REPUBLIC ACTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1251 - AN ACT AMENDING SUB-ITEMS (g), (i) AND (j) OF ITEM 37, SUBSECTION (e), TITLE B, AND ITEM 55, GROUP I, SUBSECTION (a), TITLE G, OF SECTION 1, REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1252 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE PASTURE LAND ACT, BY REQUIRING PERSONS LEASING OR USING PUBLIC LAND FOR PASTURE TO PUT UP AT LEAST ONE HEAD OF LARGE CATTLE BELONGING TO THE LESSEE OR PERMITTEE FOR EVERY FIVE HECTARES THEREOF, AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATIONS OF SAID ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1253 - AN ACT CONDONING THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST, PENALTIES AND SURCHARGES ON ESTATE AND INHERITANCE TAXES DUE FROM THE ESTATE OF VETERANS, GUERRILLAS OR VICTIMS OF JAPANESE ATROCITIES WHO DIED DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1254 - AN ACT TO AMEND SUB-ITEMS ONE TO SIXTEEN OF ITEM (d) FOR THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR, SUB-SECTION (e), TITLE B, SECTION ONE, REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PUBLIC WORKS ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1255 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LUCENA, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, TO THAT OF "NEW LUCENA"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1256 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF MANUGUIT STREET, A NATIONAL HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OF MANILA, TO JOSE ABAD SANTOS STREET

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1257 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF SAN FERNANDO DIVERSION ROAD IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA, TO JOSE ABAD SANTOS BOULEVARD

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1258 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF LIBERTAD, FORMERLY KNOWN AS BARRIO UMABAY EXTERIOR, MUNICIPALITY OF MOBO, PROVINCE OF MASBATE, TO SAN GREGORIO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1259 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF BARRIO BUGSAYON, MUNICIPALITY OF MASBATE, PROVINCE OF MASBATE, TO BARRIO B. TITONG

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1260 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF VISITA STREET IN THE DISTRICT OF PACO, CITY OF MANILA TO BURGOS STREET

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1261 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF OTEIZA, PROVINCE OF SURIGAO, TO MARIHATAG

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1262 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPLY OF DATA AND PUBLICATIONS BY THE VARIOUS OFFICES AND BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE DIVISION OF EACH HOUSE OF CONGRESS BY FURTHER AMENDING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1263 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF MINDANAO STREET IN THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO TO TIANO BROTHERS STREET

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1264 - AN ACT CONSTITUTING THE SUB-PROVINCE OF SIQUIJOR INTO A SEPARATE, INDEPENDENT AND REGULAR HIGHWAY ENGINEERING DISTRICT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1265 - AN ACT MAKING FLAG CEREMONY COMPULSORY IN ALL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1266 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION (NARRA) TO EXPROPRIATE THE HACIENDA DEL ROSARIO, SITUATED AT VALDEFUENTE, CABANATUAN CITY, AND SUBDIVIDE SAID HACIENDA INTO LOTS TO BE SOLD TO BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1267 - AN ACT CREATING THE COURT OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS, PRESCRIBING ITS JURISDICTION, AND ESTABLISHING ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1268 - AN ACT DIRECTING THE SALE OF A PORTION OF THE SAN LAZARO FRIAR LANDS IN THE CITY OF MANILA, AT THE CORNER OF QUEZON BOULEVARD AND C. LERMA STREET, TO ACTUAL OCCUPANTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1269 - AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF PASAY CITY, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1270 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1271 - AN ACT GRANTING THE MISAMIS LUMBER COMPANY, INC., 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. 1272 - AN ACT GRANTING THE MONSERRAT BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INCORPORATED, A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1273 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETY OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PUBLIC LAND ACT"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1274 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE VI OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1275 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THIRTY-EIGHT, THIRTY-NINE, AND FORTY OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY BY ALLOWING DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS TO REPURCHASE WITHIN TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE THEIR REAL PROPERTY WAS SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO SATISFY TAXES THEREON

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1276 - AN ACT INCREASING THE LIMIT OF THE BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT FROM THIRTY MILLION PESOS TO FORTY MILLION PESOS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SUBSECTION (m) OF SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1277 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO INCLUDE OTHER LAWYERS TO ASSIST THE FISCALS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1278 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF TWENTY-THREE MILLION PESOS AS COUNTERPART FUND TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND FOUR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1279 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1280 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1281 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF BARRIO MALPAG IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN MIGUEL, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, TO BARRIO BABULAK

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1282 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE SITIOS OF TUNO, JUBAY, AND NAPANTAO, MUNICIPALITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, INTO BARRIOS OF SAID MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1283 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF SAN ROQUE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF UNISAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1284 - AN ACT TO EXEMPT FROM AMUSEMENT TAX ALL ATHLETIC MEETS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITIONS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BY AMENDING THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1285 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FIVE, NINE, TWELVE, FOURTEEN, SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN AND THIRTY-ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1286 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWO (d) OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND ONE, AS AMENDED, BY EXTENDING UP TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, THE VOLUNTARY PAYMENT WITHOUT INTERESTS OF PREWAR OBLIGATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1287 - AN ACT GRANTING A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO ANY PERSON WHO DISCOVERS OR INVENTS A NEW PROCESS, DISCOVERY OR INVENTION FOR THE CONVERSION OF ANY NATIVE AGRICULTURAL RAW PRODUCT INTO A PRODUCT WHICH WILL STABILIZE NOT ONLY THE NATIONAL ECONOMY BUT ALSO THE DOLLAR RESOURCES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1288 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PLANTING, GATHERING OR SELLING OF "TUBLI" AND OTHER POISONOUS PLANTS AND TO PENALIZE ANY VIOLATION THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1289 - AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED SIXTY OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE BY AMENDING THE THIRD PARAGRAPH THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1290 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE BOND ISSUE AUTHORIZED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND, TO FINANCE THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND REHABILITATION BY THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF ITS CABANATUAN BRANCH EXTENDING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLARIDEL, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO THE CITY OF CABANATUAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1291 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE A GRADUATED SCALE FOR THE INCOME TAX ON CORPORATIONS BY AMENDING SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR AND FIFTY-FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1292 - AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE FILIPINO RETAILERS AND TO CREATE THE FILIPINO RETAILERS' FUND

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1293 - AN ACT GRANTING THE LAPU-LAPU BROADCASTING CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS AND STATIONS FOR TELEVISION IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1294 - ARTESIAN WELL ACT OF 1955

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1295 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE ABACA CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1296 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF ONIONS, POTATOES, GARLIC AND CABBAGES, EXCEPT FOR SEEDLING PURPOSES, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1297 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THREE MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING OR BUILDINGS FOR THE SAN LAZARO HOSPITAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1298 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARIKINA MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE MARIKINA PROJECT COORDINATING COMMITTEE TO SERVE AS THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY OF THIS PROJECT, AUTHORIZING FINANCING BY ENTITIES CONCERNED OF THEIR SHARE OF THE COST OF THIS PROJECT; AND AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ILOG RIVER MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECT, AND FERTILIZER PLANT, AND FINANCING OF THE SAME, AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE NECESSARY INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF THESE PROJECTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1299 - AN ACT AMENDING FURTHER SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, BY DEFINING THE WORDS "MINERALS" AND "MINERAL PRODUCTS" (CLARIFICATION IN COLLECTION OF ROYALTIES AND AD VALOREM TAXES)

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1300 - AN ACT REVISING THE CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK