REPUBLIC ACTS

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7601 - AN ACT DECLARING FEBRUARY 11 OF EACH YEAR GOVERNOR EVELIO B. JAVIER DAY, A SPECIAL NON-WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCES OF ANTIQUE, CAPIZ, AKLAN AND ILOILO

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7602 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BAYAMBANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CARUNGAY ANNEX, IN BARANGAY CARUNGAY, MUNICIPALITY OF BAYAMBANG, PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN, TO MOISES B. REBAMONTAN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7603 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MALAGUIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN BARANGAY MALAGUIT, MUNICIPALITY OF PARACALE, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES NORTE, TO PEDRO V. MORENO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7604 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE CANAUILI BARANGAY HIGH SCHOOL, IN BARANGAY CANAUILI, MUNICIPALITY OF JANIUAY, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, TO MANUEL A. AARON MEMORIAL BARANGAY HIGH SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7605 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS INTO A STATE COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE STATE COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT ENTITLED, "CONVERTING THE BASA AIR BASE COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTO THE PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS, PROVIDING FOR A CHARTER FOR THIS PURPOSE"

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7606 - AN ACT GRANTING TARLAC ENTERPRISES, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TARLAC, PROVINCE OF TARLAC, FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS AND OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7607 - AN ACT PROVIDING A MAGNA CARTA OF SMALL FARMERS

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7608 - AN ACT RENAMING THE MAGALLANES SOUTH CENTRAL SCHOOL, LOCATED IN MAGALLANES, SORSOGON, PROVINCE OF SORSOGON, TO EDUARDO LEE CHAN MEMORIAL SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7609 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONVERSION OF SELECTED MUNICIPAL MAIN HEALTH CENTERS AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INTO MUNICIPAL HEALTH INFIRMARIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STRONGER DETERRENCE AND SPECIAL PROTECTION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7611 - AN ACT ADOPTING THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN FOR PALAWAN, CREATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, CONVERTING THE PALAWAN INTEGRATED AREA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICE TO ITS SUPPORT STAFF, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7612 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE LUZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY LUZON, MUNICIPALITY OF CABATUAN, PROVINCE OF ISABELA, TO SEVERO MACUGAY-LUZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7613 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE CAN-AVID AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAN-AVID, PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR, TO CAN-AVID NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7614 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BUGAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MANDUYONG, MUNICIPALITY OF BADIAN, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO MANDUYONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7615 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PANTOK-PALANGOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BINANGONAN, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, TO SUSANA MADRIGAL MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7616 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE LUBOG PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAPIAN, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, TO TELESFORO APEROCHO MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7617 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES PHILIPPINES, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7618 - AN ACT GRANTING THE CHRISTIAN ERA BROADCASTING SERVICE, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN FOR RELIGIOUS, NON-COMMERCIAL AND NON-PROFIT PURPOSES RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7619 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE LAZI MEDICARE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAZI, PROVINCE OF SIQUIJOR, INTO TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7620 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE RURAL HEALTH UNIT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BASAY, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, INTO A FIVE-BED CAPACITY HEALTH INFIRMARY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BASAY HEALTH INFIRMARY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7621 - AN ACT CREATING THE CEBU PORT AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING APPROPRIATION THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7622 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NUEVA VIZCAYA SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL IN BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7623 - AN ACT DECLARING VOLCANO ISLAND IN TAAL LAKE, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, A TRUST ZONE UNDER THE JOINT JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE MUNICIPALITIES OF LAUREL, BALETE, AGONCILLO, SAN NICOLAS, AND TALISAY

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7624 - AN ACT INTEGRATING DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN THE INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY CURRICULA AS WELL AS IN THE NON-FORMAL, INFORMAL AND INDIGENOUS LEARNING SYSTEMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7625 - AN ACT RENAMING THE PORTION OF THE PRESIDENT SERGIO OSMEÑA SR. HIGHWAY STARTING FROM KILOMETER 28.387 AT SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA, AND ANY FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE SAME WITHIN THE SAID PROVINCE TO DR. JOSE P. RIZAL HIGHWAY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7626 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY PAGDUQUE, MUNICIPALITY OF DUMANGAS, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, TO BE KNOWN AS THE PAGDUQUE HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7627 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE CALBAYOG DISTRICT HOSPITAL, CALBAYOG, WESTERN SAMAR, FROM SEVENTY-FIVE (75) TO ONE HUNDRED (100) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7628 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE STA. CRUZ MEDICARE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF STA. CRUZ, PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES, FROM FIFTEEN (15) TO TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7629 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE NORTHERN LA UNION MATERNITY AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALAOAN, PROVINCE OF LA UNION, TO BALAOAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7630 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE DINAGAT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DINAGAT, PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE, TO DON RUBEN E. ECLEO, SR., MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7631 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MAGUINDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MAGUINDA, BUTUAN CITY, TO SANTIAGO B. ECLEO, SR., MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7632 - AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE MANAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MANAY, PROVINCE OF DAVAO ORIENTAL, FROM TEN (10) TO TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7633 - AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3259, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH RADIO STATIONS, FOR DOMESTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, RADIOPHONE," EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE BY TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM AUGUST 9, 1996 AS PROVIDED IN REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4905, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7634 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT TO THE BOHOL CHRONICLE RADIO CORPORATION OF THE FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL GRANTED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO TO ZOILO DEJARESCO, JR., AND ALL THE PROPERTIES AND RIGHTS ACQUIRED THEREUNDER OF ZOILO DEJARESCO, JR., AND RENEWING THE TERMS OF THE SAID FRANCHISE TO ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM THE DATE OF EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7635 - AN ACT GRANTING RADIO SORSOGON NETWORK, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO/TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS WITHIN THE BICOL REGION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7636 - AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-SUBVERSION ACT

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7637 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TEN BILLION PESOS FOR THE AID, RELIEF, RESETTLEMENT, REHABILITATION AND LIVELIHOOD SERVICES AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE ERUPTION OF MT. PINATUBO, CREATING THE MT. PINATUBO ASSISTANCE, RESETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7638 - AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, RATIONALIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RELATED TO ENERGY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7639 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT IN PART OF THE SUBSCRIPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION OUT OF THE OIL PRICE STABILIZATION FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1956, AS AMENDED

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7640 - AN ACT CONSTITUTING THE LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7641 - AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 287 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY PROVIDING FOR RETIREMENT PAY TO QUALIFIED PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY RETIREMENT PLAN IN THE ESTABLISHMENT

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7642 - AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR TAX EVASION, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE PERTINENT SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7643 - AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE TO REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF THE VALUE-ADDED TAX EVERY MONTH AND TO ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO SHARE IN VAT REVENUE, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7644 - AN ACT FURTHER EXTENDING THE RENT CONTROL PERIOD FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AMENDING THEREBY BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 877, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE STABILIZATION AND REGULATION OF RENTALS OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7645 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7646 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE TO PRESCRIBE THE PLACE FOR PAYMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES BY LARGE TAXPAYERS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7647 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DATE OF REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR REGIONAL GOVERNOR, REGIONAL VICE-GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7648 - AN ACT PRESCRIBING URGENT RELATED MEASURES NECESSARY AND PROPER TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE ELECTRIC POWER CRISIS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7649 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE GOVERNMENT OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, INSTRUMENTALITIES OR AGENCIES INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS (GOCCs) TO DEDUCT AND WITHHOLD THE VALUE-ADDED TAX DUE AT THE RATE OF THREE PERCENT (3%) ON GROSS PAYMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SIX PERCENT (6%) ON GROSS RECEIPTS FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY CONTRACTORS

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7650 - AN ACT REPEALING SECTION 1404 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 1401 AND 1403 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, RELATIVE TO THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF IMPORTED ARTICLES

• Republic Act No. 7607 - MAGNA CARTA OF SMALL FARMERS

• Republic Act No. 7610 - SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION ACT

• Republic Act No. 7611 - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN FOR PALAWAN ACT

• Republic Act No. 7624 - AN ACT INTEGRATING DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN THE INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY CURRICULA AS WELL AS IN THE NON-FORMAL, INFORMAL AND INDIGENOUS LEARNING SYSTEMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• Republic Act No. 7636 - AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-SUBVERSION ACT

• Republic Act No. 7638 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ACT OF 1992

• Republic Act No. 7639 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT IN PART OF THE SUBSCRIPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION OUT OF THE OIL PRICE STABILIZATION FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1956, AS AMENDED

• Republic Act No. 7640 - AN ACT CONSTITUTING THE LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

• Republic Act No. 7641 - RETIREMENT PAY LAW (AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 287 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY PROVIDING FOR RETIREMENT PAY TO QUALIFIED PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY RETIREMENT PLAN IN THE ESTABLISHMENT)

• Republic Act No. 7642 - AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR TAX EVASION, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE PERTINENT SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

• Republic Act No. 7643 - AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE TO REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF THE VALUE-ADDED TAX EVERY MONTH AND TO ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO SHARE IN VAT REVENUE, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

• Republic Act No. 7644 - AN ACT FURTHER EXTENDING THE RENT CONTROL PERIOD FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AMENDING THEREBY BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 877, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE STABILIZATION AND REGULATION OF RENTALS OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED

• Republic Act No. 7646 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE TO PRESCRIBE THE PLACE FOR PAYMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES BY LARGE TAXPAYERS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

• Republic Act No. 7647 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DATE OF REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR REGIONAL GOVERNOR, REGIONAL VICE-GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• Republic Act No. 7648 - ELECTRIC POWER CRISIS ACT OF 1993

• Republic Act No. 7649 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE GOVERNMENT OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, INSTRUMENTALITIES OR AGENCIES INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS (GOCCs) TO DEDUCT AND WITHHOLD THE VALUE-ADDED TAX DUE AT THE RATE OF THREE PERCENT (3%) ON GROSS PAYMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SIX PERCENT (6%) ON GROSS RECEIPTS FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY CONTRACTORS

• Republic Act No. 7650 - AN ACT REPEALING SECTION 1404 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 1401 AND 1403 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, RELATIVE TO THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF IMPORTED ARTICLES