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REPUBLIC ACTS

REPUBLIC ACTS NOS. 1 TO 50
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES BEGINNING JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX UNTIL THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN IS APPROVED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF A STATE FUNERAL FOR MANUEL L. QUEZON AND FOR THE ERECTION OF A MAUSOLEUM TO CONTAIN HIS REMAINS.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3 - AN ACT TO CONTINUE IN FORCE AND EFFECT THE ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED ON AUGUST 5, 1909, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF LAW OF 1909," AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND TO EXEMPT FROM RESPONSIBILITY THOSE WHO SHOULD SURRENDER FIREARMS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO AND FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL COCONUT CORPORATION, AND TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL OPERATING CAPITAL FOR SAID CORPORATION"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AS OF THE DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PRESENT CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE FOREIGN FUNDS CONTROL OFFICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO SUCH CONTRACTS OR UNDERTAKINGS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE TRANSFER TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER THE PHILIPPINE PROPERTY ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX OF ANY PROPERTY OR PROPERTY RIGHTS OR THE PROCEEDS THEREOF AUTHORIZED TO BE TRANSFERRED UNDER SAID ACT; PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH PROPERTIES ONCE RECEIVED; AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFORE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO UNITED STATES PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, COMMONLY CALLED THE "REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES MILITARY ASSISTANCE ACT," AND TO ISSUE THE NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SAID ACT, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10 - AN ACT PENALIZING USURPATION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SLAUGHTERING OF MALE AND FEMALE CARABAOS, HORSES, MARES, AND COWS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12 - AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX, TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE, TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX AND THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 13 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FIVE AND SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REHABILITATE THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 14 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE PROVINCE OF TAYABAS TO QUEZON

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 15 - AN ACT PROVIDING THAT IN ANY CRIMINAL PROCEEDING BEFORE A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE NO COST DE OFICIO SHALL BE TAXED AGAINST THE MUNICIPALITY CONCERNED WHEN THE CASE IS DISMISSED OR THE DEFENDANT ACQUITTED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 16 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO OBTAIN SUCH LOANS OR INCUR SUCH INDEBTEDNESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ITS AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO COVER BUDGETARY DEFICITS AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR REHABILITATION AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 17 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CIRCULATION OF TREASURY CERTIFICATES WITH THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES STAMPED, PRINTED OR SUPERIMPOSED THEREON, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 18 - AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES SIXTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR, AND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 19 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MATERNITY AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF MANILA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 20 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, SUBSECTION (c), AND THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 21 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGITIMATE FATHER, OR, IN HIS DEFAULT, THE MOTHER, OF ANY MINOR OR INCOMPETENT PERSON HAVING A CLAIM OR SHARE IN A CLAIM AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES OR OF THE UNITED STATES, TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF SAID CLAIM OR SHARE WHEN THE AMOUNT THEREOF DOES NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED PESOS OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN DOLLARS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 22 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF AN EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD, THE REGISTRATION, DEPOSIT AND OUTLAWING OF EMERGENCY CURRENCY NOTES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 23 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO CREATE AN ANTI-USURY BOARD, TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SAID BOARD AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 24 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE SALARY OF THE CITY AUDITOR OF MANILA FROM THE FUNDS OF SAID CITY AT THE RATE OF EIGHT THOUSAND PESOS PER ANNUM

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 25 - AN ACT TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION OF FLIGHT OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE AIR CORPS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 26 - AN ACT PROVIDING A SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF TORRENS CERTIFICATES OF TITLE LOST OR DESTROYED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 27 - AN ACT TO REPEAL ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND ONE, THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, AND FOUR THOUSAND AND NINETY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 28 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO CONTRACT LOANS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC MARKETS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 29 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AND CHARTERED CITIES TO GRANT LIVING BONUS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 30 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF A GRATUITY TO THE WIDOW AND/OR CHILDREN, AND IN THEIR ABSENCE TO THE OTHER HEIRS, OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR MEMBER OF ANY POLICE FORCE OR SIMILAR GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 31 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIX, SEVEN AND FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TOBACCO INSPECTION LAW

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 32 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO PREVENT DUMPING OF IMPORTED ARTICLES, WARES, OR MERCHANDISE, TO DISCOURAGE UNFAIR PRACTICES OR METHODS IN THE IMPORT TRADE, TO IMPOSE SPECIAL CUSTOMS DUTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 33 - AN ACT TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DATED SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX; TO AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE, ADMINISTRATION, SALE, AND DISPOSITION OF THE SURPLUS PROPERTY ACQUIRED THEREUNDER; AND TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 34 - AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND FIFTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE RICE SHARE TENANCY ACT"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 35 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF NEW AND NECESSARY INDUSTRIES FROM THE PAYMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 36 - CENSUS ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 37 - AN ACT GRANTING PREFERENCE TO FILIPINO CITIZENS IN THE LEASE OF PUBLIC MARKET STALLS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 38 - AN ACT REPEALING COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE, ENTITLED, "AN ACT ABOLISHING THE EXISTING MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ROMBLON, AND CREATING INSTEAD FOUR SPECIAL MUNICIPALITIES," RESTORING THE REGULAR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF ROMBLON, AND CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA FE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 39 - AN ACT AMENDING OR REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLES V AND VIII OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 40 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, RELATIVE TO DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAXES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 41 - AN ACT AMENDING OR REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE V OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 42 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, SUBSECTIONS (O), (R), AND (S) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 43 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN ONE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND TO APPROPRIATE CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 44 - AN ACT TO REVISE COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LANDOWNER AND TENANT AND TO PROVIDE FOR COMPULSORY ARBITRATION OF ANY CONTROVERSY ARISING BETWEEN THEM," AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 45 - AN ACT TO FIX THE DATE OF THE REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR ELECTIVE PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICES, AND OF THE ELECTION OF THE EIGHT SENATORS WHO WILL SUCCEED THOSE WHOSE TERM OF OFFICE WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 46 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FREE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR EMPLOYEES AND LABORERS OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, IN CERTAIN CASES PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 47 - AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE EIGHTY OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 48 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 49 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 50 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE SUBURB OF LUCENA OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA BARBARA, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, INTO A REGULAR MUNICIPALITY

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