REPUBLIC ACTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 851 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE ANTIQUE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIBALOM, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 852 - AN ACT GRANTING TO SEGUNDO SANTOS OF LEGASPI CITY, A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 853 - AN ACT GRANTING MATEO AUAYAN A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUENAVISTA, PROVINCE OF ILOILO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 854 - AN ACT GRANTING THE DELGADO ICE AND ELECTRIC PLANT A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CATARMAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 855 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 856 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY LAW IN ORDER TO GIVE ADDED PROTECTION TO APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 857 - AN ACT TO PUNISH ANY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHO SHALL OBSTRUCT, PROHIBIT, OR OTHERWISE PREVENT THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF ATTORNEYS TO VISIT AND CONFER WITH PERSONS ARRESTED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 858 - AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE DUMARAO PIONEERING SERVICE A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUMARAO, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 859 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION FORTY-NINE, THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION FIFTY AND THE PENULTIMATE PARAGRAPH OF SECTION FIFTY-FOUR OF THE JUDICIARY ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 860 - AN ACT GRANTING THE BASILAN LUMBER COMPANY 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. 861 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 862 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE TOBACCO FLUE-CURING AND REDRYING CORPORATION A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 863 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE USE IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS OF THE NAMES OTHER THAN TRUE NAMES, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF COMMERCE IN ITS ENFORCEMENT, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND OTHER PURPOSES," AND TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 864 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION FIFTY-FIVE, FIFTY-SEVEN, FIFTY-EIGHT, FIFTY-NINE AND SIXTY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN; AND TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT, THIRTY-THREE, SIXTY-ONE, SIXTY-TWO, SEVENTY-FOUR, AND SEVENTY-FIVE OF SAID REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 865 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO, THIRTY-THREE AND THIRTY-NINE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 866 - AN ACT GRANTING TO A. L. AMMEN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INCORPORATED, AND/OR ITS ASSOCIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES, A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND-BASED RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF INTER-OFFICE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 867 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN, FIFTY-NINE, ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR, ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, AND SUBSECTION (b), (c) AND (f) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, ALL OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ELECTION CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 868 - 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 SECTION 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. 869 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR RELIEF IN THE PROVINCES VISITED BY TYPHOONS, FLOODS, DROUGHTS, EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ACTION DURING THE CALENDAR YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 870 - AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, BY FURTHER AMENDING SECTION SEVEN THEREOF, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 871 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE AND TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND ONE, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE EXCHANGE TAX LAW

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 872 - AN ACT GRANTING TO ARTEMIO G. ILANO A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF CAVITE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 873 - AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE FRANCHISE OF THE MACKAY RADIO AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA TO THE MACKAY RADIO AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF DELAWARE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 874 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MARIA CRISTINA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT, PRIVATE COASTAL AND PRIVATE LAND BASE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 875 - AN ACT TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL PEACE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 876 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MAKING OF ARBITRATION AND SUBMISSION AGREEMENTS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS AND THE PROCEDURE FOR ARBITRATION IN CIVIL CONTROVERSIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 877 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF NURSING IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 878 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO PROVIDE FOR SEPARATION THEREFROM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES "

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 879 - AN ACT REORGANIZING THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO, BY AMENDING SECTION ELEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 880 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF MARIVELES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARIVELES, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, TO "ANTONIO G. LLAMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 881 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE CAPALANGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF APALIT, PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA, TO MACARIO ARNEDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 882 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE OLIMPIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAKATI, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, TO FRANCISCO BENITEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 883 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE JESUS DE LA PEÑA BARRIO SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARIKINA, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, TO LEODEGARIO VICTORINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 884 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MAASIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAASIN, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, TO TOMAS OPPUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 885 - AN ACT GRANTING THE AMERICAN RUBBER CO., 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. 886 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE CAMANGAAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE BARRIO 28, MUNICIPALITY OF LAOAG, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE, TO PLARIDEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 887 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE AND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 888 - AN ACT GRANTING MANUEL PALACIOS A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CULASI, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 889 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE COMPENSATION TO BE RECEIVED BY EMPLOYEES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES, DEATH OR ILLNESS CONTRACTED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES", AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE, BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND TEN AND BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 890 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF CATMON, MUNICIPALITY OF SIBALOM, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE, TO PAJARITO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 891 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 892 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE, TWO, THREE, AND SIX OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE BY TRANSFERRING THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION NATIONAL COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM THE SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 893 - AN ACT TO AMEND FURTHER SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SO AS TO RECREATE THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF POSTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 894 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX, CHAPTER ONE, TITLE V, OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REVISE, AMEND AND CODIFY THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 895 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN, PART C, TITLE III, REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHT, REGARDING CONVERSION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO POSITIONS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICERS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 896 - AN ACT TO DECLARE THE POLICY ON ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 897 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR BY EXTENDING THE BENEFITS OF THE LAW TO MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY AND OF RECOGNIZED GUERRILLA FORCES AND OFFICERS OF THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS AND BY ALLOWING THE USE OF CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PUBLIC LANDS AND GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES, AND FOR PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS SUBSISTING AT THE TIME OF APPROVAL OF THIS ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 898 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE FIXING THE SALARIES OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER AND THE ASSISTANT INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 899 - AN ACT CREATING A REVOLVING FUND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION OR IMPROVEMENT OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 900 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED NINE, KNOWN AS THE REVISED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MANILA