National Grains Authority to Engage in Insurance General Agency and Create a Subsidiary for the Purpose, Provide Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes.
Further Amending the Provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred Fifty-Eight, as Amended, to Create a Manpower Development Service in the Department of Public Highways.
Amending Section 6 of Chapter II of Presidential Decree No. 269 in Order to Increase the Capitalization of the National Electrification Administration.
Allowing Radio Broadcasting and Television Stations to Import Radio or Television Equipment, Spare Parts and Allied Technical and Program Materials to Be Used Exclusively in Their Broadcast Operations Subject to Certain Conditions.
Further Amending the Provisions of Section One Hundred Twelve or Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, as Amended By Presidential Decree Numbered Six Hundred Thirty-Five
Further Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred Ninety-Five Entitled "An Act Revising the Chapter of the National Power Corporation," as Amended By Presidential Decree Nos. 380, 395, 758 and 938.
Amending Section 16 of the National Internal Revenue Code By the Authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Under Certain Conditions to Place Natural or Juridical Persons Under Surveillance for Two Months for the Purpose of Establishing a Prima Facie Basis for Assessing Taxes for the Other Months of the Same or Different Taxable Years.
Imposing Final Income Tax on Subcontractors and Alien Employees of Service Contractors and Subcontractors Engaged in Petroleum Operations in the Philippines Under Presidential Decree No. 87
Amending Sections 30 and 53 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1977 to Authorize the Secretary of Finance to Require Withholding of Creditable Income Taxes From Certain Income Taxes From Certain Income Payments and to Require Proof of Such Withholding as An Additional Condition for Deductions From Gross Income
Allowing Applicants for Naturalization as Citizens of the Philippines to Conditionally Take Any Board Examination, Except the Bar Examinations, If Otherwise Qualified, Pending Approval of Their Said Applications
Amending the 1978 Election Code By Inserting New Provisions Therein Providing for Substitution of a Candidate Who Dies, Fails to Qualify or Is Incapacitated After the Election But Before Proclamation or Before Assumption of Office
Integrating the Investigation and Recovery Office Into the Office of the Solicitor General, Providing Means to Make the Solicitor General's Investigate Jurisdiction More Effective, Adjusting the Compensation of Personnel and for Other Purposes
Conveying the Land Reclaimed in the Foreshore and Offshore of Cebu City, Beginning From Pier 3 and Extending to Subangdaku, as Property of the Public Estates Authority
Empowering the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to Take Over the Centralized Water Supply Systems in Residential Subdivisions Within Its Territorial Jurisdictions
Converting the Philippine College of Commerce Into a Polytechnic University, Defining Its Objectives, Organizational Structure and Functions, and Expanding Its Curricular Offerings
Providing for the Expropriation of a Landed Estate Registered Under Act No. 70298, 73960, Portion of 71357, 2017 and 2018 and All Transfer Certificates of Title Derived Therefrom, in Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City for the Upgrading and the Disposal of Lots Therein to Their Present Bonafide Occupants and Other Qualified Squatter Families and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds for the Purpose
Further Amending Paragraph 3 of Presidential Decree No. 1224 as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 1259, Defining the Policy on the Expropriation of Private Property for Socialized Housing Upon Payment of Just Compensation
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1271 Entitled "An Act Nullifying Decrees of Registration and Certificates of Title Covering Lands Within the Baguio Townsite Reservation Issued in Civil Reservation Case No. 1, GLRO Record No. 211 Pursuant to Republic Act No. 931, as Amended, But Considering as Valid Certain Titles of Such Lands That Are Alienable and Disposable Under Certain Conditions and for Other Purposes"
Amending Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 810 Entitled: "An Act Granting the Philippine Jai-Alai and Amusement Corporation a Franchise to Operate, Construct and Maintain a Fronton for Basque Pelota and Similar Games of Skill in the Greater Manila Area".
Establishing a Vocational School in the Province of Basilan to Be Known as the Basilan National Agro-Industrial School and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor
Postponing the Date for Filing Certificate of Candidacy for Sectoral Representatives to the Interim Batasang Pambansa and Prescribing Rules to Govern Multiple Candidacies
Amending Section 74 of the 1978 Election Code for the Purpose of Authorizing Government Officials and Employees, Including Members of the Armed Forces, to Vote in Their Place of Assignment
Creating Barangays San Martin, Sta. Cruz, Fatima, San Pedro, San Rafael, Sto. Niño and Citrus in the Municipality of San Jose Del Monte, Province of Bulacan.
Creating the National Youth and Sports Development Foundation of the Philippines, Defining Its Objectives, Powers, Functions and Responsibilities and for Other Purposes
Granting Authority to the Philippine Ports Authority to Plan, Construct, Develop and Maintain in All Port Terminal Facilities in the International Port North Harbor, Manila Bay, to Supervise the Operation and Management of Such Facilities, Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 634, Dated 7
January 1975, Repealing Presidential Decree No. 802 Dated 18
September 1975, and for Other Purposes
Amending Title 17, Chapter III, of Presidential Decree No. 612, Otherwise Known as the Insurance Code, on the Mutualization of Stock Life Insurance Companies
Merging the Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology and Northern Luzon State College Into a State University to Be Known as the Mariano Marcos State University, Transferring the College Level Courses of Ilocos Norte Agricultural College and Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades Into Said University, Providing a Charter for the Purpose, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Authorizing Central Bank of the Philippines to Continue Implementation of Its Reward System for Information Leading to the Confiscation of Gold and Foreign Exchange
Authorizing Central Bank of the Philippines to Continue Implementation of Its Reward System for Information Leading to the Confiscation of Gold and Foreign Exchange
Reorganizing the Prosecution Staff of the Department of Justice and the Offices of the Provincial and City Fiscals, Regionalizing the Prosecution Service, and Creating the National Prosecution Service
Exempting the Municipal Governments From Contributing Funds for the Field Agricultural Extension Work and Rural Health and Sanitation Services of the Provincial Governments
Approving and Adopting the Five-Year Philippine Development Plan for 1978 to 1982 and Promulgating a Ten-Year Development Plan for 1978 to 1987 and a Long-Term Development Plan Up to the Year 2000
Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Eight Hundred and Twenty Four Entitled "Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes"
Changing the Name of Tagkawayan School of Fisheries in the Municipality of Tagkawayan, Province of Quezon to Judge Guillermo Eleazar School of Fisheries
Ratifying the Tax Convention Between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income
An Act Nullifying Decrees of Registration and Certificates of Title Covering Lands Within the Baguio Townsite Reservation Issued in Civil Reservation Case No. 1, GLRO Record No. 211 Pursuant to Republic Act No. 931, as Amended, But Considering as Valid Certain Titles of Such Lands That Are Alienable and Disposable Under Certain Conditions and for Other Purposes
Further Amending Republic Act 6234 Entitled "An Act Creating the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and for Other Purposes," as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 425
Amending Section 402 of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Seven as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines
Authorizing Under Certain Conditions and Safeguards the Instant Registration of Qualified Voters in the National Referendum Of
December 17, 1977 and Prescribing the Mechanics Therefor
Amending Republic Act No. 2616, Providing Additional Funds for the Acquisition of the Tatalon Estate and Designating the National Housing Authority as the Administration of the Tatalon Estate Administration of the Tatalon Estate Housing Project
Amending Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of Pd No. 1224 Further Defining the Policy on the Expropriation of Private Property for Socialized Housing Upon Payment of Just Compensation
Reducing Under Certain Conditions and for a Limited Period Customs Duties Due on Importations of Certain Hospital/Medical Equipment, Machinery, Implements and Supplies
Exempting the Municipal Governments From Contributing Funds for the Field Agricultural Extension Work and Rural Health and Sanitation Services of the Provincial Governments
Further Amending the National Internal Revenue Code By Adding Section 220-A Providing Specific Penalties for Failure or Refusal to Issue Receipts or Sales or Commercial Invoices, for Violations Related to the Printing of Such Receipts or Invoices and for Other Violations in Connection Therewith
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1193 Entitled, "Authorizing the Tourist Duty Free Shops, Inc. to Establish and Operate Duty and Tax Free Stores and Requiring It to Pay Franchise Tax in Lieu of All Other Taxes"
Imposing a Fee on Operating Mining Companies to Be Known as "Mine Wastes and Tailings Fee" to Compensate for Damages to Private Landowners and for Other Purposes
Further Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Four Hundred and Twenty-Six, as Amended By Presidential Decree Numbered One Thousand Thirty-Five.
Further Amending Certain Sections of Presidential Decree No. 1187 Entitled "Providing for a General Registration of All Qualified Voters Throughout the Philippines"
Instituting a Procedure for the Management of Special and Fiduciary Funds Earmarked or Administered By Departments, Bureaus, Offices and Agencies of the National Government, Including Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations
Ratifying Tax Convention Between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of the Republic of Singapore for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect of Taxes on Income
Further Amending Section Four of Presidential Decree Numbered One Hundred and Forty-Four, Entitled "Revising the Present System of National Internal Revenue Allotments to Local Governments," as Amended
Defining "Open Space" in Residential Subdivisions and Amending Section 31 of Presidential Decree No. 957 Requiring Subdivision Owners to Provide Roads, Alleys, Sidewalks and Reserve Open Space for Parks or Recreational Use
Amending Presidential Decree No. 1099 Entitled "Reestablishing the Permanent System of Registration of Voters Under Republic Act Numbered Six Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty-Four, Prescribing the Mechanics Thereof, Validating the Lists of Voters for Use in the Elections of the Sangguniang Pampook and Subsequent Elections, Plebiscites or Referenda, and for Other Similar Purposes."
Requiring All Locators Under the Act of Congress Of
July 1, 1902, as Amended, to Secure Mining Lease Contracts Under the Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 463 Involving Their Patentable Mining Claims
Giving Incentives for the Production of Soybeans, Mongo, and Sorghum and Other Feed-Grains And/Or Their Substitutes, Specifying the Support Prices Therefor, Authorizing the National Grains Authority to Determine and Import the Requirement for These Commodities and for Other Purposes
Amending Certain Provisions of Chapter Three, Title Eight of Presidential Decree Numbered Six Hundred and Three as Amended Otherwise Known as the Child and Youth Welfare Code and for Other Purposes
Recognizing the Former Members of the HUKBALAHAP Under Luis M. Taruc Who Fought the Japanese in World War II as Elements of the Underground Forces in the Philippines During World War II, and for Other Purposes
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 1183 Entitled "Amending and Consolidating the Provisions on Travel Tax of Republic Act No. 1478 as Amended and Republic Act No. 6141, Prescribing the Manner of Collection Thereof, Providing Penalties for Violation Thereof, and for Other Purposes"
Approving and Adopting the Five-Year Philippine Development Plan for 1978 to 1982 and Promulgating a Ten-Year Development Plan for 1978 to 1987 and a Long-Term Development Plan Up to the Year 2000
Consolidating and Reenacting All Decrees Regarding the Appellate Review Procedures in Military Tribunal and Court-Martial Cases as Provided in Presidential Decree No. 978, as Amended
Requiring All Individuals, Partnerships or Corporations Engaged in the Exploration, Development and Exploitation of Natural Resources or in the Construction of Infrastructure Projects to Restore or Rehabilitate Areas Subject Thereof or Affected Thereby to Their Original Condition
Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Seven Hundred Fifty Two, Otherwise Known as the Decree on Credit Financing for Local Governments
Authorizing the Tourist Duty-Free Shops, Inc. to Establish and Operate Duty and Tax Free Shops and Requiring It to Pay Franchise Tax in Lieu of All Other Taxes
Constituting the Pambansang Katipunan Ng Kabataang Barangay Ng Pilipinas, Vesting It With Powers and Attributes of a Corporation, Defining Its Roles and Functions, and for Other Purposes
Cancelling the Titles of Lot Purchasers At the Malaya-East Avenue Subdivision, Quezon City, and to Reconvey the Same to the National Housing Authority for Housing Purposes
Amending and Consolidating the Provisions on Travel Tax of Republic Act No. 1478 as Amended and Republic Act No. 6141, Prescribing the Manner of Collection Thereof, Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof, and for Other Purposes
Exempting the Personnel of the National Pollution Control Commission From the Rules and Regulations of the Office of Compensation and Position Classification, and for Other Purposes
Amending Certain Provisions of Chapter Three, Title Eight of Presidential Decree Numbered Six Hundred and Three Otherwise Known as the Child and Youth Welfare Code and for Other Purposes
Integrating and Converting the Three (3) National Schools in the Province of La Union, Namely; the Southern La Union National High School in the Municipality of Agoo; the Santo Tomas College of Fisheries in the Municipality of Santo Tomas; and the La Union National Agricultural School in the Municipality of Rosario Into One (1) Institution to Be Known as the "Southern Ilocos Polytechnic State of College", Providing for a Board of Trustees, Defining the Board's Responsibilities and Duties, and for Other Purposes.
Amending Certain Sections of Presidential Decree No. 189, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 564 Otherwise Known as the Charter of the Philippine Tourism Authority
Transferring and Conveying to the Philippine Tourism Authority Certain Parcels of Land of the Public and Private Domain of the Government Located in Banaue, Ifugao Province, Bauco, Mt. Province and Baguio City for Tourism Development Purposes
Amending Section Four of Presidential Decree No. 492, as Amended, Entitled "Creating the Metro Manila Transit Corporation, Appropriating the Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 257 Creating the PEFTOK Investment and Development Corporation, as Amended By Presidential Decree Nos. 536 and 959
Amending Certain Sections of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1939 for Incorporation in the Consolidation and Codification of All Existing Revenue Laws Under a Presidential Decree No. 1158
Amending Sections 133, 134, and 135 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, So as to Increase the Rates of Specific Tax on Distilled Spirits, Wines and Fermented Liquors
Further Amending Certain Sections of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, So as to Impose a Final Tax on the Interests Derived From Every Commercial Paper Issued in the Primary Market
Extending the Insurance Coverage Provided Under Republic Act No. 4898, as Amended, to the Members of All Sangguniang Bayan, Authorizing the Appropriations of Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
Amending, Expanding, Increasing and Integrating the Social Security and Insurance Benefits of Government Employees and Facilitating the Payment Thereof Under Commonwealth Act No. 186, as Amended, and for Other Purposes
Granting Authority to Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration to Initiate the Development and Adoption of New Methods for Curing Virginia Leaf Tobacco and for Other Purposes
Providing for the Improvement of Personnel Administration, Position Classification and Salary Administration in Local Governments and for the Creation of a Joint Commission on Local Government Personnel Administration
Further Amending Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty Eight So as to Extend Tax Exemption Privileges to the Asia Foundation, Inc.
Conveying Lots 1, 2 and 3, Swo-03-000002, Situated in the City of Angeles, to Barangay Claro M. Recto, Same City, to Enable It to Execute Certain Public Projects
Granting Second Grade Civil Service Eligibilities to Muslim Returnees Who Have Successfully Completed the Second Leadership Training Program for the Development of Mindanao
Amending Presidential Decree No. 810 DatedOctober 16, 1975, Entitled "An Act Granting a Franchise to Operate, Construct and Maintain a Fronton for a Basque Pelota and Similar Games of Skill in the Greater Manila Area"
Increasing the Specific Tax on Gasoline, Aviation Turbo Jet Fuel, Diesel Fuel Oil, Solvents and Thinners By Further Amending Sections 142 and 145 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended
Granting the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines ( CP) a Franchise to Operate, Construct and Maintain Toll Facilities in the North and South Luzon Toll Expressways and for Other Purposes
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 1092, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 1104, Providing for the Holding of a Referendum Through the Remark Sheets on the Occasion of and in Connection With The
April 17, 1977 Regional Plebiscite in Southwestern Philippines, Prescribing Certain Questions for Voters' Remarks, and for Other Purposes
Penalizing Any Attempt On, or Conspiracy Against, the Life of the Chief Executive of the Republic of the Philippines, Any Member of His Cabinet, or Their Families
Amending Republic Act No. 3680 Otherwise Known as the Act Converting the Present Philippine Nautical School Into the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy
Calling a Regional Plebiscite in Regions Ix and XII and in the Provinces of Palawan, Davao Del Sur and South Cotabato, to Consider Their Inclusion in An Autonomous Region, Prescribing the Mechanics and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Declaring a Certain Portion of Classified Alienable or Disposable Lands of the Public Domain as Part of the Expansion Area for the Townsite of the Municipality of Luna, Province of Kalinga-Apayao
Conveying the Land Reclaimed in the Foreshore and Offshore of the Manila Bay (The Manila-Cavite Coastal Road Project) as Property of the Public Estates Authority as Well as Rights and Interest With Assumption of Obligations in the Reclamation Contract Covering Areas of the Manila Bay Between the Republic of the Philippines and the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines.
A Decree to Ordain and Promulgate a Code Recognizing the System of Filipino Muslim Laws, Codifying Muslim Personal Laws, and Providing for Its Administration and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 415 DatedMarch 19, 1974, Entitled, "Authorizing the Secretary of National Defense to Enter Into Defense Contracts to Implement Projects Under the Self-Reliant Defense Programs and for Other Purposes"
Revising Presidential Decree No. 550 Creating the Philippine Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation So It Will Now Be Entitled the Philippine Export and Foreign Loan Guarantee Corporation
Revising and Consolidating All Laws and Decrees Regulating Publication of Judicial Notices, Advertisements for Public Biddings, Notices of Auction Sales and Other Similar Notices
Amending Section 1, Subsection A, of Presidential Decree No. 244 By Modifying the Composition of the Commission and Vice-Chairman Thereof, and Providing Hold-Over Privileges of Appointive Members
Amending Part Xii on Education and Part Xix on National Security of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, By Transferring the Functions of the Defunct National Shrines Commission to the Department of National Defense
Authorizing An Intensive Export Development Drive in Japan Focused on a Philippine Participation At the Twelfth Tokyo International Trade Fair and Authorizing a Campaign to Raise Funds Therefor
Extending the Period of Filing Applications for Administrative Legalization (Free Patent) and Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect and Incomplete Titles to Alienable and Disposable Lands in the Public Domain Under Chapter Vii and Chapter Viii of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as Amended, for Eleven (11) Years Commencing January 1, 1977
Appropriating the Amount of One Million Two Hundred Thousand Pesos to Cover the Additional Amount Needed for the Expropriation of 51 Lots of the Grace Park Subdivision in Caloocan City
Directing the Acceleration of Research, Development and Utilization of Non-Conventional Energy Resources and Vesting in the Energy Development Board Powers and Functions in Connection Therewith, and for Other Purposes
Further Amending the Provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred Fifty-Eight, as Amended, to Create a Legal Service in the Department of Public Highways
A Decree Instituting a Water Code, Thereby Revising and Consolidating the Laws Governing the Ownership, Appropriation, Utilization, Exploitation, Development, Conservation and Protection of Water Resources
Exempting From Land Reform All Untenanted Sugar Lands Converted From Sugarcane Production to the Production of Priority Crops Such as Rice, Corn, Feedgrains, Cotton, Fruits and Vegetables, and Livestock Production
Amending Presidential Decree No. 350 Creating the Philippine Cotton Corporation as a Central Authority to Undertake, Implement and Supervise Cotton Production in the Philippines on a Commercial Scale
Creating the Foreign Service Institute, Authorizing It to Establish a Career Foreign Service Development Program Providing Funds Therefor, and Other Purposes.
Amending Presidential Decree No. 704, DatedMay 16, 1975, By Increasing the Penalties for Certain Forms of Illegal Fishing, Dealing in Illegally Caught Fish or Fishery/Aquatic Products, and for Other Purposes
Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines From January One to December Thirty-One, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Seven and for Other Purposes.
Amending Presidential Decree No. 729 By Providing for the Establishment of the National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory in the Institute of Plant Breeding; Increasing the Area That the Institute Shall Acquire and Providing the Mode and Cost of Its Acquisition; and Appropriating the Necessary Funds Therefor
Amending Republic Act No. 3835 Establishing the Women's Auxiliary Corps in the Armed Force of the Philippines to Provide for the Procurement of Its Officers and Enlisted Personnel and Other Purposes
Amending Further Section Eighty-Six of Republic Act Numbered Thirty Eight Hundred and Forty-Four, as Amended, Entitled "The Code of Agrarian Reforms of the Philippines"
Authorizing the Use of Remark Sheets in The
October 1976 Referendum-Plebiscite, Further Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 991, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 1031
Providing for the Acceptance By the Government of the Republic of the Philippines of the Second Amendment to the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund
Setting
September 21 To
October 7, 1976 as the Period for the Registration of Barangay Voters for The
October 1976 Referendum-Plebiscite, Prescribing the Rules and Regulations for Said Registration, and for Other Purposes in Connection Therewith
Amending Presidential Decree No. 991 By Declaring the Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 229 Entitled "Providing for the Manner of Voting and Canvass of Votes in Barangays (Citizens Assemblies)" Applicable to the National Referendum-Plebiscite Of
October 1976, and for Other Purposes
Authorizing the Increase in the Subscription of the Philippines to the Capital Stock of the International Finance Corporation and Providing for the Procedure to Meet the Financial Requirements Therefor
Authorizing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to Hold a Lottery Draw On
February/March 1977, and Every Year Thereafter, Exclusively to Finance the Various Projects of the Population Center Foundation, Inc
Repealing Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-One Authorizing the Construction of Self-Liquidating Public Improvements By Private Persons, Otherwise Known as the Private Financing Law
Exempting the Toll Fees Collected From the Kennon and the Baguio-Bontoc-Halsema Toll Roads From the Operation of Presidential Decree Numbered Seven Hundred Eleven
Authorizing the Development, Exploitation and Utilization of Mineral Deposits Other Than Those of Nickel, Cobalt and Iron Within the Surigao Mineral Reservation, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 1828 and Repealing Presidential Decree No. 958
Conferring Civil Service Eligibilities on Scientific and Technological Specialists on the Bases of Their Qualifications and the Requirements of Public Service
Creating the National Fertilizer Corporation of the Philippines (Fertiphil), Defining Its Powers and Functions, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
Calling a National Referendum on October 16, 1976; Providing for a Period of Educational and Information Campaign on the Issues; and Establishing the Mechanics and Manner for the Holding Thereof
Transferring to the Mariano Memorial College of Science and Technology Certain Parcels of Land of the Public Domain in the Municipality of Batac, Province of Ilocos Norte
Defining the Role, Duties and Responsibilities of Chiefs of Divisions in the Departments and Agencies of the Government and Regularizing their Appointments
Further Amending the Provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred Fifty-Eight, as Amended, By Transferring the Soils and Materials Division from the Bureau of Construction and Maintenance to the Office of the Secretary, Department of Public Highways
Amending the Appellate Review Procedure in Military Tribunal Cases as Provided in Presidential Decree No. 39, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 566, and in Court-Martial Cases as Provided in Commonwealth Act No. 408, as Amended
Providing Legal Assistance for Members of the Integrated National Police Who
May Be Charged for Service-Connected Offenses and Improving the Disciplinary System in the Integrated National Police, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 477 Entitled "An Act to Provide for the Administration and Disposition of Properties Including the Proceeds and Income Thereof Transferred to the Republic of the Philippines Under the Philippines Property Act of 1946 and of Republic Act No. 8, and of the Public Lands and Improvement Thereof Transferred to the National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation Under the Provisions of Executive Order No. 29, DatedOctober 25, 1946; and of Executive Order No. 99, DatedOctober 22, 1947"
Declaring Violations of the International Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to Be Criminal Offenses and Providing Penalties Therefor
Further Amending the Provisions of Presidential Decree Number Four Hundred Fifty-Eight, as Amended, to Create a Planning and Project Development Office in the Department of Public Highways
