REPUBLIC ACTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2601 - AN ACT CREATING BARRIOS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2602 - AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE AGUISAN BRIDGE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED IN THE BOUNDARY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF HIMAMAYLAN AND BINALBAGAN, PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE MAGSAYSAY BRIDGE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2603 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF DAPDAP IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN REMIGIO, PROVINCE OF CEBU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2604 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAMES OF A BARRIO AND OF SITIOS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF POLANCO, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2605 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE SITIO OF OBAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF POLANCO, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, INTO A BARRIO TO BE KNOWN AS BARRIO OBAY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2606 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF UTOD IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYBAY, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, TO GUADALUPE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2607 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF PADILDIL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN QUINTIN, PROVINCE OF ABRA, TO VILLA MERCEDES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2608 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED FORTY, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2609 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ESTABLISH A MARGIN OVER BANKS' SELLING RATES OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2610 - AN ACT TO STABILIZE AND CHECK THE SPIRALING OF THE PRICES OF CERTAIN COMMODITIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2611 - AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE ENTITLED "AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE NATIONAL POLICY IN THE PROCUREMENT AND UTILIZATION OF REPARATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT LOANS FROM JAPAN, CREATING A REPARATIONS COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2612 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO NEGOTIATE AND CONTRACT WITH THE EXPORT AND IMPORT BANK OF TOKYO, JAPAN, OR WITH ANY OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OR FOREIGN MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS OR THEIR DULY AUTHORIZED AGENTS, IN THE NAME AND ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ONE OR SEVERAL LOANS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING A NATIONWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO BE HANDLED BY THE BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TO GUARANTEE THE SAME FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2613 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948", AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2614 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TEN AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND FIFTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF BY THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, AND TO REPEAL COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX," TO MAKE ITS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO JUDGES OF THE COURTS OF AGRARIAN RELATIONS, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, TAX APPEALS, FIRST INSTANCE, AND JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2615 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF THE BLIND AND OTHER HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THEIR RETURN TO CIVIL EMPLOYMENT," AND TO CREATE A NATIONAL COUNCIL ON REHABILITATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2616 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXPROPRIATION OF THE TATALON ESTATE IN QUEZON CITY AND FOR THE SALE, AT COST, OF THE LOTS THEREIN TO THEIR PRESENT BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF TEN MILLION PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2617 - AN ACT AMENDING ITEM (e), PAGE 212 SUBPARAGRAPH (6), FOR THE PROVINCE OF BATAAN, PARAGRAPH f, SECTION TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2618 - AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LABORERS' DWELLING ESTABLISHED UNDER ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR FROM THE SECRETARY OF LABOR TO THE PEOPLE'S HOMESITE AND HOUSING CORPORATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2619 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE ABORLAN AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ABORLAN, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, INTO A NATIONAL REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL OF THE ILOILO NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL TYPE TO BE KNOWN AS THE PALAWAN NATIONAL REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2620 - AN ACT NATIONALIZING THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2621 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS AND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR RELIEF ANDD TO FIRE VICTIMS IN THE CITIES OF CAVITE AND BUTUAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2622 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THIRTY-NINE AND FORTY-SIX OF THE REVISED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MANILA, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED ONE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2623 - AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE NAME OF THE STREET WHICH CONNECTS THE CAPITOL GROUNDS AND THE INTERSECTION OF JUAN LUNA AND SANCIANGKO STREETS IN THE CITY OF CEBU SHALL CONTINUE TO BE JONES AVENUE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2624 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE BURUANGA REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BURUANGA, PROVINCE OF AKLAN, INTO A NATIONAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2625 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR AND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE-A OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO EXCLUDE SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS IN THE COMPUTATION OF VACATION AND SICK LEAVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2626 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES FOR THE HOLDING OF THE ELEVENTH WORLD CONVENTION OF THE FEDERACION INTERNACIONAL DE ABOGADAS IN MANILA, ON AUGUST NINETEEN TO TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2627 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF TRAVEL AND TOURIST INDUSTRY, DEFINING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2628 - AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING SYSTEM AND A NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP COUNCIL, DEFINING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SAID COUNCIL AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2629 - INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2630 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR REACQUISITION OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP BY PERSONS WHO LOST SUCH CITIZENSHIP BY RENDERING SERVICE TO, OR ACCEPTING COMMISSION IN, THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2631 - AN ACT EXEMPTING NEWSPAPERS FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF FIVE CENTAVOS FOR POSTAGE DURING THE YEARLY ANTI-TB FUND DRIVE PERIOD

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2632 - AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE (RE: RAPE)

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2633 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRACKISH-WATER FISH NURSERY STATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEYTE, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2634 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO BE PAID AS COMPENSATION TO THE WIDOWS OF CERTAIN DECEASED SENATORS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2635 - AN ACT TO PROVINCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DIPOLOG, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2636 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE CATARMAN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CATARMAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR, INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE NORTHERN SAMAR GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2637 - AN ACT TO REPEAL REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2638 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERN LINE OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY TO MATNOG, SORSOGON

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2639 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2640 - AN ACT TO CREATE A PUBLIC CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS THE VETERANS FEDERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2641 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION INTO A STOCK CORPORATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2642 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TACLOBAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2643 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF SAN CARLOS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2644 - AN ACT REGULATING MIDWIFERY TRAINING AND PRACTICE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2645 - AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ASSISTANT PROVINCIAL FISCALS FOR THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2646 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TWELVE, INSTEAD OF EIGHT REGIONAL OFFICES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2647 - AN ACT CREATING A BRANCH OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF SAMAR, WITH PERMANENT STATION AT CATARMAN, SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2648 - AN ACT CREATING A BRANCH OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF SAMAR, WITH PERMANENT STATION AT BORONGAN, SAMAR.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2649 - AN ACT CREATING NEW POSITIONS AND INCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE CITY OFFICIALS OF QUEZON CITY BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED CHARTER OF QUEZON CITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2650 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROSPERIDAD IN THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN