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Contents
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1 Designations used for Philippine laws

2 Notable Laws

3 See also

4 References

5 Full enumeration (External)

Designations used for Philippine laws[edit]

Philippine laws have had various nomenclature designations at different periods in the history
of the Philippines, as shown in the following table:
Nomenclature
Designation

Abbreviation

Form of government

Philippine government under United

Dates

Act

Act

Commonwealth Act

CA

Philippine Commonwealth

1935-1946

Batas Pambansa

BP

Modified parliamentary republic

1978-1985

Presidential Decree

PD

Republic under Martial Law/Fourth

Republic

1972-1986

States sovereignty

1900-1935

Presidential

PP

Republic under Martial Law

1972-1986

Executive Order

EO

Republic under Provisional Constitution

1986-1987

Presidential
Proclamation

PP

Republic under Provisional Constitution

1986-1987

Republic Act

RA

Republic

Proclamation

1946-72, 1987present

Notable Laws[edit]
The following table lists of Philippine laws which have been mentioned in Wikipedia, or which
are otherwise notable.
Designation

Act 1696

Date Passed

September 6, 1907

Result

Known as the Flag Law, this law proscribeddisplay 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.[1]" This
law was repealed in 1919.

Act 2871

October 24, 1919[2]

Repealed the Flag Law and legalised the use of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 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 638

June 14, 1941

Provided for the publication and distribution of

theOfficial Gazette.

RA 1

July 15, 1946

Act appropriating funds for the operation of the

Government of the Philippines. The first legislation
passed by the Congress of the Philippines upon
independence.

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 Central Bank of the Philippines.

RA 333

July 17, 1948

Declared Quezon City the national capital.

RA 387

June 18, 1949

Petroleum Act of 1949

RA 1425

June 12, 1956

The Rizal Law, which mandates the inclusion of courses

on Jos Rizal in the curricula of all educational
institutions in the Philippines.

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 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

RA 6173

BP 8

The anti-wiretapping law.

Oil Industry Commission Act

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 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

RA 6635

October 23, 1972

Revision of the Tariffs and Customs Code of the

Philippines

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

inCongress.

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 6955

June 13, 1990

The Anti-Mail Order Bride Law

RA 6975

December 13, 1990

Department of the Interior and Local GovernmentAct of

1990. Created or re-organized under the DILG
the National Police Commission, thePhilippine National
Police, the Bureau of Fire Protection, the Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology, and the Philippine Public
Safety College.

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; Establishes theBangko

Sentral ng Pilipinas

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 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 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.

Aplebiscite on 9 March 1998 to ratify the bill invalidated
the act. See Cordillera Administrative Region.

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 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 8981

December 5, 2000

"PRC Modernization Act Of 2000" / An act providing for

the modernization of theProfessional 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 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 punishhuman
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 "expandedvalue-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 andreclusin perpetua.

RA 9367

January 12, 2007

"Biofuels Act of 2006" / An act to direct the use

ofBiofuels, 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 Riveras 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 holidaysto 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

RA 10354

December 21, 2012

The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health

Act of 2012

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