REPUBLIC ACTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3701 - AN ACT TO DISCOURAGE DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3702 - AN ACT GRANTING PEDRO V. SERRANZANA A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BAAO, IRIGA, NABUA, BATO AND SIPOCOT, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, AND IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LIBON, PROVINCE OF ALBAY, AND TO SELL AND DISTRIBUTE ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER THEREIN; AND TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE AN ICE PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIPOCOT, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, AND TO SELL AND DISTRIBUTE ICE IN THE WHOLE PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3703 - AN ACT APPROVING ANY MORTGAGE, LEASE, ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER OF THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO FRANCISCO VILLONGCO BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FIVE TO ANY GOVERNMENT BANK OR CORPORATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3704 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, BY PROVIDING AN ANNUAL GRADUATED FIXED TAX ON RICE AND CORN MILLS AND EXEMPTING THEM FROM THE PERCENTAGE TAX OF TWO PER CENTUM

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3705 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE ILOCOS NORTE NORMAL SCHOOL INTO THE NORTHERN LUZON TEACHERS COLLEGE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3706 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE GABALDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF VINTAR, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, TO FLORENTINO CAMAQUIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3707 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE SULU TRADE SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JOLO, PROVINCE OF SULU, TO HADJI BUTU SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3708 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF SITANGKAI CENTRAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PARANG, PROVINCE OF SULU, TO DATU HALUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3709 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF INDANAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF INDANAN, PROVINCE OF SULU, TO PANGLIMA INDANAN CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3710 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PARANG CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PARANG, PROVINCE OF SULU, TO AKUK SANGKULA CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3711 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BUSBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JOLO, PROVINCE OF SULU, TO DANDAN UTUTALUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3712 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE SULU HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JOLO, PROVINCE OF SULU, TO DAYANG HADJI PIANDAO MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3713 - AN ACT GRANTING JUANITO B. VIADO A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3714 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION NINE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THE GRADE OF GENERAL OF THE ARMED FORCES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3715 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE SAPA-SAPA BARRIO SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TANDU BAS, PROVINCE OF SULU, TO TUAN LIGADDUNG LIPAE BARRIO SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3716 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BIID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PARANG, PROVINCE OF SULU, TO PANGLIMA DAMMANG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3717 - AN ACT GRANTING DR. LEONCIO OPULENCIA A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ICE PLANT AND COLD STORAGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TANAUAN, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, AND TO SELL ICE AND SUPPLY COLD STORAGE WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS AND THE CITY OF LIPA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3718 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF CADLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PILI, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, TO RODRIGUEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3719 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWENTY HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-B OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND THE RESPECTIVE CITY CHARTERS, EXCEPT THE CITIES OF MANILA AND TRECE MARTIRES, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY, FIXING THE SALARIES OF PROVINCIAL AND CITY OFFICIALS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3720 - AN ACT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND PURITY OF FOODS, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY CREATING THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WHICH SHALL ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE LAWS PERTAINING THERETO 

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3721 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAGPET IN THE PROVINCE OF COTABATO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3722 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE INUDARAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF MARANTAO, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL SUR, TO SULTAN GURO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3723 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3724 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE IFUGAO PILOT OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE IN THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF LAMUT, SUBPROVINCE OF IFUGAO, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, TO PAYON BUGAN PILOT OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3725 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LONGEVITY PAY TO ENLISTED MEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION ONE AND THE TITLE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3726 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE PALAWAN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PUERTO PRINCESA, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, INTO A NATIONAL SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE PALAWAN NATIONAL SCHOOL, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3727 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE NORTHERN NEGROS EMERGENCY HOSPITAL IN BALINTAWAK, ESCALANTE, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, TO CONGRESSMAN VICENTE F. GUSTILO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3728 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF STA. TERESA IN THE PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3729 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF EL-VITA TARITIEN IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ABORLAN, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3730 - AN ACT EXTENDING FOR A PERIOD OF FIFTY YEARS THE DURATION OF THE FRANCHISE OF THE LEALDA ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, SUCCESSOR OF THE GRANTEE UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO JULIAN M. LOCSIN ANSON A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALBAY, INCLUDING ITS TWO DISTRICTS, DARAGA, AND LEGASPI, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3731 - AN ACT GRANTING THE BATAAN REFINING CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT, PRIVATE COASTAL, PRIVATE AERONAUTICAL AND LAND-BASED AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES TO AND FROM SAID STATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3732 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE APARRI VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF APARRI, PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN, INTO A SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TO BE KNOWN AS THE APARRI SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3733 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ABULUG, PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN, TO BE KNOWN AS THE ABULUG SCHOOL OF FISHERIES, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3734 - AN ACT GRANTING THE PUZON AND SONS ENTERPRISES A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND-BASED AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3735 - AN ACT GRANTING THE JCA LUMBER AND PLYWOOD INDUSTRIES, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND-BASED AND LAND-MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3736 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF LACARON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARRIO LACARON, MUNICIPALITY OF VALLADOLID, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, TO MARIA PALACIOS PRESBITERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3737 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF BUTUAN"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3738 - AN ACT TO GRANT THE MELVIC AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF TOLEDO AND THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ALOGUINSAN AND PINAMUNGAJAN, PROVINCE OF CEBU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3739 - AN ACT GRANTING THE CITY ICE PLANT & COLD STORAGE, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ICE PLANT AND COLD STORAGE IN THE CITY OF LUCENA, AND TO SELL ICE AND TO SUPPLY COLD STORAGE THEREIN AND IN ITS NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3740 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A SECOND SCHOOL DIVISION IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3741 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SELF-LIQUIDATING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BY PRIVATE PERSONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3742 - AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS, DUTIES AND POWERS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3743 - AN ACT GRANTING THE ACME PLYWOOD AND VENEER, CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT, PRIVATE COASTAL, PRIVATE AERONAUTICAL AND LAND-BASED AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3744 - AN ACT TO DECLARE BARRIO CABAROAN OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF SAN EMILIO, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, AS THE SEAT OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT GOVERNMENT OF THE SAID MUNICIPAL DISTRICT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3745 - AN ACT TO DECLARE BARRIO NALASIN OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LIDLIDDA, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, AS THE SEAT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE SAID MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3746 - AN ACT GRANTING DEMETRIO UYVICO A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A FERRY SERVICE FOR PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TACLOBAN AND THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CABUCGAYAN, CAIBIRAN, CULABA, KAWAYAN AND MARIPIPI, ALL IN THE ISLAND OF BILIRAN, SUBPROVINCE OF BILIRAN, PROVINCE OF LEYTE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3747 - AN ACT GRANTING AURORA VIAJE A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ICE PLANT AND COLD STORAGE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MANDALUYONG, SAN JUAN, MAKATI AND PASIG, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, AND TO SELL ICE AND ACCEPT COMMODITIES FOR STORAGE THEREIN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3748 - AN ACT GRANTING THE ROMAN CATHOLIC VICAR APOSTOLIC OF SULU, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH RADIO STATIONS FOR PRIVATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3749 - 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. 3750 - AN ACT GRANTING THE PALANAN LOGGING ENTERPRISES, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL SHIP-TO-SHORE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES