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An Act Amending Section 450 of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as the Local Government Code of 1991, as Amended by Republic Act No. 9009, by Providing for the Requisites for the Conversion of a Municipality Into a Component City, and for Other Purposes April 10, 2022 [123] 11684 Mt. Arayat Protected Landscape Act April 8, 2022 [124] 11685
The Code Commission completed the final draft of the new Civil Code by December 1947, and this was submitted to Congress, which enacted it into law through Republic Act No. 386. The Civil Code took effect in 1950. [1] Due to its wide coverage and impact, the Civil Code is the subject of much study and extensive commentary.
Since 1946, the laws passed by the Congress, including legal codes, have been titled Republic Acts. [b] While Philippine legal codes are, strictly speaking, also Republic Acts, they may be differentiated in that the former represents a more comprehensive effort in embodying all aspects of a general area of law into just one legislative act.
Export Incentives Act of 1970: BP 8 December 2, 1978 An act defining the Metric system and its units, providing for its implementation and for other purposes RA 6955 June 13, 1990 The Anti-Mail Order Bride Act: RA 7160 October 10, 1991 Local Government Code of 1991: RA 8293 June 6, 1997 The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (the ...
Following the Philippines independence from the United States in the Philippines in 1946, Act No. 2710 remained applicable for a time. Until the enactment of the Republic Act No. 386 or the Civil Code on August 30, 1950 which only allowed for legal separation or what was before known as 'relative divorce' and does not allow for absolute divorce ...
The act also prohibits the removal or tampering of road infrastructure such as markers, signs, and other road-side facilities. [37] RA 4136 also applies to limited-access highways, more commonly known as expressways, alongside additional traffic laws and restrictions provided by Republic Act No. 2000 and DPWC Administrative Order No. 1 series ...
The 1987 Philippine Constitution in article II, section 14 maintains that the State, "recognizes the role of women in nation building and shall ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men." [38] The Revised Penal code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 3815.
The numberings of the Republic Acts (not PD, EO, or BP) are consistent. Therefore the numberings of Presidential Decree (started with 1) is not in connection with the numberings in the Republic Acts last used before the Martial Law in 1972. (Republic Act 6635 was passed in 1972, while the next republic act, RA 6636, was passed in 1987).