Notable Laws
The following table lists of Philippine laws which have been mentioned in Wikipedia, or which are otherwise notable.
| Designation | Date Passed | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Act 137 | June 11. 1901 | The Act that created the Province of Rizal. |
| Act 1696 | September 6, 1907 | Known as the Flag Law, this law proscribed display of "any flag, banner, emblem, or device used during the late insurrection in the Philippine Islands to designate or identify those in armed rebellion against the United States, or any flag, banner, emblem, or device used or adopted at any time by the public enemies of the United States in the Philippine Islands for the purposes of public disorder or of rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States in the Philippine Islands, or any flag, banner, emblem, or device of the Katipunan Society or which is commonly known as such." This law was repealed in 1919. |
| Act 1790 | October 12, 1907 | Permitted the Banco Español-Filipino to change its name. The name change took place on January 1, 1912 into today's Bank of the Philippine Islands. |
| Act 1876 | August 18, 1908 | Mountain Province was established with Amburayan, Apayao, Benguet, Bontoc, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Lepanto as sub-provinces. |
| Act 1952 | The province of Batanes was reestablished. | |
| Act 2280 | February 21, 1920 | Marinduque was re-established as a separate province. |
| Act 2711 | March 10, 1917 | Established most of the modern-day Provinces of the Philippines: Partitioned Camarines province was partitioned into Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur and the province of Bohol was created. |
| Act 2871 | October 22, 1919 | Repealed the Flag Law and legalised the use of the National Flag and the National Anthem. |
| Act 3436 | November 28, 1928 | Established the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) with the bill granting it a 50-year charter. |
| Act 3815 | December 8, 1930 | The Revised Penal Code. |
| Act 3827 | October 28, 1931 | Declared the last Sunday of August as National Heroes' Day. |
| CA 1 | December 21, 1935 | The National Defense Act of 1935, which created the Armed Forces of the Philippines. |
| CA 39 | October 21, 1936 | Established Zamboanga City. |
| CA 63 | October 21, 1936 | An act providing for the ways in which Philippine citizenship may be lost or reacquired. |
| CA 111 | October 31, 1936 | The act that created the Boy Scouts of the Philippines by President Manuel L. Quezon. |
| CA 382 | December 5, 1938 | The English lyrics to the National Anthem were made official. |
| CA 473 | June 17, 1939 | Revised Naturalization Law. |
| CA 502 | October 22, 1939 | Established Quezon City. |
| CA 638 | June 14, 1941 | Provided for the publication and distribution of the Official Gazette. |
| RA 1 | July 15, 1946 | Act appropriating funds for the operation of the Government of the Philippines. |
| RA 14 | September 7, 1946 | Changed the name of the province of Tayabas to Quezon. |
| RA 53 | October 5, 1946 | Press Freedom Law (now known as the Sotto Law). |
| RA 85 | October 29, 1946 | Charter of the Development Bank of the Philippines. |
| RA 265 | June 15, 1948 | Established the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. |
| RA 305 | December 15, 1948 | Declared Naga City a chartered city. |
| RA 333 | July 17, 1948 | Declared Quezon City the national capital. |
| RA 387 | June 18, 1949 | Petroleum Act of 1949 |
| RA 521 | June 15, 1950 | An act converting Cagayan de Misamis into the Cagayan de Oro City. |
| RA 537 | June 16, 1950 | Extended the area of Quezon City. |
| RA 711 | June 6, 1952 | The province of Zamboanga is partitioned into Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur. |
| RA 1414 | April 25, 1956 | Separated Aklan from Capiz |
| RA 1425 | June 12, 1956 | The Rizal Law, which mandates the inclusion of courses on José Rizal in the curricula of all educational institutions in the Philippines. |
| RA 2141 | April 8, 1959 | Made Biliran a sub-province of Leyte. |
| RA 2733 | June 10, 1960 | Assert that the first mass in the Philippines took place at a site on Limasawa, Southern Leyte; declare the site a national shrine. |
| RA 2786 | June 19, 1960 | The province of Surigao is split into Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. |
| RA 3518 | June 18, 1963 | Established the Philippine Veterans Bank |
| RA 3844 | August 8, 1963 | Established the pace for land reform and the formation of Landbank. |