An Act Authorizing the Development, Exploitation and Utilization of Mineral Deposits in the Surigao Mineral Reservation By Private Person and for Other Purposes
Providing for the Disposition of Workmen's Compensation Cases Pending as of March 31, 1976, Those Remanded By the Supreme Court for Further Proceedings and for Other Purposes
Requiring the Planting of Trees in Certain Places and Penalizing Unauthorized Cutting, Destruction, Damaging and Injuring of Certain Trees, Plants and Vegetation
Vesting the Administration and Ownership in Favor of the Philippine National Oil Company of That Parcel of Land of the Public Domain Located At Lamao, Limay, Bataan Which Was Reserved for Industrial Estate Purposes Pursuant to Proclamation No. 361 DatedMarch 6, 1968 as Amended By Proclamation No. 630 DatedNovember 29, 1969 and for Other Purposes
Strengthening and Reconstituting the Power Development Council, Defining Its Relationship with the Energy Development Board and Other Government Agencies, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
Presidential Decree Granting the Domestic Satellite Philippines, Incorporated a Franchise to Install, Maintain and Operate, in Any Place in the Philippines Stations for Providing Telecommunication Services Through the Use of Satellites, Telecommunications (Radio, Telegraph, Telephone and Television Systems), Lines, Circuits, Wire and/or Wireless to Serve All Those Needing Such Service on Land, at Sea and in the Air
Integrating the Currimao School of Fisheries, the Dingras National Agricultural School, and the Ilocos Norte School for Craftsmen, All Situated in the Province of Ilocos Norte, With the Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology, for Unification of Programs and Policies for Regional Development, and Appropriating Funds Therefor for the Purpose
Further Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred Ninety-Five Entitled, "An Act Revising the Charter of the National Power Corporation", as Amended By Presidential Decrees Nos. 380, 395 and 758
Amending Section 4 of Presidential Decree No. 144, Entitled "Revising the Present System of National Internal Revenue Allotments to Local Governments" as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 559 and Section 22, Paragraph (C), of Presidential Decree No. 898
Establishing the National Crop Protection Center Within the College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines At Los Baños, and Seven Regional Crop Protection Center Within the Bureau of Plant Industry
Simplifying Export Procedures and Documentation By Realigning Functions of Certain Government Offices/Agencies Involved in Processing Export Documents, By Authorizing the Issuance of Periodic Clearances, By the Adoption of Standardized Export Documents, and for Other Purposes
Further Amending the Charter of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) as Provided for in Presidential Decree No. 334, as Amended, and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree Numbered 791 By Granting Tax Exemption to Importation of Farm Machinery, Plant Machinery, Equipment and Spare Parts Under Certain Conditions
Providing for the Administration of Local Financial Services in Metropolitan Manila, Creating Local Treasury and Assessment Districts Therein, and for Other Purposes
Amending Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 897 Fixing Minimum Prices of Locally Grown Virginia Leaf Tobacco, to Provide for New Minimum Prices Thereof
Amending Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 243 as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 353 By Changing the Composition and Appointment of the Members of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corporation
Granting Emergency Incentive Allowances for Personnel Holding Veterinary Positions in the Bureau of Animal Industry and in the National Meat Inspection Commission and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Amending Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 454 Entitled Amending the Provisions of Section 10 (B) of Republic Act No. 5979 to Authorize Adjustment of Contract Prices for Government Projects Under Certain Conditions
Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines Covering the PeriodJuly First To
December Thirty-First, Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Six and for Other Purposes
Reorganization of the Securities and Exchange Commission With Additional Power and Placing the Said Agency Under the Administrative Supervision of the Office of the President
Further Amending the Provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred Fifty-Eight, as Amended, to Create a Legal Service in the Department of Public Highways
Requiring Government Offices, Agencies, Instrumentalities and Government Owned or Controlled Corporations, Persons and Entities Enjoying Tax Exemption, Incentive or Subsidy From the Government to Utilize in International Transportation the Services of the Philippine Flag Air Carrier and Shipping Lines and for Other Purposes
Further Amending Title II, Book Four on "Employees Compensation and State Insurance Fund" of Presidential Decree No. 442 Entitled "Labor Code of the Philippines"
Amending Section 6 of Presidential Decree No. 853 Providing for the Classification and Valuation of Timber and Forest Lands for Purposes of Real Property Taxation
Extending the Deadlines for the Filing of Applications for Amnesty Under Presidential Decrees Nos. 95 and 124, Both as Amended By Presidential Decrees Nos. 158 and 206, and Presidential Decrees Nos. 497, 571 and 571-A
Authorizing the National Development Company to Assist Local Shipbuilders and Persons and Entities Engaged in Interisland Shipping and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Increasing the Specific Tax on Gasoline, Diesel Fuel Oil, Bunker Fuel Oil and Other Similar Petroleum Products By Further Amending Sections 142, 144 and 145 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended
Amending Presidential Decree No. 342 By Designating a Representative of the Office of the President, in Lieu of the Abolished Position of the Executive Secretary, as One of the Members of the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies Board of Trustees
Amending Section 15 of Republic Act No. 3590, Otherwise Known as the Revised Barrio Charter, as Amended, in Order to Provide for Rural Postal Circuits in the Barrios
Repealing All Charters, Laws on Decrees and Any Other Provision or Provisions of Laws or Decrees Exempting Any Branch, Agency, Subdivision or Instrumentality of the Government, Including Government-Owned or Controlled Corporation, From the Civil Service Law and Rules
Amending Presidential Decree No. 760 By Reducing the Term of the Lease or Charter Period to Not Less Than One Year, Deleting the Word "Time" in the Title and Body of the Decree, and Allowing Overseas Use in Certain Cases
Amending Republic Act No. 4136, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Land Transportation and Traffic Code By Increasing the Annual Registration Fee on Private Automobiles and Imposing An Ad Valorem Tax Thereon, and for Other Purposes
Amending Section 34 and Inserting Sub- Section 34 (G) of the National Internal Revenue Code; as Amended, By Imposing a Capital Gains Tax on Stock Transactions and Extending the Deadline of the Stock Transaction Tax to December 31, 1975, Under Republic Act Numbered Six Thousand One Hundred Forty-One, as Amended By P.D. Number Ten
Amending Article 286 of the Labor Code of the Philippines By Extending the Existence of the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation, Workmen's Compensation Commission and Workmen's Compensation Units in the Regional Offices of the Department of Labor Up to and Until March 31st 1976
Amending P.D. 48 to Expand the Functions of the Philippine Council for Agricultural Research to Include Mines Research, and Change Its Name to Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research
Amending P.D. No. 810 DatedOctober 16, 1975, Entitled "An Act Granting a Franchise to Operate, Construct and Maintain a Fronton for Basque Pelota and Similar Games of Skill in the Greater Manila Area"
Amending the Title and Certain Sections of P.D. Numbered Four Hundred Ninety Two, Entitled "Creating the Manila Transit Corporation, Appropriating the Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"
Constituting Certain Municipalities Within the Province of Kalinga-Apayao Into a Special Development Region to Be Known as Kalinga Special Development Region
Requiring All Sectors of Mass Media Including Billboard Operators to Allocate Spot Time And/Or Space for Informational and Educational Campaigns and Programs on Energy Conservation of the Government and of the Energy Conservation Movement
Imposing An Energy Tax on Motorized Watercraft Used for Pleasure and Recreation and Amending Section 3301 of P.D. No. 34 Otherwise Known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines
Imposing An Energy Tax on Aircraft Not Operated for Hire to the General Public By Inserting a New Provision (Section 50-A) to Republic Act No. 776, Otherwise Known as the Civil Aeronautics Act of the Philippines and Increasing the Registration Fees of Aircraft By Amending Paragraphs (6) and (7) of Section 50 Thereof
Amending Republic Act No. 4136, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Land Transportation and Traffic Code By Increasing the Annual Registration Fee on Private Automobiles and Imposing an Ad Valorem Tax Thereon, and for Other Purposes
Amending Sections 3, 7 and 8 of P.D. No. 828 Creating the Office of the Court Administrator in the Supreme Court and Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes
Reorganizing the Political Subdivision of the Province of Basilan, Converting Basilan City Into the Municipality of Isabela, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
An Act Transferring Ownership of a Certain Parcel of Land of the Public Domain Situated in the Municipality of Jose Panganiban, Province of Camarines Norte, Island of Luzon to the National Shipyards and Steel Corporation (NASSCO) and Authorizing the Disposition Thereof
Strengthening Free Collective Bargaining and Trade Unionism Within the Framework of Voluntary and Compulsory Arbitration, Prohibiting Strikes and Lockouts During the Period of National Emergency and Regulating Foreign Activities in the Labor Field
Prescribing the Manner of Collecting the Income Tax Due on the Net Prize Monies to the Winners of the International Tennis Classics Sponsored By the Philippine Lawn Tennis Association to Be Held From
October 27 To
November 2, 1975 in Manila and the Disposition of the Proceeds Thereof
Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act No. 3470, as Amended, Entitled "An Act Creating the National Cottage Industries Development Authority (Nacida), Under the Department of Commerce and Industry, Prescribing Its Duties, Powers and Functions, and Appropriating Funds Therefor"
Amending Section 4 of P.D. No. 583, DatedNovember 16, 1975, "Prescribing Penalties for the Unlawful Ejectment, Exclusion, Removal, or Ouster of Tenant-Farmers From Their Farmholdings"
Appropriating Funds for the Payment of the Remaining Balance of the Unpaid Subscription of the Government to the Capital Stock of the Development Bank of the Philippines
An Act Granting the Philippine Jai-Alai and Amusement Corporation a Franchise to Operate, Construct and Maintain a Fronton for Basque Pelota and Similar Games of Skill in the Greater Manila Area
An Act Transferring a Certain Parcel of Land of the Government Located in the City of Manila to the National Development Company and Authorizing the Disposition Thereof
Amending P.D. No. 393 By Appropriating the Balance of P18,761,828.58 of the Funds Previously Appropriated for Amortization of Heavy Equipment Procured Under the Deferred Payment Plan and Guaranteed By the Philippine National Bank
Providing for the Organization of the Civil Service Commission in Accordance With Provisions of the Constitution, Prescribing Its Powers and Functions and for Other Purposes
Prescribing the Manner of Collecting the Income Tax Due on the Net Purse Payable to Muhammad Ali/Herbert Muhammad and Joe Frazier/Smokin' Joe, Inc. and the Disposition of the Proceeds Thereof
Conveying the Lands Reclaimed or to Be Reclaimed in the Area of North Harbor, Manila By the Manila International Port Terminals Inc. Singly or Jointly With Other Entities
Placing the Congressional Employees Homesite, Otherwise Known as Heha, in Caloocan City Under the Administration of the Executive Secretary, Office of the President
Providing That the Special Fund Created Under Section 7 (J) of Republic Act No. 6173 as Amended Shall Not Revert to the General Fund Except Upon Specific Direction of the President
Extending Franking Privilege to the Armed Forces of the Philippines Ladies Club Steering Committee for Mailing Monthly Financial Assistance Only to Orphans of Personnel of the AFP Who Died in Combat
Amending Section Three of Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Nine, as Amended By Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Three and Further Amended By P.D. Numbered Nineteen
Providing Exemption for the Payment of Customs and Tariff Duties, Special Import Tax and Compensating Tax Covering Importation of Sugar Mills, Machinery, Spare Parts and Equipment for a Limited Period
Further Amending Sections Six and Twelve of Republic Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-Nine, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Reparations Law.
