REPUBLIC ACTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 951 - AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 952 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 953 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF, WITH THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, AND THE IMPOSITION OF FIXED AND SPECIAL TAXES UPON ALL PERSONS WHO PRODUCE, IMPORT, MANUFACTURE, COMPOUND, DEAL IN, DISPENSE, SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR GIVE AWAY OPIUM, MARIHUANA, OPIUM POPPIES, OR COCA LEAVES, OR ANY SYNTHETIC DRUGS WHICH MAY HEREAFTER BE DECLARED HABIT FORMING BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, THEIR SALTS, DERIVATIVES OR PREPARATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 954 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH HORSE RACES AND BASQUE PELOTA GAMES (JAI-ALAI ), AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 955 - AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, BY FURTHER AMENDING SECTION SEVEN THEREOF, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY, AND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 956 - AN ACT TO AMEND ITEM NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO, UNDER "BATANGAS", SUBSECTION (a), HEADING "A. MISCELLANEOUS," SECTION ONE, OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 957 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE SITIO OF BUCO IN THE BARRIO OF BALAS, MUNICIPALITY OF TALISAY, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, INTO A BARRIO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 958 - AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, BY FURTHER AMENDING SECTION EIGHT THEREOF, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 959 - AN ACT CREATING THE POSITION OF WATERWORKS SUPERINTENDENT UNDER THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF SAN PABLO, AND INCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CHIEF OF THE SECRET SERVICE THEREOF, BY AMENDING COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 960 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF BAGUIDBIRIN IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF STA. CRUZ, PROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 961 - AN ACT TRANSFERRING CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS UNDER THE HEADING "BATANGAS," SUBSECTION (a), TITLE "A. MISCELLANEOUS," SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 962 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS TO HELP DEFRAY THE EXPENSES FOR THE HOLDING IN THE CITY OF MANILA FROM MAY TWO TO NINE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, INCLUSIVE, OF THE SECOND ASIAN GAMES AND FOR THE TRAINING, PREPARATION, AND PARTICIPATION OF FILIPINO ATHLETES THEREIN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 963 - AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO COLONEL PEDRO DIAZ DULAY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 964 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF PATAY, IN THE CITY OF LIPA, TO SAN JOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 965 - 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 AN ALLIED FOREIGN COUNTRY, AND TAKING AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE INCIDENT THERETO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 966 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND THREE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 967 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A LEPROSY RESEARCH LABORATORY AND TRAINING CENTER

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 968 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ELEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED MOTOR VEHICLE LAW

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 969 - AN ACT TO AMEND SUBPARAGRAPH (b) OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, REGARDING TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONS NOT SUBJECT TO PERCENTAGE TAX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 970 - AN ACT GRANTING GRATUITY TO THE WIDOW OR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF THE LATE JUDGE CLAUDIO SANDOVAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 971 - AN ACT GRANTING TO RAFAEL CONSING A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN CARLOS, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 972 - AN ACT TO FIX THE PASSING MARKS FOR BAR EXAMINATIONS FROM NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX UP TO AND INCLUDING NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 973 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF RATS AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PESTS AND DISEASES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 974 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOUR MILLION PESOS FOR THE CURRENT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE THREE THOUSAND ADDITIONAL EXTENSION CLASSES ORGANIZED IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 975 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO CONFER APPROPRIATE DEGREES UPON STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM THE FOUR-YEAR TEACHERS' CURRICULA IN SPECIALLY DESIGNATED PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 976 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO COVER DEFICIENCIES IN THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 977 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE TO ACCEPT DONATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF ARTESIAN WELLS OR OTHER DRINKING WATER SOURCES ANYWHERE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROPER USE OF SUCH DONATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 978 - AN ACT MAKING THE APPROPRIATION OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE DOMESTIC MAIL SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE TO CONTINUE THE SERVICES OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES IN MANILA AND PROVINCIAL POST OFFICES TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED VOLUME OF POSTAL BUSINESS AND FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, LABORERS AND HELPERS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 979 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING MUNICIPAL OR CITY BOARDS AND COUNCILS THE POWER TO REGULATE THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN PLACES OF AMUSEMENT WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTIONS"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 980 - AN ACT GRANTING THE LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A RADIO BROADCASTING STATION IN THE CITY OF MANILA FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 981 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NEW CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE, AND PROVIDING A CHARTER THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 982 - AN ACT AMENDING AND REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 983 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED NINE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 984 - AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PROVINCIAL FISCAL IN THE PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUBPARAGRAPH OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 985 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE LAGUNA HIGH SCHOOL IN STA. CRUZ, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA, TO PEDRO GUEVARA MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 986 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF PAGSANJAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PAGSANJAN, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA, TO FRANCISCO BENITEZ MEMORIAL SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 987 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY- EIGHT BY WITHDRAWING THE EXEMPTION GRANTED TO THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION FROM PAYING REAL ESTATE TAX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 988 - AN ACT GRANTING A LIFE PENSION TO THE WIDOW OF THE LATE COMMISSIONER PEDRO GUEVARA IN CONSIDERATION OF HIS MANY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING AND HIGHLY MERITORIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 989 - AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION OF THE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY BUILDING IN LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 990 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A PART OF THE SUBSCRIPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO THE REVOLVING CAPITAL OF THE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND COOPERATIVE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 991 - AN ACT AMENDING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE BY REDUCING THE AMUSEMENT TAX ON BOXING EXHIBITIONS AND PROHIBITING MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS FROM LEVYING FURTHER TAXES ON SUCH EXHIBITIONS EXCEPT UP TO THE AMOUNT OF FIVE PER CENTUM

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 992 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A BUDGET SYSTEM FOR THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 993 - AN ACT RECREATING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF LEGASPI AND DARAGA IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBAY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 994 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ITEMS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED TWENTY, REGARDING PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS FOR THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 995 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF ANY FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, AS TO THE CITY OF TAGAYTAY TO HELP SAID CITY FINANCE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ITS URGENT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 996 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE PESOS AND TWENTY FIVE CENTAVOS TO ENABLE THE BUREAU OF POSTS TO PAY THE BALANCE OF ITS OUTSTANDING OBLIGATION TO THE PHILIPPINER LINES, INC., FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY THE LATTER IN THE CARRIAGE OFR MAIL ON ITS INTERNATIONAL ROUTES FROM MARCH FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 997 - AN ACT CREATING THE GOVERNMENT SURVEY AND REORGANIZATION COMMISSION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 998 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE MINDANAO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CREATED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 999 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE EXPORT CONTROL LAW, AS REENACTED AND AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1000 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ISSUE BONDS TO FINANCE PUBLIC WORKS AND PROJECTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AUTHORIZED BY LAW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES