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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 ...
An Act extending the term of the Office of the President of the Adiong Memorial State College from three (3) years to four (4) years in accordance with Republic Act No. 8292, otherwise known as the "Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997", further amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 7935, as amended by Republic Act No. 8651 June 15, 2023
Republic Act No. 386, the Civil Code of the Philippines (1949). Act No. 3815, the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines (1930). The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. Luis B. Reyes, The Revised Penal Code: Criminal Law 20 (1998, 14th ed.). Antonio L. Gregorio, Fundamentals of Criminal Law Review 50-51 (1997).
An Act Providing for Stronger Protection Against Rape and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Increasing the Age for Determining the Commission of Statutory Rape, Amending for the Purpose Act No. 3815, as Amended, Otherwise Known as "the Revised Penal Code," Republic Act No. 8353, Also Known as "the Anti-Rape Law of 1997," and Republic Act No. 7610 ...
Amending the Philippine National Railways Act or RA 4156: Extending the Life of the PNR: 2014-06-20: 10639: Free Mobile Disaster Alerts Act: 2014-07-15: 10640: Amending the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act or RA 9165: Strengthening the Anti-Drug Campaign: 2014-07-15: 10641: Amending RA 7721: Allowing Full Entry of Foreign Banks: 2014-07-15: ...
The Code of Muslim Personal Laws, otherwise known as Presidential Decree No. 1083, was enacted by President Ferdinand Marcos on February 7, 1977. The decree was enacted upon the advice of the now-defunct Commission on National Integration since Muslims (along with non-Christian indigenous peoples) would have only been allowed to get married under their customs and traditions until 1980 as ...