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Amending the Revised Penal Code or Act No. 3815: Repealing the Crime of Premature Marriage 2015-03-25: 10656: Amending the Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections Act or RA 9164: Postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (spent) 2015-03-27: 10657: Chemistry Profession Act: Repealing the Chemistry Act of the Philippines or ...
Republic Acts have also been utilized to enact legislation on areas where the legal codes have proven insufficient. For example, while the possession of narcotics had been penalized under the 1930s Revised Penal Code , the wider attention drawn to illegal drugs in the 1960s and the 1970s led to new legislation increasing the penalties for ...
The Agricultural Land Reform Code, officially designated as Republic Act No. 3844, was an advancement of land reform in the Philippines that was enacted in 1963 under President Diosdado Macapagal. It abolished tenancy and established a leasehold system in which farmers paid fixed rentals to landlords, rather than a percentage of harvest.
A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to organize forces to serve during the war," approved Feb. 17, 1864. Bills passed by the legislature usually require the approval of the head of state such as the monarch, president, or governor to become law. [9] The refusal of such an approval is typically known as a veto.
Facade in 2023. The Sandiganbayan (lit. ' Support of the nation ' [3]) is a special appellate collegial court in the Philippines that has jurisdiction over criminal and civil cases involving graft and corrupt practices and other offenses committed by public officers and employees, including those in government-owned and controlled corporations.
The Forestry Profession Act : Repealing the Forestry Profession Law or RA 6239: 2015-10-26: 10691: Amending the Public Employment Service Office Act of 1999 or RA 8759: 2015-11-03: 10692: The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Modernization Act: 2015-11-03: 10693: Microfinance NGOs Act: 2015 ...
Commonwealth Act No. 1, the National Defense Act of 1935, referred to the ROTC as the "Reserve Officers Training Corps", [4] whereas Republic Act No. 7077, the Citizen Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act of 1991, referred to the ROTC as the "Reserve Officers' Training Corps", [5] ascribing the possessive form to the word "officers".
Memorandum circulars (Filipino: Memorandum sirkular), [2] according to Book III, Title I, Chapter II, Section 6 of Administrative Code of 1987, refer to the "Acts of the President on matters relating to internal administration, which the President desires to bring to the attention of all or some of the departments, agencies, bureaus or offices of the Government, for information or compliance." [7]