Authorizing the Exemption of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Its Foreign Personnel Staff Members From the Payment of Taxes, Duties and Other Fees
Further Amending P.D. No. 659, Entitled, "Penalizing the Illegal Trading and the Illegal Exportation of Philippine Sugar", By Adding a New Paragraph to Section 5 Thereof
Amending Section Seventy-Three of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, By Prescribing An Increased Penalty on Filers of False or Fraudulent Income Tax Returns
Amending Section 34 and Inserting Sub-Section 34 (G) of the National Internal Revenue Code; as Amended, By Imposing a Capital Gains Tax on Stock Transactions and Extending the Deadline of the Stock Transaction Tax to December 31, 1975, Under Republic Act Numbered Six Thousand One Hundred Forty-One, as Amended By Presidential Decree Number Ten
Changing the Official Fiscal Year From the PeriodJuly First of Each Calendar Year To
June Thirtieth of the Following Year to the Period From
January First To
December Thirty-First of the Calendar Year
Modifying All Laws, Acts, Decrees, Orders and Ordinances Granting Subsidies, Exemptions From Taxes, Duties, Fees, Imposts and Other Charges Under Certain Exceptions and Creating a Fiscal Incentives Board
Assigning, Transferring and Conveying in Fee Simple to the Cultural Center of the Philippines Certain Parcel of Land of the Public Domain Situated in the City of Pasay
Revoking All Powers and Authority of Local Government to Grant Franchise, License or Permit and Regulate Wagers or Betting By the Public on Horse and Dog Races, Jai-Alai or Basque Pelota, and Other Forms of Gambling
Amending P.D. No. 198 Entitled "Declaring a National Policy Favoring Local Operation and Control of Water Systems; Authorizing the Formation of Local Water Districts and Providing for the Government the Administration of Such District; Chartering a National Administration to Facilitate Improvement of Local Water Facilities; Granting Said Administration Such Powers as Are Necessary to Optimize Public Service From Water Utility Operations, and for Other Purposes
Amending Sections 2 and 5 of P.D. No. 651, DatedJanuary 31, 1975, Entitled "Requiring the Registration of Births and Deaths in the Philippines Which Occurred From
January 1, 1974 and Thereafter" and Extending the Period of Registration Up To
December 31, 1975
Amending Section Two of Republic Act Numbered 1407 as Amended, Otherwise Known as "The Philippine Overseas Shipping Act of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Five"
Amending Section 121 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Act, to Allow Qualified Juridical Entities to Acquire Lands Originally Granted Under the Free Patent, Homestead or Individual Sale Provisions of Said Act, for Commercial and Industrial Purposes
Amending Section One of P.D. No. 697 Entitled "Authorizing the Exemption From Payment of Donor's Tax and Recognizing as Deductible Business Expense Irrevocable Donations of American-Owned Private Lands Acquired Under the Laurel-Langley Agreement"
Amending Section Eight Hundred Sixty of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as Amended, By Allowing the Registration of Vessels the Ownership of Which Is Vested in Corporations or Associations, At Least Sixty Percent of the Capital Stock or Capital of Which Belong to Citizens of the Philippines, and for Other Purposes
Allowing the Temporary Registration of Foreign-Owned Vessels Under Time Charter or Lease to Philippine Nationals for Use in the Philippine Coastwise Trade Subject to Certain Conditions
Creating the National Housing Authority and Dissolving the Existing Housing Agencies, Defining Its Powers and Functions, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes
Amending Certain Provisions of P.D. No. 674 DatedMarch 20, 1975 Converting the College of Rizal and the Rizal Technical High School Into the Rizal Technological Colleges and for Other Purposes
Granting Immunity From Prosecution to Givers of Bribes and Other Gifts and to Their Accomplices in Bribery and Other Graft Cases Against Public Officers
Amending P.D. No. 187 to Extend the Date for the Use of the Metric System as the Sole Standard of Weights and Measures in the Philippines and for Other Purposes
Providing for the Conversion of the Long-Term Obligations of the National Development Company With the National Treasury as Additional Subscription of the National Government to the Increased Capitalization of the National Development Company as Provided for Under P.D. No. 668
Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Forty-One Hundred and Fifty-Six, Entitled "An Act Creating the Philippine National Railways, Prescribing Its Powers, Functions, and Duties and Providing for the Necessary Funds for the Operations", as Amended By Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred and Sixty-Six
Maintenance of the Special Fund of the Special Committee on Naturalization Under Letter of Instructions No. 270 and the Non-Reversion of Its Current Funds to the General Surplus Fund At the End of the Fiscal Year
Authorizing International School, Inc. to Donate Its Real Properties to the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and Granting It Certain Rights
Further Amending Republic Act No. 3538, as Amended By Republic Act No. 4169 and P.D. 246, By Providing for the Grant of Tax Exemption and Other Privileges to the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Authorizing the National Grains Authority to Determine and Import Exclusively the Annual Wheat Grain Requirements of the Country, and for Other Purposes
Amending the Judiciary Act By Including Newly Created Provinces in the Sixteenth Judicial District of the Courts of First Instance, Commissioning Judges Therefor and Fixing Their Permanent Stations
Amending Certain Provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 542, Entitled "An Act to Create a Corporation to Be Known as the Girl Scouts of the Philippines", as Amended By Republic Act No. 4375, to Define Its Powers and Purposes
Amending P.D. No. 690 "Creating the Southern Philippines Development Administration and Abolishing the Commission on National Integration, the Mindanao Development Administration, the Presidential Task Force for the Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao and the Special Program of Assistance for the Rehabilitation of Evacuees (Spare), Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"
Allowing Americans Who Were Formerly Filipino Citizens, Americans Who Became Permanent Residents of the Philippines, and Americans Who Have Resided in the Philippines Continuously for At Least Twenty Years and Who in Good Faith Had Acquired Private Residential Lands for Family Dwelling Purposes in the Philippines Prior To
July 3, 1974 to Continue Holding Such Lands and Transfer Ownership Over the Same to Qualified Persons or Entities
Amending Commonwealth Act No. 186, as Amended, and Converting the Present Fixed Monthly Pensions of the Government Service Insurance System to Indexed Monthly Pensions and for Other Purposes
Naming the International Conference Center Building to Be Constructed By Central Bank Under P.D. No. 520 DatedJuly 23, 1974, as the Philippine International Convention Center
Amending the Provisions Pertinent to the Grant of Reward Under Republic Act No. 4712 and Republic Act No. 4713, Entitled, "An Act Amending Certain Sections of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines" and "An Act Amending Certain Sections of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four Hundred Sixty-Six as Amended, Otherwise Known as the National Internal Revenue Code", Respectively
Amending Republic Act Numbered Twenty Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Entitled, "An Act to Provide for Reward to Informers of Violations of the Internal Revenue and Customs Laws"
Further Amending Certain Provisions of the Revised Philippine Highway Act, as Amended By P.D. Numbered Seventeen, One Hundred Thirty, and Three Hundred Twenty.
Amending Presidential Decree Number Four, Entitled "Proclaiming the Creation of the National Grains Industry Development Administration and Providing Funds Therefor"
Authorizing the Exemption From Payment of Gift Taxes and Recognizing as Deductible Business Expense Item Irrevocable Donations to the National Development Company of American-Owned Private Lands Acquired Under the Laurel-Langley Agreement
Authorizing the Exemption From Payment of Donor's Tax and Recognizing as Deductible Business Expense Irrevocable Donations of American-Owned Private Lands Acquired Under the Laurel-Langley Agreement.
Revising P.D. No. 286, Dated September 5, 1973, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Charter of the Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation and for Other Purposes.
Creating the Southern Philippines Development Administration and Abolishing the Commission on National Integration, the Mindanao Development Authority, the Presidential Task Force for the Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao, and the Special Program of Assistance for the Rehabilitation of Evacuees (Spare), Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes.
Further Amending the Textbook Law, Act 2957 as Amended, Providing the Guidelines in the Selection, Approval, Pricing and Distribution of Suitable Textbooks for Use in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and for Other Purposes.
Amending Presidential Decree No. 659, Entitled "Penalizing the Illegal Trading and the Illegal Exportation of Philippine Sugar" By Inserting Between Sections Five and Six Thereof a New Section to Be Known as Section Five-A.
Authorizing Government Representation in the Confederation of Philippine Exporters, Inc., Extending the Use of Government Facilities to Said Confederation, Providing Assistance for Project Implementation, and for Other Purposes.
Reclassifying Portions of the Foreshore Land in (1) Lo-Oc, Lapu-Lapu City Island of Mactan, (2) Barrio Sasa, City of Davao, Province of Davao, (3) Barrio Punta, Municipality of Appari, Province of Cagayan (4) Barrio Banago, Bacolod City, Province of Negros Occidental and (5) Sitio of Miputak Poblacion, City of Dipolog, Zamboanga Del Norte, as Land for Commercial or Industrial Purposes and Conveying the Same and the Improvements Thereon to National Development Company and for Other Purposes.
Amending Act Numbered Thirty Nine Hundred and Thirty Six, An Act Requiring Banks, Trust Corporations, and Building and Loan Associations, to Transfer Unclaimed Balances Held By Them to the Treasurer of the Philippines and for Other Purposes.
Granting a Descending Rate of Discount on the Realty Tax on Property Directly and Exclusively Used for Educational Purposes Beginning With the Calendar Year 1975.
Extending the Corporate Life of the National Development Company for Another Twenty-Five (25) Years and Increasing Its Authorized Capital to Two Hundred Million Pesos, With Additional Powers.
Amending Section 12 of Republic Act Numbered 1407 as Amended, Otherwise Known as "The Philippine Overseas Shipping Act of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Five."
Conveying Title to the Philippine Tourism Authority Over a Parcel of Land of the Public Domain Located in Pasonanca Park, Zamboanga City, for Tourist Development Purposes.
Granting to Dr. Charlies Bailey, Dr. Donald Effler, Dr. Delton Cooley, Dr. Christian Barnard and Dr. Martines Bordiu the Right to Exercise Certain Privileges Appertaining to Philippine Citizens
Amending Section Five (J) of Presidential Decree Numbered Two Hundred and Twenty Three, Creating the Professional Regulation Commission and Prescribing Its Powers and Functions.
Authorizing the Government Service Insurance System to Assists in the Construction, Development, And/Or Operation of a New Manila Hotel and Dissolving the Existing Manila Hotel Company.
Repealing the Provisions of Republic Acts Numbered Seventeen Hundred Ninety-Seven, Thirty-Five Hundred Ninety-Five, Thirty-Seven Hundred Ninety-Six and Presidential Decree No. 578 Adjusting the Pensions of Retired Justices of the Supreme Court, Justices of the Court of Appeals, the Auditor General, Chairman and Commissioners of the Commission on Elections, and Officers and Enlisted Men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Respectively, in Accordance With the Rates of Salaries of Their Respective Counterparts Who Are Still in the Service
Amending Section 42 of Presidential Decree No. 570-A Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 442, Entitled "Labor Code of the Philippines"
Revising the Approved Staffing Pattern of the Bureau of Internal Revenue By Creating New Services and Divisions Therein Including An Increase in the Number of Regional Offices and the Salaries of Its Officers and Employees, Repealing Sections 2 and 5 of Presidential Decree No. 308 and Paragraph 14, Chapter I, Article II, Part IV, Paragraph 2 (D), Article II, Chapter III, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan
Recognizing the Asian Institute of Management, Inc., as An Educational Institution of International Character, Granting Certain Prerogatives Conducive to Its Growth as Such, and for Other Purposes
Reappropriating the Savings or Balances of the Appropriations for Completed Bridge Projects to Augment the Appropriation for the Construction of the Cauplasan Bridge Project
Adopting the Recommendations of the Commission on Elections to Amend Section One of Presidential Decree No. 637, DatedJanuary 7, 1975, Revising the Questions to Be Submitted in the National Referendum Of February 27, 1975 and Amending Section Four of the Same Decree Relating to Printed Materials
Adopting the Recommendations of the Commission on Elections Concerning the Questions for Submission in The January 30, 1975, Referendum; Providing for An Information and Educational Campaign for the Dissemination and Explanation of the Questions Including the Translation Thereof Into the Major Dialects and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Further Amending Sections Two, Ten and Fifteen of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred and Fifty-Eight, as Amended, Creating the Department of Public Highways
Granting the Manila International Port Terminals, Inc. a Franchise to Construct, Operate and Maintain Floating Bonded Warehouses and Cold Storage Facilities in the Manila Bay and Other Navigable Waters in the Vicinity, and Repealing for the Purpose Republic Act No. 4138, as Amended
Granting An Ultimate Amnesty on Untaxed Income And/Or Wealth Earned or Acquired in 1973 and Prior Years and Immunity From Investigation of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth Required By Presidential Decree No. 379, as Amended
Setting January 7 to 21, 1975 as the Period for Registration of Barangay Members for Purposes of The January 30, 1975, Referendum Prescribing the Method for Such Registration, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Amending Republic Act Numbered Sixty Three Hundred and Forty-One as Amended By Republic Act Numbered Sixty Five Hundred and Ninety Creating the Catanduanes State College
Further Amending Certain Provisions of the Integrated Reorganization Plan Adopted Under Presidential Decree No. 1 as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 372
Amending Section Six of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred and Seventy-Two, Entitled "An Act Creating the Municipality of Dupax Del Sur From the Municipality of Dupax in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya"
