June 1947

95republic acts
  1. 01RA 184ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAWAn Act to Regulate the Practice of Electrical Engineering in the Philippines, to Provide for the Licensing and Registration of Electrical Engineers and Electricians and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  2. 02RA 188An Act Creating the Municipality of Tubay, Province of Agusan
    In Force
  3. 03RA 190An Act Creating the Barrio of Bucal, in the Municipality of Rosario, Province of Batangas.
    In Force
  4. 04RA 189An Act Changing the Name of Barrio Sambat, in the Municipality of Rosario, Province of Batangas, to Lumangbayan.
    In Force
  5. 05RA 191An Act Creating the Municipality of Isabel, Province of Leyte
    In Force
  6. 06RA 192An Act to Create the Municipality of Talalora in the Province of Samar
    In Force
  7. 07RA 195An Act Granting the "Municipal Government of Janiuay, Province of Iloilo" a Franchise for an Electric Light, Heat and Power System in Said Municipality.
    In Force
  8. 08RA 196An Act to Grant to the Municipality of Basey, Samar, a Franchise for an Electric Light, Heat, and Power System.
    In Force
  9. 09RA 197An Act Creating the Municipality of Lemery in the Province of Iloilo
    In Force
  10. 10RA 193An Act Creating the Municipality of General Macarthur in the Province of Samar
    In Force
  11. 11RA 194An Act Creating the Municipality of Tagana-an, Province of Surigao
    In Force
  12. 12RA 178An Act to Amend Certain Sections of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-Six, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Public Service Act, So as to Increase the Number of Commissioners in the Public Service Commission and to Create an Office to Be Known as the Office of the People'S Counsel in the Public Service Commission.
    In Force
  13. 13RA 179An Act Creating Ormoc City
    In Force
  14. 14RA 181An Act Prescribing the Order of Presidential Succession
    In Force
  15. 15RA 180The Revised Election Code
    In Force
  16. 16RA 185An Act Amending Sections One, Four and Five of Commonwealth Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Four.
    In Force
  17. 17RA 182An Act to Require Publication in a Tagalog Newspaper of Applications for Licenses to Conduct First and Second Class Bars.
    In Force
  18. 18RA 186An Act to Consider Teachers and Other Civil Service Employees with Certain Educational Qualifications Who Have Been in the Government Service Continuously for Ten Years as Civil Service Eligibles Without Taking Any Civil Service Examination.
    In Force
  19. 19RA 183An Act Creating Rizal City
    In Force
  20. 20RA 187An Act to Provide for an Additional Appropriation of Four Hundred Eighty Thousand Pesos to Meet Expenses of Enumeration in a General Census-Taking Authorized by Republic Act Numbered Thirty-Six.
    In Force
  21. 21RA 170An Act Creating the City of Dagupan
    In Force
  22. 22RA 158An Act to Amend Subsection (D), Section Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Sixty-Eight, Known as the "Civil Aviation Law," and to Grant Licenses for Airmen to Nationals of Any Country Under Certain Conditions.
    In Force
  23. 23RA 159An Act to Recreate the Former Municipality of Caramoran, Province of Catanduanes.
    In Force
  24. 24RA 160An Act to Provide a Scale of Salaries for Members of the Police Force of Municipalities, Amending for the Purpose Section Twenty-Two Hundred and Seventy-Three of the Revised Administrative Code.
    In Force
  25. 25RA 161An Act to Authorize the Reclamation of Foreshore Lands by the City of Bacolod
    In Force
  26. 26RA 163An Act to Amend Sections Seven, Ten, Eleven, Thirteen, Twenty-One, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four, Twenty-Five, Twenty-Nine, Seventy-Five, Eighty-Three, and Eighty-Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered Five Hundred and Twenty, Entitled "an Act Creating the City of San Pablo."
    In Force
  27. 27RA 164An Act to Amend Certain Sections of the Administrative Code Relative to Offices of Register of Deeds.
    In Force
  28. 28RA 166An Act to Provide for the Registration and Protection of Trade-Marks, Trade Names and Service-Marks, Defining Unfair Competition and False Marking and Providing Remedies Against the Same, and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  29. 29RA 167An Act to Provide for the Transfer of the Powers, Duties and Functions Relating to the Registration and Protection of Copyrights from the National Library to the Patent Office, and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  30. 30RA 168An Act to Amend Certain Sections of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Fifty-Eight, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Charter of the City of Iloilo.
    In Force
  31. 31RA 169An Act to Amend Section Thirty-Eight of Commonwealth Act Numbered Fifty-Eight Known as the Charter of the City of Cebu. as Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Twenty-Nine and by Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Seven.
    In Force
  32. 32RA 171An Act to Amend Section Forty-Seven and Subsection (B) of Section One Hundred Eighty-Four of Act Numbered Twenty-Four Hundred and Twenty-Seven, Otherwise Known as "the Insurance Act."