| RA 4200 | June 19, 1965 | The anti-wiretapping law. |
| RA 4695 | June 18, 1966 | Created the provinces of Kalinga-Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, and Mountain Province from the earlier Mountain Province. |
| RA 4979 | Partitioned Agusan into Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur | |
| RA 5000 | June 17, 1967 | Creation of Barrio Claro M. Recto, Odiongan, Romblon |
| RA 6134 | August 30, 1970 | Converted the town of Surigao, Surigao del Norte into a city. |
| RA 6173 | Oil Industry Commission Act | |
| RA 6395 | Charter of the National Power Corporation | |
| RA 6396 | September 17, 1971 | Made Siquijor an independent province. |
| RA 6430 | June 17, 1972 | Changed the name of the province of Davao del Norte to Davao. |
| BP 8 | December 2, 1978 | Defined the metric system and set the basis for its implementation in the country. Modern Philippine Standard Time was also instituted under this law. |
| BP 54 | December 22, 1979 | Set the date of 30 January 1980 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1976 amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines. |
| BP 122 | March 10, 1981 | Set the date of 7 April 1981 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1981 amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines. |
| BP 185 | March 16, 1982 | Provides that a natural-born citizen of the Philippines who has lost Philippine citizenship may be a transferee of private land, "for use by him as his residence, subject to the provisions of this Act." |
| BP 880 | December 3, 1985 | Public Assembly Act of 1985 |
| BP 881 | December 3, 1985 | Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines |
| BP 883 | December 3, 1985 | Set 7 February 1986 as the date for Presidential and Vice-Presidential snap elections. |
| RA 6635 | October 23, 1972 | Revision of the Tariffs and Customs Code of the Philippines |
| RA 6636 | November 6, 1987 | Postponed the Local Elections from 9 November 1987 to 18 January 1988. |
| RA 6639 | November 27, 1987 | Changed the name of the Manila International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport. |
| RA 6645 | December 28, 1987 | Prescribes the manner in how to fill a vacancy in Congress. |
| RA 6709 | February 10, 1989 | Declared 5 November 5 as a non-working holiday in Negros Occidental to commemorate Cinco de Noviembre, the day Negros became free. |
| RA 6734 | August 1, 1989 | Created the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), which was officially inaugurated on 6 November 1990 in Cotabato City. |
| RA 6735 | August 4, 1989 | Set up a system of initiative and referendum. |
| RA 6766 | October 23, 1989 | Provided for an Organic Act for the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). It mandates the creation of an autonomous government, 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. |
| RA 7042 | June 13, 1991 | Foreign Investments Act of 1991 |
| RA 7104 | August 14, 1991 | Commission on the Filipino Language Act |
| RA 7156 | September 12, 1991 | Mini-Hydro Law |
| RA 7160 | October 10, 1991 | "Local Government Code of 1991." |
| RA 7610 | June 17,1992 | "Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act." |
| RA 7653 | June 14, 1993 | The New Central Bank Act |
| RA 7638 | December 9, 1994 | Charter of the Department of Energy |
| RA 7648 | April 5, 1993 | Electric Power Crisis Act |
| RA 7832 | December 8, 1994 | "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. |
| RA 7878 | February 14, 1995 | Partitioned Kalinga-Apayao into Kalinga and Apayao provinces. |
| RA 8171 | October 23, 1995 | "An act providing for the repatriation of Filipino women who have lost their Philippine citizenship by marriage to aliens and natural-born Filipinos." |
| RA 8179 | March 28, 1996 | "An act further liberalizing foreign investments, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 7042, and for other purposes." |
| RA 8223 | December 8, 1996 | Converted the municipality of Marikina into a city. |
| RA 8293 | June 6, 1997 | The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (the copyright law). |
| RA 8353 | September 30, 1997 | The Anti-Rape Law of 1997. |
| RA 8438 | December 22, 1997 | Created the Cordillera Autonomous Region. A plebiscite on 9 March 1998 to ratify the bill invalidated the act. See Cordillera Administrative Region. |
| RA 8470 | January 31, 1998 | Carved the province of Compostela Valley out of Davao. |
