REPUBLIC ACTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1151 - AN ACT CREATING THE LAND REGISTRATION COMMISSION, AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1152 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-TWO PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF SIX PATROL GUNBOATS MEDIUM PROGRAMMED FOR DELIVERY BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT DURING THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1153 - AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1154 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ITEMS IN REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, REGARDING PUBLIC WORKS AND PROJECTS FOR THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1155 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF SIXTEEN MILLION NINE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE PESOS FOR SALARY ADJUSTMENTS AND AUTOMATIC SALARY INCREASES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WELFAREVILLE TEACHERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-TWO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1156 - AN ACT AMENDING AND REPEALING CERTAIN ITEMS IN REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, REGARDING PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS FOR THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1157 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ITEMS FOR THE PROVINCE OF LA UNION SUBSECTION (a), TITLE E, SECTION ONE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED TWENTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1158 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE ITEM REGARDING THE MUNICIPAL, PORT OF CALBAYOG, SAMAR, SECTION TWO, PARAGRAPH (b), ITEM FORTY- FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED TWENTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1159 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE TO HOLD ONE SPECIAL SWEEPSTAKE RACE FOR THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ATHLETIC PROGRAM AS BENEFICIARY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1160 - AN ACT TO FURTHER IMPLEMENT THE FREE DISTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AS PROVIDED FOR IN COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, AS AMENDED TO ABOLISH THE LAND SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, DATED OCTOBER TWENTY-THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY, AND TO CREATE IN ITS PLACE THE NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161 - AN ACT TO CREATE A SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM PROVIDING SICKNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, RETIREMENT, DISABILITY AND DEATH BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1162 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXPROPRIATION OF LANDED ESTATES OR HACIENDAS OR LANDS WHICH FORMED PART THEREOF IN THE CITY OF MANILA, THEIR SUBDIVISION INTO SMALL LOTS, AND THE SALE OF SUCH LOTS AT COST OR THEIR LEASE ON REASONABLE TERMS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1163 - AN ACT AMENDING AND REPEALING CERTAIN ITEMS IN REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED TWENTY, REGARDING PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS FOR THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1164 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1165 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MANILA TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE TO BE EXPROPRIATED FOR THE WIDENING OF ALL STREETS IN INTRAMUROS, AND AUTHORIZING ALSO A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE SECURED BY SAID CITY BONDS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1166 - AN ACT TO DECLARE THE PRIVILEGE TAXES ON PROFESSIONS AS NOW IMPOSED BY LAW SUFFICIENT FOR THE PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSIONS IN ANY PART OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1167 - AN ACT PUNISHING OBSTRUCTION AND/OR INTERFERENCE WITH PEACEFUL PICKETING DURING ANY LABOR CONTROVERSY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1168 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FIXING, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF THE MAXIMUM SELLING PRICES OF COMMODITIES IN SHORT SUPPLY, CREATING THE PRICE CONTROL, OFFICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1169 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES HORSE RACES AND LOTTERIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1170 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE SAN JOSE NO. 2 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAUJAN, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO, TO FRANCISCO MELGAR MEMORIAL SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1171 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE THE VENUE OF ACTION ON CLAIMS OF EMPLOYEES, LABORERS AND OTHER HELPS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1172 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, ENTITLED "THE PUBLIC LAND ACT"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1173 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, BY ADDING DUMAGUETE CITY AS PORT OF ENTRY, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1174 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CENTRAL LUZON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1175 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED ONE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1176 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ZONIFICATION OF ABACA AREAS, ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL, AND PRESCRIBING CERTAIN PLANTING RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER MEASURES FOR THE CONTROL OF ABACA MOSAIC DISEASE TO PROTECT THE ABACA INDUSTRY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1177 - AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN PABLO, PROVINCE OF ISABELA, FROM ITS PRESENT SITE TO THE SITE OF THE BARRIO OF AUITAN IN THE SAME MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1178 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE BY PROVIDING THAT THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BE EXEMPTED FROM THE PAYMENT OF ALL TAXES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1179 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF THE BLIND AND OTHER HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THEIR RETURN TO CIVIL EMPLOYMENT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1180 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RETAIL BUSINESS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1181 - AN ACT TO TRANSFER THE MUNICIPAL SITE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUPAX, PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, FROM ITS PRESENT LOCATION TO THE BARRIO OF MALASIN OF THE SAID MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1182 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAMES OF CERTAIN STREETS IN THE DISTRICT OF TONDO, CITY OF MANILA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1183 - AN ACT GRANTING THE METROPOLITAN BROADCASTING CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS AND STATIONS FOR TELEVISION IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1184 - AN ACT GRANTING MR. MARIANO LACSON A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT RADIOTELEPHONE STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES TO AND FROM SAID STATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1185 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO AND THREE AND THE TITLE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1186 - AN ACT TO AMEND AND REPEAL CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1187 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ISIDRO IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1188 - AN ACT CLASSIFYING AS A TRUCK INSTEAD OF AS AN AUTOMOBILE THE MOTOR VEHICLE POPULARLY KNOWN AS JEEP, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF THE SALES TAX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1189 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1190 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CIVIL DEFENSE IN TIME OF WAR AND OTHER NATIONAL EMERGENCY, CREATING A NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1191 - AN ACT TO DEMONETIZE TREASURY CERTIFICATES AND CENTRAL BANK NOTES OF OVER ONE HUNDRED PESO DENOMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1192 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, ABOLISHING THE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1193 - AN ACT ALLOWING THE EXPENDITURE DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY FIRST TO JUNE THIRTY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY- FOUR, OF THE INCOME ACCRUING TO THE GENERAL, SPECIAL, TRUST AND OTHER FUNDS IN THE PHILIPPINE TREASURY DURING THE SAME PERIOD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1194 - AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO LIMIT THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN LEAF TOBACCO"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1195 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY THE NECESSARY EXPENSES TO NEGOTIATE A REVISION OF THE AGREEMENT CONCERNING TRADE AND RELATED MATTERS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED STATES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1196 - AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED ELEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A TARIFF COMMISSION, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY INSERTING BETWEEN SECTIONS EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN OF SAID ACT A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION EIGHTEEN-A

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1197 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED ONE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1198 - AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF STATE ATTORNEYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATIONS OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1199 - AN ACT TO GOVERN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LANDHOLDERS AND TENANTS OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS (LEASEHOLDS AND SHARE TENANCY)

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1200 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY