List of Philippine laws

Designations used for Philippine laws Nomenclature Designation Act Commonwealth Act Batas Pambansa Presidential Decree Presidential Proclamation Executive Order Presidential Proclamation Republic Act Abbreviation Act CA BP PD Form of government United States Occupation Philippine Commonwealth Modified Parliamentary Republic Republic under martial law/Republic Republic under martial law Republic under 1986 Provisional Constitution Republic under 1986 Provisional Constitution Republic Dates 1900-1935 1935-1946 1978-1985 1972-1986

PP

1972-1986

EO

1986-1987

PP

1986-1987 1946-72, 1987present

RA

The following table lists of Philippine laws which have been mentioned in Wikipedia, or which are otherwise notable.

Designation Act 1696

Date Passed September 6, 1907

What it Did 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 The law was repealed in 1919. 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. Mountain Province was established with Amburayan, Apayao, Benguet, Bontoc, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Lepanto as sub-provinces. The province of Batanes was reestablished.

Act 1790

October 12, 1907

Act 1876

August 18, 1908

Act 1952 Act 2280 Act 2711 February 21, 1920 March 10, 1917

Marinduque was reestablished as a separate province. Established most of the modern-day provinces of the Philippines: the province of Camarines was split into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur and the province of Bohol was created. Repealed the Flag Law and legalized the use of the Philippine flag and national anthem. Established the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) with the bill granting it a 50-year charter. The Revised Penal Code. Declared the last Sunday of August as National Heroes' Day. The National Defense Act of 1935, which created an independent Philippine army. Established Zamboanga City. An act providing for the ways in which Philippine citizenship may be lost or reacquired.

Act 2871

October 22, 1919

Act 3436

November 28, 1928

Act 3815 Act 3827

December 8, 1930 October 28, 1931

CA 1

December 21, 1935

CA 39 CA 63

October 21, 1936 October 21, 1936

CA 382

December 5, 1938

The English words to the Philippine national anthem were made official. Revised Naturalization Law. Established Quezon City. Changed the name of the province of Tayabas to Quezon. Press Freedom Law (now known as the Sotto Law). Charter of the Development Bank of the Philippines. Established the Central Bank of the Philippines. Declared Naga City a chartered city. Declared Quezon City the capital of the Philippines. Petroleum Act of 1949 Extended the area of Quezon City. The province of Zamboanga is split into Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur. Separated Aklan from Capiz Made Biliran a sub-province of Leyte. Assert that the first mass in the Philippines took place at a site on Limasawa, Southern Leyte; declare the site a national shrine. The province of Surigao is split into Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. Established the Philippine Veterans Bank Established the pace for land reform in the Philippines. Landbank was formed from this law.

CA 473 CA 502 RA 14

June 17, 1939 October 22, 1939 September 7, 1946

RA 53 RA 85 RA 265 RA 305 RA 333 RA 387 RA 537 RA 711

October 5, 1946 October 29, 1946 June 15, 1948 December 15, 1948 July 17, 1948 June 18, 1949 June 16, 1950 June 6, 1952

RA 1414 RA 2141 RA 2733

April 25, 1956 April 8, 1959 June 10, 1960

RA 2786

June 19, 1960

RA 3518 RA 3844

June 18, 1963 August 8, 1963

RA 4200 RA 4695

June 19, 1965 June 18, 1966

The anti-wiretapping law. Formed the provinces of Kalinga-Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, and Mountain Province from the earlier Mountain Province Divided Agusan into Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur

RA 4979

RA 6134

August 30, 1970

Converted the town of Surigao, Surigao del Norte into a city Oil Industry Commission Act Charter of the National Power Corporation

RA 6173 RA 6395 RA 6396 RA 6430 September 17, 1971 June 17, 1972

Made Siquijor an independent province. Changed the name of the province of Davao del Norte to Davao. 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. 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. 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. 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. Public Assembly Act of 1985 Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines

BP 8

December 2, 1978

BP 54

December 22, 1979

BP 122

March 10, 1981

BP 185

March 16, 1982

BP 880 BP 881

December 3, 1985 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 Vice-President. Ferdinand Marcos and Arturo Tolentino win the election, but are overthrown by the EDSA Revolution, bringing Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel to power. Changed the name of Manila International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Prescribes the manner in how to fill a vacancy in the Congress of the Philippines. Declared November 5 as a non-working holiday for the province of Negros Occidental to commemorate Cinco de Noviembre, the day Negros became free. Created the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), which was officially inaugurated on November 6, 1990 in Cotabato City. Set up a system of initiative and referendum. 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. Foreign Investments Act of 1991 Commission on the Filipino Language Act Mini-Hydro Law "Local Government Code of 1991." The New Central Bank Act Charter of the Department of Energy

RA 6639

November 27, 1987

RA 6645

December 28, 1987

RA 6709

February 10, 1989

RA 6734

August 1, 1989

RA 6735 RA 6766

August 4, 1989 October 23, 1989

RA 7042 RA 7104 RA 7156 RA 7160 RA 7653 RA 7638

June 13, 1991 August 14, 1991 September 12, 1991 October 10, 1991 June 14, 1993 December 9, 1994

RA 7648 RA 7832

April 5, 1993 December 8, 1994

Electric Power Crisis Act "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. Divided Kalinga-Apayao into Kalinga and Apayao provinces. "An act providing for the repatriation of Filipino women who have lost their Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens and natural-born Filipinos." "An act further liberalizing foreign investments, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 7042, and for other purposes." Converted the municipality of Marikina, Metro Manila into a city. The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (Philippine copyright law). The Anti-Rape Law of 1997. 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. Split the province of Davao into two, creating the province of Compostela Valley. Created the Island Garden City of Samal in Davao province by combining the municipalities of Samal, Babak, and Kaputian. Converted the municipality of Tagum, the capital of Davao, into a city.

RA 7878

February 14, 1995

RA 8171

October 23, 1995

RA 8179

March 28, 1996

RA 8223

December 8, 1996

RA 8293

June 6, 1997

RA 8353 RA 8438

September 30, 1997 December 22, 1997

RA 8470

January 31, 1998

RA 8471

January 31, 1998

RA 8472

January 31, 1998

RA 8473

January 31, 1998

Created the municipality of Braulio E. Dujali, Davao out of several barangays in Panabo and Carmen. "Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998" / An act deregulating the downstream oil industry and for other purposes Prescribed the code of the national flag, anthem, motto, coat-of-arms and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines. 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. "Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999" / An act providing for a Comprehensive Air Pollution Control Policy and for Other Purposes "PRC Modernization Act Of 2000" / An act providing for the modernization of the Professional Regulation Commission. "Fair Election Act of 2001" / An act to enhance the holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections through fair election practices. Converted the municipality of Panabo, Davao into a city. "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 "The Administrative Naturalization Law of 2000" "Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001". Subsequent foreign pressure by the FATF and by other nations resulted in this act being amended.

RA 8479

February 10, 1998

RA 8491

February 12, 1998

RA 8535

February 23, 1998

RA 8749

June 23, 1999

RA 8981

December 5, 2000

RA 9006

February 12, 2001

RA 9015

March 5, 2001

RA 9136

June 8, 2001

RA 9139 RA 9160

June 8, 2001 September 29, 2001

RA 9164

March 19, 2002

"Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections" "Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002" "Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBE's) Act of 2002." "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 "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. "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. Inspired by the life of Dolores Lorenzo, this act gives the protection of the law to women and children suffering from domestic abuse. 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. "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 An act amending sections 27, 28, 34, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 121, 148,

RA 9165 RA 9179

June 7, 2002 November 13, 2002

RA 9189

February 13, 2003

RA 9208

May 26, 2003

RA 9225

August 29, 2003

RA 9262

March 8, 2004

RA 9334

December 21, 2004

RA 9335

January 25, 2005

RA 9337

May 24, 2005

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 "E-VAT" law. RA 9340 May 25, 2005 "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. The act repealing the death penalty, replacing the sentence with the sentence of life imprisonment and reclusin perpetua. "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. "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 amemded, Republic Act No. 7166 and other related elections laws, providing funds therefor and for other purposes The Human Security Act of 2007 The act that mandates the celebration of certain public holidays to the nearest weekday. Also known as the holiday economics law. The University of the Philippines Charter of 2008. Declaring it as the National University.

RA 9346

June 24, 2006

RA 9367

January 12, 2007

RA 9369

January 23, 2007

RA 9372 RA 9492

March 6, 2007 July 25, 2007

RA 9500

April 29, 2008