| RA 8471 | January 31, 1998 | Created the Island Garden City of Samal in Davao province by combining the municipalities of Samal, Babak, and Kaputian. |
| RA 8472 | January 31, 1998 | Converted the municipality of Tagum, the capital of Davao, into a city. |
| RA 8473 | January 31, 1998 | Created the municipality of Braulio E. Dujali, Davao out of several barangays in Panabo and Carmen. |
| RA 8479 | February 10, 1998 | "Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998" / An act deregulating the downstream oil industry and for other purposes |
| RA 8491 | February 12, 1998 | Prescribed the code of the National Flag, Anthem, motto, coat-of-arms and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines. |
| RA 8535 | February 23, 1998 | Provided for the creation of the City of Novaliches out of the 15 northern barangays of Quezon City. An overwhelming majority of Quezon City residents rejected the bill in the succeeding plebiscite on 23 October 1999. |
| RA 8749 | June 23, 1999 | "Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999" / An act providing for a Comprehensive Air Pollution Control Policy and for Other Purposes |
| RA 8797 | September 10, 2000 | Converted the municipality of San José del Monte, Bulacan into the province's first city. |
| RA 8981 | December 5, 2000 | "PRC Modernization Act Of 2000" / An act providing for the modernization of the Professional Regulation Commission. |
| RA 9006 | February 12, 2001 | "Fair Election Act of 2001" / An act to enhance the holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections through fair election practices. |
| RA 9015 | March 5, 2001 | Converted the municipality of Panabo, Davao into a city. |
| RA 9136 | June 8, 2001 | "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 |
| RA 9139 | June 8, 2001 | "The Administrative Naturalization Law of 2000" |
| RA 9160 | September 29, 2001 | "Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001". Subsequent foreign pressure by the FATF and by other nations resulted in this act being amended. |
| RA 9164 | March 19, 2002 | "Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections" |
| RA 9165 | June 7, 2002 | "Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002" |
| RA 9178 | November 13, 2002 | "Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBE's) Act of 2002." |
| RA 9189 | February 13, 2003 | "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 |
| RA 9208 | May 26, 2003 | "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. |
| RA 9225 | August 29, 2003 | "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. |
| RA 9262 | March 8, 2004 | Inspired by the life of Dolores Lorenzo, this act gives protection of the law to women and children suffering from domestic abuse. |
| RA 9334 | December 21, 2004 | 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". |
| RA 9335 | January 25, 2005 | "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 |
| RA 9337 | May 24, 2005 | An act amending sections 27, 28, 34, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 121, 148, 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. |
| RA 9346 | June 24, 2006 | The act repealing the death penalty and granting universal commutation to life imprisonment and reclusión perpetua. |
| RA 9367 | January 12, 2007 | "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. |
| RA 9369 | January 23, 2007 | "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 amended, Republic Act No. 7166 and other related elections laws, providing funds therefor and for other purposes |
| RA 9371 | February 22, 2007 | An act splitting the Lone District of Cagayan de Oro City into two, with the Cagayan de Oro River as a natural boundary. |
| RA 9372 | March 6, 2007 | The Human Security Act of 2007 |
| RA 9492 | July 25, 2007 | Mandates the observance of some public holidays to the nearest weekday. Also known as the "Holiday Economics Law". |
| RA 9500 | April 29, 2008 | The University of the Philippines Charter of 2008 declaring it as the national university. |
| RA 9999 | February 23, 2010 | Free Legal Assistance Act |
| RA 10000 | February 23, 2010 | The Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act. |
| RA 10066 | March 26, 2010 | National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009, establishing the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property |
| RA 10175 | September 12, 2012 | The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 |
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