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The Local Government Code, enacted in 1991, establishes the system and powers of the local government in the Philippines: provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays. The Local Government Code empowers local governments to enact tax measures, including real property taxes, and assures the local governments a share in the national internal ...
The Civil Code of the Philippines is the product of the codification of private law in the Philippines. It is the general law that governs family and property relations in the Philippines. It was enacted in 1950, and remains in force to date with some significant amendments. [citation needed]
Moot—changed circumstances have rendered the case of intellectual interest only; no ruling will have a practical effect on the law or jurisprudence. Act: N/A: English When on its own, as in "Act No. 3326", a law passed by the defunct colonial-era Philippine Legislature. A.M. N/A: English
Persons and family relations mainly deals with the issues of family matters such as marriage, annulment and voiding of marriages, adoption, property settlements between spouses, parental authority, support for spouses and children, emancipation, legitimes (inheritance) of children from their parents and between relatives.
H.B. number Date of introduction Short title Description HB00001: July 1, 2019: National Values, Etiquette, and Moral Uprightness Act: Seeks to establish the Commission on Filipino Values which shall conduct a nationwide consultation, craft a Program on National Values, Etiquette and Moral Uprightness; and draft a road map for its implementation.
For example, English law used to treat married women as lacking the capacity to own property or act independently of their husbands (the last of these rules was repealed by the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973, which removed the wife's domicile of dependency for those marrying after 1974, so that a husband and wife could have ...
Local Government Code of 1991: RA 8293 June 6, 1997 The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (the copyright law). RA 8353 September 30, 1997 The Anti-Rape Act of 1997: RA 8485 February 11, 1998 The Animal Welfare Act of 1998 RA 9184 January 10, 2003
However, Congress did not act on the 24 out of the 57 municipalities. In the 12th Congress, Republic Act No. 9009 was enacted revising the Local Government Code (LGC) by increasing the income requirement to qualify for conversion into a city from ₱20 million annual income to ₱100 million locally generated income. In the thirteenth Congress ...