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Act 1696
September 6, 1907
Known as the Flag Law, this law proscribed the Philippine flag and banned the use of the Philippine national anthem. The law was repealed in 1919.
Act 1790
Permitted the Banco Espaol-Filipino to change its name. The name change took place on January 1, 1912 into today's Bank of the Philippine Islands.
Act 1876
Mountain Province was established with Amburayan, Apayao, Benguet, Bontoc, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Lepanto as sub-provinces.
Act 1952
Act 2280
Act 2711
Established most of the modern-day provinces of the Philippines: the province of Camarines was split into Camarines Norte and Camarines Surand the province of Bohol was created.
Act 2871
Repealed the Flag Law and legalized the use of the Philippine flag andnational anthem.
Act 3436
Established the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) with the bill granting it a 50-year charter.
Act 3815
December 8, 1930
Act 3827
CA 1
The National Defense Act of 1935, which created an independent Philippine army.
CA 39
CA 63
An act providing for the ways in which Philippine citizenship may be lost or reacquired.
CA 382
December 5, 1938
The English words to the Philippine national anthem were made official.
CA 473
CA 502
CA 638
RA 1
Act appropriating funds for the operation of the Government of the Philippines.
RA 14
September 7, 1946
RA 53
October 5, 1946
RA 85
RA 265
RA 305
RA 333
RA 387
RA 521
RA 537
RA 711
June 6, 1952
The province of Zamboanga is split into Zamboanga del Norte andZamboanga del Sur.
RA 1414
RA 2141
April 8, 1959
RA 2733
Assert that the first mass in the Philippines took place at a site onLimasawa, Southern Leyte; declare the site a national shrine.
RA 2786
The province of Surigao is split into Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur.
RA 3518
RA 3844
August 8, 1963
Established the pace for land reform in the Philippines. Landbank was formed from this law.
RA 4200
RA 4695
Formed the provinces of Kalinga-Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, and Mountain Province from the earlier Mountain Province
RA 4979
Divided Agusan into Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur
RA 5000
RA 6134
RA 6173
RA 6395
RA 6396
RA 6430
BP 8
December 2, 1978
Defined the metric system and set the basis for the implementation of the metric system in the Philippines. Modern Philippine Standard Time was also instituted under this law.
BP 54
Set the date of January 30, 1980 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1976 amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines.
BP 122
Set the date of April 7, 1981 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1981 amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines.
BP 185
Provides that a natural-born citizen of the Philippines who has lost his Philippine citizenship may be a transferee of private land, for use by him as his residence, subject to the provisions of this Act.
BP 880
December 3, 1985
BP 881
December 3, 1985
BP 883
December 3, 1985
Set the date of February 7, 1986 as the date for a SNAP Election for President and VicePresident. Ferdinand Marcos and Arturo Tolentino win the election, but are overthrown by the EDSA Revolution, bringing Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel to power.
RA 6635
RA 6636
November 6, 1987
Resetting the Local Elections from November 9, 1987 to January 18, 1988.
RA 6639
Changed the name of Manila International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
RA 6645
Prescribes the manner in how to fill a vacancy in the Congress of the Philippines.
RA 6709
Declared November 5 as a non-working holiday for the province of Negros Occidental to commemorate Cinco de Noviembre, the day Negros became free.
RA 6734
August 1, 1989
Created the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), which was officially inaugurated on November 6, 1990 in Cotabato City.
RA 6735
August 4, 1989
RA 6766
Provided for an Organic Act for the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). It mandates the creation of an autonomous government to be headed by a Regional Governor. It creates a Regional Assembly that will enact laws of regional application and a regional judiciary composed of a supreme court and lower courts.
RA 7042
RA 7104
RA 7156
Mini-Hydro Law
RA 7160
RA 7653
RA 7638
December 9, 1994
RA 7648
April 5, 1993
RA 7832
December 8, 1994
"Anti-electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994" / an act penalizing the pilferage of electricity and theft of power transmission lines/materials, rationalizing system losses by phasing out pilferage losses as a component thereof, and for other purposes.
RA 7878
RA 8171
"An act providing for the repatriation of Filipino women who have lost their Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens and natural-born Filipinos."
RA 8179
"An act further liberalizing foreign investments, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 7042, and for other purposes."
RA 8223
December 8, 1996
RA 8293
June 6, 1997
RA 8353
RA 8438
Created the Cordillera Autonomous Region. A plebiscite, held on March 9, 1998 to ratify the bill, was held and invalidated the act. See Cordillera Administrative Region.
RA 8470
Split the province of Davao into two, creating the province of Compostela Valley.
RA 8471
Created the Island Garden City of Samal in Davao province by combining the municipalities of Samal, Babak, and Kaputian.
RA 8472
RA 8473
Created the municipality of Braulio E. Dujali, Davao out of severalbarangays in Panabo and Carmen.
RA 8479
"Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998" / An act deregulating the downstream oil industry and for other purposes
RA 8491
Prescribed the code of the national flag, anthem, motto, coat-of-arms and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines.
RA 8535
Provided for the creation of the City of Novaliches comprising the 15 northernmost barangays of Quezon City. However, in the succeeding plebiscite on October 23, 1999, an overwhelming majority of Quezon City residents voted no to the bill.
RA 8749
"Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999" / An act providing for a Comprehensive Air Pollution Control Policy and for Other Purposes
RA 8797
Converted the municipality of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan into a city. Became the First City of Bulacan
RA 8981
December 5, 2000
"PRC Modernization Act Of 2000" / An act providing for the modernization of the Professional Regulation Commission.
RA 9006
"Fair Election Act of 2001" / An act to enhance the holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections through fair election practices.
RA 9015
March 5, 2001
RA 9136
June 8, 2001
"Electric Power Industry Reforms Act of 2001" / An act ordaining reforms in the electric power industry, amending for the purpose certain laws and for other purposes
RA 9139
June 8, 2001
RA 9160
"Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001". Subsequent foreign pressure by theFATF and by other nations resulted in this act being amended.
RA 9164
RA 9165
June 7, 2002
RA 9179
RA 9189
"Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003" / An act providing for a system of overseas absentee voting by qualified citizens of the Philippines abroad, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes
RA 9208
"Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003" / An act providing for policies to eliminate and punish human trafficking, especially women and children, establishing the necessary institutional mechanisms for the protection and support of trafficked persons.
RA 9225
"Citizenship Retention and Re-Acquisition Act of 2003" / An act making the citizenship of Philippine citizens who acquire foreign citizenship permanent, amending for the purpose Commonwealth Act No. 63, as amended, and for other purposes.
RA 9262
March 8, 2004
Inspired by the life of Dolores Lorenzo, this act gives the protection of the law to women and children suffering from domestic abuse.
RA 9334
An act increasing the excise tax rates imposed on alcohol and tobacco products, amending for the purpose sections 131, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, and 288 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended. Also known as the "sin tax" law.
RA 9335
"Lateral Attrition Act of 2005" / an act to improve the revenue collection performance of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) through the creation of a rewards and incentives fund and of a revenue performance evaluation board and for other purposes
RA 9337
An act amending sections 27, 28, 34, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 121, 148, 151, 236, 237 and 288 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended, and for other purposes. Also known as the "expanded value-added tax" or the "EVAT" law.
RA 9340
"Synchronized Barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan Elections Resetting" / An act resetting the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, extending the term of officeof Barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan Officials and for other purposes.
RA 9346
The act repealing the death penalty, replacing the sentence with the sentence of life imprisonment and reclusin perpetua.
RA 9367
"Biofuels Act of 2006" / An act to direct the use of Biofuels, establishing for this purpose the Biofuel Program, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes.
RA 9369
"Amending the Election Modernization Act" / An act amending Republic Act No. 8436, Entitled "An Act Authorizing The Commission on Elections to use an Automated Election System in the May 11, 1998 National or Local Elections and in Subsequent National and Local Electoral Exercises, to Encourage Transparency, Credibility, Fairness and Accuracy of Elections, amending for the purpose Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, as amended, Republic Act No. 7166 and
other related elections laws, providing funds therefor and for other purposes
RA 9371
An act dividing the Lone District of Cagayan de Oro City into two districts, with the Cagayan de Oro River as a natural boundary.
RA 9372
March 6, 2007
RA 9492
The act that mandates the celebration of certain public holidays to the nearest weekday. Also known as the holiday economics law.
RA 9500
The University of the Philippines Charter of 2008. Declaring it as the National University.
RA 9999
RA 10000
RA 10066
National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009. It established the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property