Converting the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Agriculture Into Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State College, Providing a Charter for This Purpose, Expanding Its Curricular Offerings, Redirecting Its Objectives and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Converting the Ilocos Norte Institute of Technology Into a State College to Be Known as Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology, Providing a Charter for This Purpose, Expanding Its Curricular Offerings, Redirecting Its Objectives and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Allowing the Expenditure During the Period From January First To June Thirty, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Three, of the Income Accruing to the General, Trust and Other Funds in the Philippine Treasury During the Same Period, and for Other Purposes
Authorizing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to Hold Annually a Sweepstakes Draw Exclusively for the Benefit of the Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission
Suspending the Effectivity of Titles II and III, Book Iv of the Labor Code of the Philippines on "Employees Compensation and State Insurance Fund" and "Medicare"
Banning the Issuance By Courts of Preliminary Injunctions in Cases Involving Concessions, Licenses, and Other Permits Issued By Public Administrative Officials or Bodies for the Exploitation of Natural Resources
Integrating Nationwide Youth Development, Physical Fitness and Amateur Sports Development Programs and Creating for This Purpose the Department of Youth and Sports Development, and for Other Purposes
Providing for the Revision of Republic Act Numbered 5173 Commonly Known as the Coast Guard Law, Consolidating Fragmented Functions and for Other Purposes
Amending the Approved Staffing Pattern of the Bureau of Customs By Creating New Divisions/Units Therein, Including the Increase of Positions in the Operation and Enforcement, Communications and the National Police Groups
Amending Presidential Decree No. 433 Entitled, "Granting General Amnesty Under Certain Conditions to Public School Teachers, Other Government Officials and Employees, Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Other Persons for Violation of Election Laws and Other Related Statutes in Connection With the Election of 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971 and the Election of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention"
Authorizing the Commission on Elections to Reorganize Its Departments, Offices, Divisions, Sections or Units, Fix the Salaries of Its Officials and Employees and Provide Appropriation for Its Maintenance and Operation Expenses
Amending Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 339 DatedNovember 22, 1973, Creating the Municipalities of President Quirino, Mariano Marcos and Esperanza in the Province of Sultan Kudarat
Authorizing the Forest Products Research and Industries Development Commission (FORPRIDECOM) of the National Science Development Board to Provide Limited Low-Cost Housing Quarters to Some of Its Deserving Employees
Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act Numbered Thirty Hundred and Thirty-Four Entitled "An Act Creating the Mindanao Development Authority, Prescribing Its Powers, Functions, and Duties, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes"
Amending Republic Act No. 6372 Entitled: "An Act Creating the Municipality of Dupax Del Sur From the Municipality of Dupax in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya," Inserting New Sections Therein, Providing for Implementation Thereof
Providing for Pension or Gratuity of Officers Retired or Separated on or Before September 30, 1972 on the Basis of the Rate of Pay of Officers in the Active Service as Provided for Under General Order No. 11, DatedOctober 1, 1972
Exempting Dependents of Military Personnel Who Die or Become Incapacitated in Line of Duty From the Payment of Tuition and Matriculation Fees in Public or Private Schools, Universities, Colleges, and Other Educational Institutions
Abolishing the Media Advisory Council and the Bureau of Standards for Mass Media, and Authorizing the Organization of Regulatory Councils for Print Media and for Broadcast Media
Creating and Establishing the Philippine National Petroleum Center as An Integral Unit of the Petroleum Board, Defining Its Organization, Powers, Functions and Responsibilities and for Other Purposes
Granting Philippine Citizenship to Msgr. Peter Tsao S.V.D., Rev. Charles Tchou, Rev. Joseph Tien Min Yao, Rev. Bartholomew San Hua Lung, Rev. Peter Wang, Rev. John Kwo, Rev. Paul Han Shou Li, Rev. John Berch. Li (Wen-Sheng), Rev. Paul Litieliang, Rev. Joseph Li Ming Chin, Msgr. Joseph Pao Chie Fung, Rev. Thomas Chao, Rev. Chao Yun Li, Rev. Joseph Chen, Rev. Estanislao Chu, Rev. Stanislaus Chin, Rev. Peter King O.M.I., Rev. Chang Chi Chung, Rev. Chin Lian Wang, Rev. John Ho S.J., Rev. Paul Wang
Further Amending the Charter of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), as Provided for in Presidential Decree No. 334, as Amended, and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 182 DatedMay 6, 1973, So as to Extend the Draft Service or Period of Conscription of Trainees, Into Selective Military Service, From 12 Months to 18 Months
Extending the Period of Filing of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth and Allowing Taxpayers Who Have Not Availed of Presidential Decree No. 23, as Amended, to Avail of Presidential Decree No. 370, as Amended
Prescribing a Basic Daily Subsistence Allowance of Not More Than Ten (10) Pesos for Each Cadet of the Philippine Military Academy and Philippine Air Force Flying School
Amending Section Eighteen of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-One Hundred and Eighty-Five to Place City Works Supervisors Directly Under the Supervision of City Engineers
Supplemental Appropriation for the Reimbursement of Customs Duties Incurred in the Importation of Steel Slabs and Coils for Rerolling and Unwrought Tin for the Manufacture of Tinplates for Milk Cans
Amending Presidential Decree No. 43 "Providing for the Accelerated Development of the Fishery Industry of the Philippines," to Provide Effective Means to Insure the Supply of Fish and Fishery/Aquatic Products At Reasonable Prices
Lowering the Cost to Consumers of Electricity By Reducing the Franchise Tax Payable By Electric Franchise Holders and the Tariff on Fuel Oils for the Generation of Electric Power By Public Utilities
Amending Presidential Decree No. 461 to Create Department-Wide Regional Offices in the Department of Agriculture, to Integrate Agricultural Extension Services and for Other Purposes
Extending the Effects of the Provisions of Act No. 4166, Entitled "An Act to Provide for the Limitation, Regulation and Allocation of Sugar Produced in the Philippine Islands, and for the Processing and Marketing Thereof, and for Other Purposes," as Amended
Amending Certain Sections of Presidential Decree No. 66, "Creating the Export Processing Zone Authority and Revising Republic Act No. 5490", and for Other Purposes
Amending R.A. No. 6390 Entitled "An Act to Accelerate the Implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program by Creating an Agrarian Reform Special Account in the General Fund, Providing the Necessary Funds Therefore, and for the Other Purposes"
Authorizing the Designation of Municipal Judges and Lawyers in Any Branch of the Government Service to Act as Counsel De Oficio for the Accused Who Are Indigent in Places Where There Are No Available Practicing Attorneys
Repealing Republic Act No. 1635 Entitled "An Act to Require the Printing and Issue of Semi-Postal Stamps in Order to Raise Funds for the Philippine Tuberculosis Society"
Providing for a New Valuation of Real Property to Serve as Basis for the Determination of Internal Revenue Taxes and Amending for the Purpose Section 91 of the National Internal Revenue Code as Amended By Republic Act No. 6110 and Further Amended By Presidential Decree No. 69
Creating and Establishing the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority and Making It a Subsidiary Agency of the Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corporation Defining Its Powers, Functions and Responsibilities, and for Other Purposes
Granting to Petroleum Exploration Concessionaires Under the Petroleum Act of 1949 Exemption From Customs Duty and Compensating Tax on Importations of Machinery and Equipment, Spare Parts and Materials Required for Their Exploration Operations
Granting Authority to the National Economic and Development Authority to Set Minimum Prices of Coconut Oil, Copra and Other Coconut Products and By Products
Providing for An Improved System of Acquisition, Utilization, Care, Custody and Disposal of Supplies in the Local Governments, Amending for the Purpose Section Three of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Two Hundred Sixty-Four, Otherwise Known as "The Local Autonomy Act of 1959", and Other Related Laws
Fixing the Yearly Maximum Increase of the Assessed Value of Real Properties for a Period of Not Exceeding Five Years Beginning With the Third Quarter of Calendar Year 1974 as Basis for Collecting the Real Property Tax, and for Other Purposes
Amending Paragraph 4, Article II, Chapter I, Part XIII of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, as Amended, By Providing for a Full-Time Vice-Chairman and Executive Director for the National Science Development Board
Authorizing the Central Bank of the Philippines to Construct An International Conference Center Building, Acquire a Suitable Site for the Purpose, Organize a Corporation Which Will Manage and Administer the Said Center and for Other Purposes
Amending the Provisions of Section 6 (D) Pertaining to the Discretionary Fund, Presidential Decree No. 17 as Amended By Presidential Decrees Nos. 130 and 320
Amending Republic Act No. 6260, Entitled An "Act Instituting a Coconut Investment Fund and Creating a Coconut Investment Company for the Administration Thereof"
Declaring Prospecting and Other Mining Operations of Public Use and Benefit and Establishing the Basis and Prescribing the Rules and Procedures Relative to Acquisition and Use of Surface Rights in Mineral Prospecting, Development and Exploitation, and Providing Protection and Compensation to Surface Owners
Creating a Local Tax Ordinance Advisory Board in the Office of the Secretary of Finance, Defining Its Functions, Prescribing Certain Guidelines for the Staffing Thereof and Appropriating Funds Therefor, Further Amending for the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 231, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 426
Providing Guidelines for the Development and Utilization of Small or Sub-Commercial Deposits of Natural Marsh Gas or Methane Gas in the Philippines, and Granting Gratuitous Permits Therefor
Exempting Donations And/Or Contributions and Request to Social Welfare, Cultural and Charitable Institutions From Certain Taxes and Provincial Tax Allowance Therefor
Restoring Branch Vi of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur, to the Municipality of Tagudin, Amending Section 52 of Republic Act No. 296, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 204
Providing for the Reorganization of Port Administration and Operation Functions in the Country, Creating the Philippine Port Authority, Paving the Way for the Establishment of Individual, Autonomous Port/Industrial Zone Authorities in the Different Port Districts, and for Other Purposes
Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines During the Period From July First, Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Four To June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Five and for Other Purposes
Authorizing the Purchase By the National Government From the National Power Corporation of a Strip of Land Consisting of a Total Area of 95,732 Square Meters, More or Less, Situated in Makati, Rizal
Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree Number One Hundred Seventy-Five, Entitled "Strengthening the Cooperative Movement", Relating to the Regulatory Powers of the Department of Local Government and Community Development Over Cooperatives
Amending Sections Two, Three, Four, Seven, Eight, Eleven, Thirteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Twenty-One and Twenty-Nine of Republic Act No. 5527, Also Known as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969
Granting Amnesty to All Filipino Muslims Who Have Committed Acts Penalized Under Existing Penal Laws in Furtherance of Their Resistance to the Duly Constituted Authorities of the Republic of the Philippines
Amending the Approved Integrated Reorganization Plan Insofar as the Number of Regional Offices of the Department of Public Highways Is Concerned By Dividing Highway Regional Office No. 4 Into Two Regions, to Be Known as Region 4-A and Region 4-B
Authorizing "The Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Limited" to Transfer the Franchise Granted to That Company Under Republic Act No. 808, as Amended By Republic Act No. 5002, to the Eastern Telecommunications Philippines, Inc.
Exempting From Tax Prizes of Miss Universe Contestants and Certain Equipment and Facilities to Be Used in Connection With the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant.
Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-One Hundred Eighty-Six as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Investment Incentives Act, and Republic Act Numbered Sixty-One Hundred Thirty-Five as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Export Incentives Act
Authorizing the Central Bank of the Philippines to Establish and Operate a Security Printing Plant for the Printing of Bank Notes and for Other Purposes
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 138, Dated 2 March 1973, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 172 Dated 10 April 1973, Presidential Decree No. 178 Dated 23 April 1973 and Presidential Decree No. 301 Dated 25 September 1973
Supplemental Appropriation for the Reimbursement of Customs Duties Incurred in the Importation of Iron and Steel Slabs and Coils for Rerolling, Unwrought Zinc and Unwrought Tin
Appropriating Funds for Public Works, Involving Rehabilitation and Capital Development, Synchronizing the Same With Previous Public Works Appropriations
Requiring Timber Licensees and Pasture Lessees to Engage in Food Production, Creating the Mechanics for Its Implementation and Providing the Necessary Funds Therefor
Converting the Visayas Agricultural College Into the Visayas State College of Agriculture, Expanding for This Purpose Its Curricular Program in Agriculture and Technology
Providing for a New Classification of Provinces, Cities and Municipalities and Fixing Maximum Amounts Expendable for Salaries and Wages, Amending for the Purpose Republic Acts Numbered Forty-Four Hundred Seventy- Seven, Twenty-Three Hundred Sixty-Eight and Forty-Three Hundred Fifty-Eight
Proving for a Modernized System of Administration and Disposition of Mineral Lands and to Promote and Encourage the Development and Exploitation Thereof
Reorganizing the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Into Two Departments, Namely: Department of Agriculture and Department of Natural Resources, Amending for This Purpose Chapter I, Part Viii of the Integrated Reorganization Plan
Authorizing the University of the Philippines At Los Baños to Acquire By Negotiated Sale or By Expropriation Certain Private Properties for the Expansion of Agricultural Research Programs and Appropriating the Necessary Funds Therefor
Further Amending Republic Act Numbered Sixty One Hundred and Seventy Three as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Oil Industry Commission Act By Amplifying the Purposes of the Special Fund Created Under Section 7(J) of Said Act and Authorizing the Oil Industry Commission to Require Payment By Persons and Companies Engaged in the Petroleum Business to Said Special Fund.
Amending the Provisions of Section 10 (B) of Republic Act No. 5979 to Authorize Adjustment or Contract Prices for Government Projects Under Certain Conditions
Authorizing the Secretary of Education and Culture to Regulate the Imposition of Tuition and Other School Fees, Repealing Republic Act No. 6139, and for Other Purposes
Amending Further Section Five (A) of Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Nine, as Amended, Otherwise Known as "The Savings and Loan Association Act"
Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Four, Otherwise Known as the "Police Act of 1966," and Presidential Decrees Numbered Twelve and Twelve-A, as Amended
Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Four, as Amended, Entitled "The Code of Agrarian Reforms in the Philippines
A Decree Instituting a Labor Code, Thereby Revising and Consolidating Labor and Social Laws to Afford Protection to Labor, Promote Employment and Human Resources Development and Ensure Industrial Peace Based on Social Justice.
Further Amending Section 105 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as Amended, Exempting Importations of Aircraft for Agricultural Purposes, Spare Parts and Accessories Thereof From Customs Duty
Increasing the Specific Tax on Lubricating Oils, Gasoline, Bunker Fuel Oil, Diesel Fuel Oil, and Other Similar Petroleum Products Levied Under Sections 142, 144 and 145 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, and Granting Provinces, Cities and Municipalities Certain Shares in the Specific Tax on Such Products
Providing for Pension or Gratuity of Officers Retired or Separated on or Before September 30, 1972 on the Basis of the Rate of Pay of Officers in the Active Service as Provided for Under General Order No. 11, DatedOctober 1, 1972
Further Amending Paragraph 7 of Presidential Decree No. 76 DatedDecember 6, 1972 Requiring All Persons, Natural or Juridical Owning or Administering Real Property, Including the Improvements Thereon, to File Sworn Statement of the True Value of Such Property, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 261 DatedAugust 2, 1973, and Further Amended By Presidential Decree No. 304 DatedOctober 2, 1973
Granting General Amnesty Under Certain Conditions to Public School Teachers, Other Government Officials and Employees, Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Other Persons for Violation of Election Laws and Other Related Statutes in Connection With the Elections of 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971 and the Elections of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Prescribing a System of Permanent and Continuing Registration of Members of Barangays, Providing a Procedure for the Creation of Barangays, Providing a Procedure for the Creation of Barangay in Areas Where There Are None and for the Election of Officials Thereof
Amending Presidential Decree No. 337 By Including Civilian Personnel of the National Intelligence and Security Authority and the Civil Intelligence and Security Agency Among Those Who Shall Be Granted Longevity Pay
Creating a National Water Resources Council, Reconstituting Its Membership, Vesting the Same With Powers to Coordinate and Integrate Water Resources Development, and Providing Funds Therefor
Reconstituting the Bureau of the Census and Statistics of the Department of Trade as a New Agency Under the Administrative Supervision of the National Economic and Development Authority to Be Known as the National Census and Statistics Office
Authorizing the Secretary of National Defense to Enter Into Defense Contracts to Implement Projects Under the Self-Reliant Defense Programs and for Other Purposes
Further Amending Section 190 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, Exempting Importations of Aircraft for Agricultural Purposes, Spare Parts and Accessories Thereof From Compensating Tax
Converting Branch VII of the Court of First Instance of Cebu and Branch VIII of the Court of First Instance of Negros Occidental Into Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts
Amending the Charter of the Philippine National Oil Company, as Provided for in Presidential Decree No. 334 DatedNovember 9, 1973, and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 401 Entitled "Penalizing the Unauthorized Installation of Water, Electrical or Telephone Connections, the Use of Tampered Water or Electrical Meters, and Other Acts
Limiting the Use of a Strip of One Thousand Meters of a Land Along Any Existing, Proposed or On-Going Public Highway or Road, Until the Government Shall Have a Competent Study and Have Formulated a Comprehensive and Integrated Land Use and Development Plan
Amending Paragraph 7, AFP Special Provisions, Presidential Decree No. 233, General Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1973-1974 and Repealing General Order No. 14, DatedOctober 3, 1972, So as to Authorize and Prescribe a Daily Subsistence Allowance of Not Less Than Six Pesos (P6.00) for All Officers and Enlisted Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Including Cadets and Trainees While on Training
Further Amending Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred Ninety-Five, Entitled "An Act Revising the Charter of the National Power Corporation," as Amended
Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred Eighty-Five Million Pesos From the Funds for Rehabilitation, Improvement and Betterment of the Highway Special Fund for the Amortization of Heavy Construction Equipment Previously Procured Under the Deferred Payment Plan
Increasing the Specific Tax on Kerosene, Lubricating Oil, Gasoline, Bunker Oil and Diesel Fuel Oil and Imposing Specific Tax on Other Refined and Manufactured Mineral Oils By Amending Sections 142, 144 and 145 of the National Internal Revenue Code as Amended
Further Amending Republic Act No. 6173, as Amended, By Providing the Basis for An Administrative Mechanism Designed to Ensure That Extra-Ordinary Gains Resulting From Government-Approved Price Increases Redound to the Public Interest, and for Other Purposes
Appropriating Forty Thousand Pesos as Gratuity to Heirs of Rogelio L. Domingo and Antonio Dayao, Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation, Who Died in the Performance of Their Duties
Requiring Government Financial Institutions to Foreclose Mandatorily All Loans With Arrearages, Including Interest and Charges Amounting to At Least Twenty (20%) Percent of the Total Outstanding Obligation
Amending Republic Act Numbered 4073, Entitled An Act Further Liberalizing the Treatment of Leprosy By Amending and Repealing Certain Sections of the Revised Administrative Code
Extending the Period for Registration of All for Hire Motor Vehicles, Amending for the Purpose Sub-Paragraph 1, Paragraph (B), of Section 5, Republic Act Numbered 4136, as Amended
Amending Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Three Hundred Ninety-Five, Entitled "An Act Revising the Charter of the National Power Corporation"
Amending Section 12 of Commonwealth Act No. 137, as Amended in as Far as It Affects Executive Order No. 63 DatedJune 25, 1914, and Supplementing Presidential Decree No. 295
Amending Presidential Decree No. 306 Entitled "Converting the Major Ferdinand E. Marcos Hospital in the Municipality of Bayombong, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Into the Major Ferdinand E. Marcos Veterans' Regional Hospital"
Amending Presidential Decree No. 260 By Including the Two Hundred-Year-Old Basilica of Taal, Batangas, and the Church of Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur, Among the National Landmarks and Monuments Declared as National Shrines
Amending Section 45 (C) of the National Internal Revenue Code By Prescribing a Separate Date for the Filing of Income Tax Returns of Individuals Whose Incomes Are Fixed in Nature
Further Amending Part III, Article IV, Section 2 and 3 of the Integrated Reorganization Plan Approved Under Presidential Decree No. 1 DatedSeptember 24, 1972 and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds for the Operation of the Career Executive Service Board
Authorizing the Reemployment on a Contractual Basis of Officials or Employees Who Were Separated From the Government Service Due to the Abolition of Their Office Requiring Them to Reimburse the Money Value of Their Unexpired Commuted Terminal Leave
Amending Sections 10 (C) and 13 of Presidential Decree No. 6-A (Educational Development Decree of 1972) DatedSeptember 29, 1972, Authorizing the Extension of Accruals to the Special Science Fund Created Under Republic Act No. 5448, as Amended, and for Other Purposes
Increasing the Salaries of the Presiding Justice and the Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals, the Presiding Judge and Judges of Specialized Courts, and Judges of Lower Courts
Amending Presidential Decree No. 203 Entitled "Transferring Certain Items, Personnel, Records, Funds, Appropriations, Equipment, Facilities and Other Properties of the Presidential, Senate and House Electoral Tribunals to the Commission on Elections," in Order to Authorize the Supreme Court to Retain Certain Items, Personnel, Appropriations, Facilities and Equipment of the Presidential, Senate, and House Electoral Tribunals
Amending Paragraph 7, AFP Special Provisions, Presidential Decree No. 233, General Appropriation Fiscal Year 1973-1974 and Repealing General Order No. 14, DatedOctober 3, 1972, "Subsistence Allowance of Military Personnel" and Additional Daily Subsistence Allowance of One Peso (P1.00) for All Enlisted Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Trainees Attached to Regular Units Engaged in Combat Operations
Amending Paragraph 7, AFP Special Provisions, Presidential Decree No. 233, General Appropriation Fiscal Year 1973-1974 and Repealing General Order No. 14, DatedOctober 3, 1972, "Subsistence Allowance of Military Personnel" and Additional Daily Subsistence Allowance of One Peso (P1.00) for All Enlisted Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Trainees Attached to Regular Units Engaged in Combat Operations
Providing for the Partial Payment of Accrued Back Pensions and Death Gratuities of Ex-Servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or Their Surviving Kins, Pursuant to Republic Act No. 5859
Further Amending Section 12 of Act No. 2613, as Amended, Entitled "An Act to Improve the Methods of Production and the Quality of Tobacco in the Philippines and to Develop the Export Trade Therein"
Reserving for Research and Instruction Purposes of Man and the Biosphere (MAB) of the Philippines a Certain Parcel of Land of the Public Domain Situated in the Municipality of Puerto Galera, Province of Oriental Mindoro
Providing for Special Group Term Insurance By the Government Service Insurance System or Other Insurance Firms for Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Appropriating Funds for the Payment of the Government Share of the Premiums Therefor
Creating the Philippine Cotton Corporation as a Central Authority to Undertake, Implement and Supervise Cotton Production in the Philippines on a Commercial Scale
Amending Presidential Decree No. 252 "Authorizing the Creation of a Philippine International Trading Corporation, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"
Authorizing the Reversion of the Accumulated Thirty (30%) Percent Sinking Fund to the General Fund of the City of Manila, for the Undertaking of Its Public Works Projects, and for Other Purposes
Amending Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Seven Entitled "An Act to Regulate Payment of Expenses of Government Officers and Employees When on Official Travel Within the Philippines"
Creating and Establishing the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies At the University of the Philippines; Defining Its Organization, Powers, Functions and Responsibilities
Granting Longevity Pay to Civilian Investigation Agents of the Criminal Investigation Service, Philippine Constabulary, and to Civilian Intelligence Agents of the Intelligence Service/Units of the Armed Forcesof the Philippines
Amending Part III, Article Iv, Sections 2 and 5 (G), of the Integrated Reorganization Plan Approved Under Presidential Decree No. 1 DatedSeptember 24, 1972
Amending Further Section Fifteen of Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Four, Otherwise Known as the "Geodetic Engineering Law," as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 202
Requiring That All Public Forests Be Developed, Managed, and Utilized on a Sustained Yield Basis With the Benefit of Technical Forestry Know-How of Registered Foresters
Directing That Telegraphic Toll Fees in Connection With the Transmittal of Complaints and Grievances By Private Citizens to the President of the Philippines, the Secretary of National Defense in His Capacity as Chairman of the Special Cabinet Committee to Check on Back-Sliding, and All Action Committees of Said Cabinet Committee as Well as All Provincial Governors and City
Mayors, Be Limited to Ten Centavos Per Telegram
Providing for the Transmission Free of Charge Within the Philippines of Mail Matters and Telegrams of the Department of Local Government and Community Development
Excluding From the Mariquina Watershed Reservation Under the Administration of the Former National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority, Now Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, Certain Parcels of Land Embraced Therein and Opening the Same to Exploitation Under the Provisions of the Public Land Act
Amending Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 291 and Inserting a New Section on the Regulation of Office Hours in the Month of Ramadan Thereby Changing the Numbers of All Subsequent Sections
Amending the Provisions of the Special Calamity Fund Act of Nineteen Seventy-Two, Appropriating Three Hundred Million Pesos for Expenditures Occasioned By Typhoons, Rains and Floods in the Months Of
June AndJuly, Nineteen Seventy-Two and for Other Purposes
Amending Certain Sections of Act Numbered Twenty Four Hundred and Twenty Seven, Otherwise Known as the Insurance Act, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 63
Prohibiting the Ejectment of Tenant-Tillers From Their Farmholdings Pending the Promulgation of the Rules and Regulations Implementing Presidential Decree No. 27
Providing That Land Transfer Certificates Issued Pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 27 Shall Be Accepted By Financing Institutions as Collateral for Loans
Increasing the Specific Tax on Gasoline, Lubricating Oil and Automotive Diesel Oil By Amending Sections 142 and 145 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended
Appropriating Thirty Million (P30-M) Pesos to Cover the Three Hundred Thousand Common Shares At One Hundred Pesos a Share Subscribed By the Republic of the Philippines in the Authorized Capital Stock of the Philippine Amanah Bank
Providing for the Creation of An Individual Decoration to Be Known as "Kagitingan Sa Barangay" and the "Barangay Presidential Unit Citation Badge" to Be Awarded to Members And/Or Units of the Integrated Civilian Home Defense Forces (ICHDF) and Other Civilian Officials Who Have Distinguished Themselves in the Campaign Against Insurgents, Subversives, and Other Lawless Elements
Amending the Approved Staffing Pattern of the Bureau of Internal Revenue By Creating New Divisions/units Therein Including the Increase or Positions in the Examination and Clerical Groups and Part IV, Chapter I, Article II, Paragraphs 10 and 11, of the Integrated Reorganization Plan
Converting the Major Ferdinand E. Marcos Hospital in the Municipality of Bayombong, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Into the Major Ferdinand E. Marcos Veterans Regional Hospital
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 76 as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 261 By Extending the Date of Accrual of the Basic Tax on Real Property Actually, Directly and Exclusively Used By the Owner Thereof for Educational Purposes
Excluding From the Properties Transferred to the Land Bank Under Republic Act No. 6390 Certain Parcels Thereof for Use of the Presidential Security Command
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 138, as Amended By Presidential Decree No. 172 Dated 10
April 1973 and Presidential Decree No. 178 Dated 23
April 1973
Imposing a 15% Tax on Dividends Received By a Domestic or Resident Foreign Corporation From a Domestic Corporation Amending Sections 24, 29, 53 and 65 of the National Internal Revenue Code for the Purpose
Directing All Persons, Natural or Juridical, to Renounce Possession and Move Out of Portions of Rivers, Creeks, Esteros, Drainage Channels and Other Similar Waterways Encroached Upon By Them and Prescribing Penalty for Violation Hereof
Amending Section 12 of Commonwealth Act No. 137, as Amended, and Declaring the Commercial Timber Within the Surigao Mineral Reservation as Available for Disposition and Utilization
Organizing the National Social Action Council (Nasac) Created Under Executive Order No. 182-A, as Amended, as a Body Corporate, Defining Its Functions and Providing Government Assistance Thereto
Cancelling the Sale Certificates And/Or Transfer Certificates of Title Numbers 62603, 62604, and 62605, Covering Lots 1, 2, and 3, Respectively, PCS-4383, All in the Name of Carmel Farms, Inc., Which Is a Consolidation and Subdivision of Lots 979, 981, 982, 985, 988, 989, 990, 991-New, 1226, 1230, and 980-C-2 (LRC Psd-1730), All of Tala Estate, Caloocan City, and Declaring the Same Open for Disposition to the Malacañang Homeowners Association, Inc., the Present Occupants, Pursuant to the Provisions of Commonwealth Act Number 32, as Amended
Defining the Status Of, and Authorizing the Grant of Tax Exemption and Other Privileges To, the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center in the Philippines
Amending Further Republic Act Numbered Eleven Hundred Thirty-Five Entitled "An Act Establishing the Philippine Tobacco Administration Defining Its Objectives, Powers and Functions, and for Other Purposes," as Amended
Authorizing the Compulsory Licensing or Reprinting of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Books and Materials as a Temporary or Emergency Measure Whenever the Prices Thereof Become So Exorbitant as to Be Detrimental to the National Interest
Amending Subsection (S) of Section One Hundred Five of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred Thirty-Seven, Otherwise Known as the Tariff and Customs Code, as Amended
Authorizing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to Hold a Lottery Draw On
March 11, 1974, and Every Year Thereafter, Exclusively to Finance the Domiciliary Service of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc.
Authorizing Stock Transactions By Members of An Operating Stock Exchange Through Members of Any Other Operating Stock Exchanges When Necessary to Execute Customers' Orders
Creating a Pasig River Development Council to Oversee the Implementation of the Pasig River Development Program and Providing the Council With the Power to Administer the Pasig River Development Program Trust Account
Authorizing the Food and Drug Administrator to Order the Closure, or Suspend or Revoke the License, of Any Drug Establishment Which
May Be Found Administratively to Have Violated the Laws and Regulations Governing the Sale or Dispensation of Prohibited or Regulated Drugs Medicines and Similar Substances
Amending Section I, Annex I-D of Presidential Decree No. 3 "Appropriating Funds for Public Works Involving Rehabilitation and Capital Development, Synchronizing the Same With Previous Public Work Appropriations"
Extending Guarantee Coverage for Losses on Production Loans to Livestock, Poultry, Fishery, Vegetables and Other Agricultural Projects in the Provinces of Lanao Del Norte, Lanao Del Sur, Cotabato South, Cotabato, Sulu and
Pertaining to the Preservation, Beautification, Improvement and Gainful Utilization of the Pasig River, Providing for the Regulation and Control of Pollution of the River and Its Banks in Order to Enhance Its Development, Thereby Maximizing Its Utilization for Socio-Economic Purposes
Creating the "National Electrification Administration" as a Corporation, Prescribing Its Powers and Activities, Appropriating the Necessary Funds Therefor and Declaring a National Policy Objective for the Total Electrification of the Philippines on An Area Coverage Service Basis, the Organization, Promotion and Development of Electric Cooperatives to Attain the Said Objective, Prescribing Terms and Conditions for Their Operations, the Repeal of Republic Act No. 6038, and for Other Purposes.
Splitting Region 4 Into Region 4 and Region 4-A, Thus Making Twelve Regions Instead of Only Eleven Region for the Bureau of Posts and Including the Province of Bulacan in Region 4
Declaring the Lease-Sale of One L-100-20 Hercules Aircraft No. PI 98, a Government Property, as a Valid and Binding Contract of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and Creating a Special Fund From Theproceeds Thereof.
Declaring the Sta. Ana Site Museum in Manila, the Roman Catholic Churches of Paoay and Bacarra in Ilocos Norte, the San Agustin Church and Liturgical Objects Therein in Intramuros, Manila, Fort Pilar in Zamboanga City, the Petroglyphs of the Rock-Shelter in Angono, Rizal, the Petroglyphs of Alab, Bontoc, the Stone Agricultural Calendars of Dap-Ay Guiday in Besao, Bontoc, the Mummy Caves of Kabayan, Benguet and of Sagada and Alab, Bontoc, the Ifugao Rice Terraces of Banaue as National Cultural Treasures; and the Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan, Tirad Pass in Cervantes, Ilocos Sur, the Miagao Church in Miagao, Iloilo, the Site of the Battle of Mactan on Mactan Island, Cebu, the San Sebastian Church in Quiapo, Manila, and the Church and Convent of Santo NiO in Cebu City as National Shrines, Monuments, And/ or Landmarks, Defining the Implementing Agencies and Providing Funds Therefor.
Extending the Period of Voting and Canvass in Connection With the Referendum Set On
July 27, 1973, Under Presidential Decree No. 228 DatedJune 26, 1973
Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Four, as Amended, Entitled "The Code of Agrarian Reform in the Philippines"
Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act Numbered Thirteen Hundred and Eighty-Seven, as Amended By Republic Act Numbered Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Three and Republic Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Sixty-Eight, Relating To, the Corporate Powers of the Mindanao State University
Amending Presidential Decree No. 229 for the Purpose of Authorizing Government Officials and Employees, Including Military Personnel, to Vote in Their Place of Assignment and Other Related Matters
Amending Sections 1 and 2 of Republic Act No. 4169 to Include the Population Council of New York and Its Non-Filipino Staff as Recipient/Beneficiaries of Certain Exemptions and Privileges
Prescribing the Procedure for Administrative Settlement or Adjudication of Disputes, Claims and Controversies Between or Among Government Offices, Agencies and Instrumentalities, Including Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations, and for Other Purposes
Amending Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 121, DatedJanuary 29, 1973, Entitled "Amending Section 1988 of Act No. 2711 as Amended Otherwise Known as the Administrative Code"
Authorizing the Postmaster General to Supervise, Regulate and Control the Operations of Private Express And/Or Messenger Delivery Service Firms and to Issue, Grant, Extend, Suspend, or Cancel Franchises or Permits for Such Firms
Withdrawing the Authority of the Land Registration Commission to Approve Original Survey Plans, Repealing for This Purpose, Paragraph 3, Section 34-A, of Republic Act No. 3844, as Inserted By Section 6, Republic Act No. 6389, Otherwise Known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code
Further Amending Section 105 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as Amended, Exempting Importations of Domestic Scheduled Airlines and of New Mines and Old Mines Which Resume Operations From Customs Duty
Further Amending Section 190 of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, Exempting Importation of Domestic Scheduled Airlines and of New Mines and Old Mines Which Resume Operations From Compensating Tax
Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines During the Period From
July First, Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Three To
June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Four and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 210, So as to Validate for the Purposes of the Registration of Members of Barangays, (Citizens Assemblies) the Permanent List of Voters Prepared Under Republic Act 6388
Granting a Grace Period Within Which to Pay the Second Installment of the Tax Amnesty for Untaxed Motor Vehicles Prescribed Under Presidential Decree No. 52
Amending Part XVIII, Article V, Sections 2 and 3, of the Integrated Reorganization Plan Approved Under Presidential Decree Number 1 DatedSeptember 24, 1972
Establishing Basic Policies for the Telephone Industry, Amending for the Purpose the Pertinent Provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 146, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Public Service Act, as Amended, and All Inconsistent Legislative and Municipal Franchise of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Under Act No. 3436, as Amended, and All Inconsistent Legislative and Municipal Franchises Including Other Existing Laws
Authorizing the Creation, Establishment and Development of Communal Tree Farm Pilot Projects in the Provinces of Ifugao and Benguet, Providing for the Mechanics of Implementation Thereof, and Appropriating Funds for the Purpose
Transferring Certain Items, Personnel, Records, Funds, Appropriations, Equipment, Facilities and Other Properties of the Presidential, Senate and House Electoral Tribunals to the Commission on Elections
Amending Sections Four and Fifteen of Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Four, Otherwise Known as the "Geodetic Engineering Law"
Amending Section 4 of Republic Act No. 3870, Entitled "An Act Defining the Functions of the U.P. Law Center, Providing for Its Financing and for Other Purposes"
Fixing the Schedule of Burial Expenses of Persons in the Government Service in Case of Death From Injuries Received or Sickness Contracted in Performance of Duty, Including Prisoners and Detainees Who Die While in the Custody of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Declaring a National Policy Favoring Local Operation and Control of Water Systems; Authorizing the Formation of Local Water Districts and Providing for the Government and Administration of Such Districts; Chartering a National Administration to Facilitate Improvement of Local Water Utilities; Granting Said Administration Such Powers as Are Necessary to Optimize Public Service From Water Utility Operations, and for Other Purposes
Converting the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural College Into the Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology, Expanding for This Purpose Its Curricular Programs in Technology
Authorizing Aliens, as Well as Associations, Corporations or Partnerships Owned in Whole or in Part By Foreigners to Engage in the Rice and Corn Industry, and for Other Purposes
Abolishing the Mass Media Council Created Under Presidential Decree No. 36, and Creating in Its Stead the Media Advisory Council, Prescribing Rules and Regulations to Enable the New Body to Discharge Its Functions Effectively
Amending Part IX of the Integrated Reorganization Plan By Renaming the Department of Trade and Tourism as the Department of Tourism, and Creating the Department of Tourism With a Philippine Tourist Authority Attached to It in Lieu of Philippine Tourist Commission
Prescribing the Use of the Metric System of Weights and Measures as the Standard Measurement for All Products, Commodities, Materials, Utilities and Services and in All Business and Legal Transactions
Transferring From the Department of Justice to the Supreme Court Certain Items, Funds, Personnel and Powers Relative to Courts of First Instance and Other Courts of Equivalent Bank and City and Municipal Courts
Providing for the Annual Registration of Reservists of the Armed Forces of the Philippines; Granting Security of Tenure to Reservists Employed in Private Firms While Undergoing Refresher Training, Mobilization or Assembly Tests or Annual Active Duty Training in Fulfillment of Their Military Obligations; and for Other Purposes
Constituting the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Into a Body Corporate and Providing Government Assistance Thereto for the Accomplishment of Its Purposes
Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 138, Amended By Presidential Decree No. 172, By Allowing the Officials and Employees of the Reparations Mission in Tokyo, Japan, to Enjoy the Benefits Granted Under the Decree Up to the Time of Dissolution of the Reparations Mission
Amending Presidential Decree No. 138 By Allowing the Officials and Employees of the Reparations Mission in Tokyo, Japan, to Enjoy the Benefits Granted Under the Decree
Giving the Secretary of National Defense the Power to Place Any City of Municipal Police Force Under the Control of the Philippine Constabulary and the Power to Lift Such Control
Amending Section 7 of Presidential Decree No. 6-A Entitled "Authorizing the Undertaking of Educational Development Projects, Providing for the Mechanics of Implementation and Financing Thereof, and for Other Purposes"
Extending Until
April 15, 1973 the Registration of Xerox and Other Similar Copying Machines or Equipment as Prescribed By Presidential Decree No. 140, DatedMarch 2, 1973
Extending Until
April 15, 1973 the Deadline for Filing of Application for Amnesty Under Presidential Decree No. 95 DatedJanuary 11, 1973 and Presidential Decree No. 124, DatedFebruary 2, 1973
Amending Section 358 of the National Internal Revenue Code as Amended By Republic Act No. 6110 to Insure the Implementation of the Programs Initiated By the Bureau of Internal Revenue
Prohibiting the Employment or Use of Share Tenants in Complying With Requirements of Law Regarding Entry, Occupation, Improvement and Cultivation of Public Lands, Amending for the Purpose Certain Provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Public Land Act
Allowing Citizens of the Philippines or Corporations or Associations At Least Sixty Per Centum of the Capital of Which Is Owed By Such Citizens to Enter Into Service Contracts With Foreign Persons, Corporations for the Exploration, Development, Exploitation or Utilization of Lands of the Public Domain, Amending for the Purpose Certain Provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 141
Amending Sections 137 (B) and 156, Title IV, of the National Internal Revenue Code, as AmendedNovember 24, 1972 and Presidential Decree No. 88, DatedJanuary 3, 1973
Amending the Provisions of Executive Order No. 37, Series of 1954 and Executive Order No. 290, Series of 1958, Regarding the Disposal of Unserviceable Equipment and Property of the Bureau of Public Highways
Upgrading the Quality of Education in the Philippines By Requiring All High School Graduates Seeking Admission to Post-Secondary Degree Programs Necessitating a Minimum of Four Years' Study to Pass a National Entrance Examination and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Amending Republic Act No. 245 Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Secretary of Finance to Borrow to Meet Public Expenditures Authorized By Law and for Other Purposes"
Amending Further Republic Act One Thousand Entitled "An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Issue Bonds to Finance Public Works and Projects for Economic Development, Authorized By Law and for Other Purposes," as Amended
Excluding From the Properties Transferred to the Land Bank Under Republic Act No. 6390 Certain Parcels Thereof Occupied By the City Engineer's Office of Manila
Granting Recalled Personnel of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Armed Forces Attaches and Military Personnel, and Such Other Government Attaches and Personnel as Have Been Assigned With Philippine Missions Abroad By Their Respective Departments, Exemption From the Payment of Customs Duties and Taxes and for Other Purposes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 28 Entitled "Establishing Seven Regional Prisons and Converting Existing National Penal Institutions Into Regular Prison and Penal Farms, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes"
Amending Paragraph 2, Article Iv, Chapter I of Part Vi of the Integrated Reorganization Plan to Include the Executive Secretary in the Membership of the Development Budget Coordination Committee
Amending Sections 24(B) and 53(B) (2) of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, By Imposing a Tax of Fifteen Per Cent (15%) on Interest on Foreign Loans
Amending Certain Sections of the Revised Philippine Highway Act Adopted and Decreed Under Presidential Decree Numbered Seventeen and for Other Purposes
Authorizing Local Boards of Chartered Cities and All First Class-1 and First Class-2 Municipalities Created Under Republic Act No. 5447 to Invest in Government Bonds in Amounts Not Less Than Thirty Per Centum (30%) of Their Respective Shares the One Per Centum (1%) Additional Real Property Tax Levied and Apportioned Therein
Amending Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-One, as Amended, Entitled "An Act Establishing the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, Defining Its Powers and Duties and for Other Purposes"
Amending Further Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Ninety-Three, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the "Private Development Banks' Act"
Providing for the Repeal of Republic Act Numbered Four Hundred Twenty-Seven, Entitled "An Act Prohibiting and Punishing the Possession and Exportation of Silver And/Or Nickel Coins Under Certain Circumstances and Providing the Procedure for Prosecution Thereof"
Amending Further Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Three Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Nine, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the "Savings and Loan Association Act"
Amending Presidential Decree No. 52 DatedNovember 16, 1972 Proclaiming a Tax Amnesty for Untaxed Motor Vehicles Subject to Certain Conditions, By Extending the Effectivity of the Tax Amnesty Up To
January 31, 1973
Declaring the Effectivity of the Creation of the Commission on Audit as Provided in the New Constitution and Providing Guidelines for the Operation Thereof
Declaring the Effectivity of the Creation of the Civil Service Commission as Provided in the New Constitution and Providing Guidelines for the Operation Thereof
Amending Republic Act Numbered Sixty-One Hundred and Seventy-Three, Otherwise Known as the Oil Industry Commission Act, By Authorizing the Oil Industry Commission to Grant Provisional Relief, By Making Decisions of the Commission Reviewable By the National Economic Development Authority, By Authorizing the Commission to Use Any Unobligated Balance of Its Initial Appropriation Even After Fiscal Years 1971 and 1972, to Use Fees Collected in the Performance of Quasi-Judicial and Regulatory Functions, to Disburse Its Special Fund on the Basis of Special Budget, and for Other Purposes
Amending Further Certain Sections of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-Four Hundred Eighty-Seven, Otherwise Known As, "The Private Security Agency Law," as Amended By P.D. No. 11, DatedOctober 3, 1972
Declaring Unlawful the Use or Attachment of Sirens, Bells, Horns, Whistles or Similar Gadgets That Emit Exceptionally Loud or Startling Sounds, Including Domelights and Other Signalling or Flashing Devices on Motor Vehicles and Providing Certain Exceptions Therefor
Business Incentives and Reforms An Act Intended to Improve Business Climate By Amending Republic Acts Numbered Fifty-One Hundred Eighty-Six, Sixty-One Hundred Thirty-Five, Fifty-Four Hundred Fifty-Five and for Other Purposes
Amending the Effectivity Date of Section 5 of Presidential Decree No. 69, Particularly Section 137 of the National Internal Revenue Code Affecting Tax on Cigars and Cigarettes
Amending Presidential Decree No. 8 Issued on October 2, 1972, and Promulgating an Amended Act to Promote the Discovery and Production of Indigenous Petroleum and Appropriate Funds Therefor
Authorizing the Secretary of Agrarian Reforms to Sign on Behalf of the President of the Philippines Land Transfer Certificates Issued to Tenant-Farmers Pursuant to P.D. No. 27
Authorizing Philippine Veterans Bank to Operate a Commissary and PX Facilities for Veterans, Their Widows and Orphans, and Members of the AFP and Their Dependents
Amending Section 1 of Republic Act No. 5180 Prescribing a Uniform System of Preliminary Investigation By Provincial and City Fiscals and Their Assistants, and By State Attorneys or Their Assistants
Requiring All Persons, Natural or Juridical, Owning or Administering Real Property, Including the Improvements Thereon, to File Sworn Statement of the True Value of Such Property
Amending Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Three Hundred Sixty-One, Entitled "An Act Reverting to the General Funds of the National Government the Cash Balances of Certain Special or Revolving Funds Under Certain Conditions"
Constituting the Technical Staff of the Joint Legislative-Executive Tax Commission as a New Agency Under the Administrative Supervision of the National Economic Development Authority, to Be Known as the National Tax Research Center
Submitting to the Filipino People, for Ratification or Rejection, the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines Proposed By the 1971 Constitutional Convention and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Further Amending Section Twenty-Six, Paragraph (G), of Republic Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Sixty-One, as Amended, Otherwise Known as "The Social Security Law"
Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Obtain Such Loans or Incur Such Indebtedness as May Be Necessary to Finance the Acquisition of Communications Equipment
Constituting the University of the Philippines At Los Baños, Granting It Full and Complete Autonomy, and Amending the Charter of the University of the Philippines
Amending Presidential Decree No. 27 DatedOctober 21, 1972, Entitled, "Decreeing the Emancipation of Tenant From the Bondage of the Soil Transferring to Them the Ownership of the Land They Till and Providing the Instruments and Mechanism Therefor."
Amending Pertinent Parts of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, By Attaching the Wage Commission, Oil Industry Commission, and Price Control Council to the National Economic Development Authority
Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Obtain Such Loans or Incur Indebtedness As May Be Necessary to Finance the Acquisition of Cargo Aircrafts
Amending Presidential Decree No. 30 DatedOctober 27, 1972, Entitled "Amending the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended By Adding Another Supplement, to Be Known as "Supplement B", to Title II (Income Tax) By Placing Corporations on a Tax Withholding System."
Amending Presidential Decree No. 3 Entitled Appropriating Funds for Public Works, Involving Rehabilitation and Capital Development, Synchronizing the Same With the Previous Public Works Appropriations
Authorizing the Plaintiff in Eminent Domain Proceedings to Take the Possessions of the Property Involved Upon Depositing the Assessed Value, for Purpose of Taxation
Cancelling Franchises, Permits and Authorizations Granted for the Operation of Radio Television and Telecommunications Facilities That Have Remained Unused By Their Holders After a Reasonable Length of Time, That Have Violated the Terms Under Which They Were Issued; Creating the Mass Media Council and Prescribing Rules and Regulations on the Opening and Operation of Mass Media.
Amending Republic Act Numbered Fifty-Four Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Construction of the Upper Pampanga River Project, Providing for the Financing Thereof, and for Other Purposes"
Penalizing the Printing, Possession, Distribution and Circulation of Certain Leaflets, Handbills and Propaganda Materials and the Inscribing or Designing of Graffiti
Amending the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, By Adding Another Supplement, to Be Known as "Supplement B" to Title II (Income Tax), By Placing Corporations on a Tax Withholding System
Amending Subparagraph (D) of Section Seventeen Hundred Thirty-Nine and Subparagraph (B) of Section Seventeen Hundred Forty of the Revised Administrative Code
Establishing Seven Regional Prisons and Converting Existing National Penal Institutions Into Regular Prisons and Penal Farms, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes.
Decreeing the Emancipation of Tenants From the Bondage of the Soil, Transferring to Them the Ownership of the Land They Till and Providing the Instruments and Mechanism Therefor.
Requiring All Persons, Natural or Juridical, Owning or Administering Real Property, Including the Improvements Thereon, to File Sworn Statement of the True Value of Such Property.
Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 6359, Entitled "An Act to Regulate Rentals for the Years of Dwelling Units or of Land on Which Another's Dwelling Is Located and Penalizing Violations Thereof, and for Other Purposes".
Amending Sections One and Two of Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Nine, as Amended By Republic Act Numbered Four Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Three.
Amending Section 34 (B) of the National Internal Revenue Code, as Amended, Exempting Capital Gains, Except Shares of Stocks of Corporations Covered Under Section 2 of Republic Act No. 6141 Under Certain Conditions.
Amending Section Five of the General Provision of the 1973 Appropriation Act in Order to Authorize the Use of Savings to Meet the Expenditures Arising as a Result of the Proclamation No. 1081, DatedSeptember 21, 1972, and Other Orders, Decrees or Instructions Issued as a Consequence of Said Proclamation No. 1081.
Declaring Violations of General Orders No. 6 and No. 7 DatedSeptember 22, 1972 AndSeptember 23, 1972, Respectively, to Be Unlawful and Providing Penalties Therefor.
Authorizing the Undertaking of Educational Development Projects, Providing for the Mechanics of Implementation and Financing Thereof, and for Other Purposes
Appropriating Funds for Public Works Involving Rehabilitation and Capital Development, Synchronizing the Same With Previous Public Works Appropriations.
Amending Part II on Departmental Organization of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, By Allowing More Than One Undersecretary of a Department Under Certain Conditions.
Amending Part VI on the Economic Planning and Program Implementation of the Integrated Reorganization Plan, By Reconstituting the Membership of the National Economic Development Authority and Retaining the National Computer Center in the Office of the President.