    In Force
  33. 33RA 175An Act to Amend the Last Paragraph of Sections Two and Nine, of Act Numbered Thirty-Three Hundred and Seventy-Seven, Entitled "an Act to Provide for the Promotion of Agricultural and Vocational Education; to Provide for Cooperation with Provinces, Cities, and Municipalities in the Promotion of Such Education in Agriculture, Commerce, Trades, and Industries; to Provide for Cooperation with the University of the Philippines and Other Insular Institutions in the Preparation of Teachers of Vocational Subject; to Appropriate Funds and Regulate Their Expenditures, and for Other Purposes," and to Insert a New Section in Said Act to Be Known as Section Eleven-a.
    In Force
  34. 34RA 172An Act to Amend Articles One Hundred Eighty-Eight and One Hundred Eighty-Nine of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Fifteen, Otherwise Known as the Revised Penal Code, and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  35. 35RA 174An Act to Authorize the Printing and Issuance of Semi-Postal Stamps for the Rehabilitation of the National Library.
    In Force
  36. 36RA 173An Act to Amend Section Two Hundred and Sixty-Six of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four Hundred and Sixty-Six, Known as the National Internal Revenue Code, Relative to Charges Collectible on Forest Products Gathered from Unregistered Private Lands.
    In Force
  37. 37RA 177An Act to Create the Bureau of Fisheries
    In Force
  38. 38RA 176An Act to Create a National Commission on Educational, Scientific and Cultural Matters.
    In Force
  39. 39RA 162An Act Creating the City of Lipa
    In Force
  40. 40RA 165An Act Creating a Patent Office, Prescribing Its Powers and Duties, Regulating the Issuance of Patents, and Appropriating Funds Therefor.
    In Force
  41. 41RA 157An Act Creating a Bureau of Investigation, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  42. 42RA 138An Act to Define the Pay Status of Personnel in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  43. 43RA 153An Act to Amend Section Two Hundred and Sixty-Five of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four Hundred and Sixty-Six, Known as the National Internal Revenue Code.
    In Force
  44. 44RA 145An Act Penalizing Unlawful Solicitation of, or Contract for, Fees Relative to Claims or Benefits Under Statutes of the United States Being Administered by the United States Veterans Administration, and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  45. 45RA 137An Act to Prohibit Cockfighting, Horse Racing and Jai-Alai Games on the Fourth of July of Each Year.
    In Force
  46. 46RA 136An Act Providing for the Immediate Payment of Monies Due to Deceased Filipino Members of the United States Army, United States Navy, Philippine Scouts, Philippine Army, Including Duly Recognized Guerrilla Organizations, and Deceased Civilian Employees of the War and Navy Departments and Other Departments of the United States Government and of the Philippine Army, and Deceased Civilians with Claims for Supplies Furnished or Services Rendered Under the Laws of the United States and/or to the Philippine Army, and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  47. 47RA 140An Act to Amend Act Numbered Thirty Hundred and Two Entitled "an Act to Create a Harbor Board for the Port of Manila," as Amended by Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Fifty-One and Commonwealth Act Numbered Two Hundred and Eighty-Five.
    In Force
  48. 48RA 123An Act Prescribing the Reorganization and Operation of the Bureau of Quarantine Service, and Promulgating Regulations Thereof.
    In Force
  49. 49RA 132An Act to Allow the Members Op the Government Service Insurance System Option to Convert Their Policies into Paid-Up Policies and Apply for New Insurance.
    In Force
  50. 50RA 141An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Thirty-Five Hundred, as Amended
    In Force
  51. 51RA 120An Act Amending Article Three Hundred and Ten of Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Fifteen, Otherwise Known as the Revised Penal Code, as Amended.
    In Force
  52. 52RA 121An Act to Further Amend Section Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-Eight of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Revised Administrative Code, as Amended by Act Numbered Thirty-Eight Hundred and Twenty and Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred.
    In Force
  53. 53RA 122An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of Act Numbered Thirty-Nine Hundred and Fifteen, Entitled "an Act Providing for the Establishment of National Parks, Declaring Such Parks as Game Refuges, and for Other Purposes."
    In Force
  54. 54RA 124An Act to Provide for the Medical Inspection of Children Enrolled in Private Schools, Colleges and Universities in the Philippines.
    In Force
  55. 55RA 125An Act Governing the Use of Air Navigation Facilities and Providing the Payment of the Use Thereof.
    In Force
  56. 56RA 126An Act Amending the Third Paragraph of Section Sixteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven of the Revised Administrative Code, as Amended.
    In Force
  57. 57RA 127An Act to Repeal Section Twenty-One of Act Numbered Twenty-Four Hundred and Seventy-Two, Otherwise Known as the Locust Act.
    In Force
  58. 58RA 128An Act Requiring District Health Officers or Their Authorized Representatives to Inspect the Sanitary Condition of Coastwise Passenger Vessels Calling at Ports in Their District and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  59. 59RA 130An Act Continuing the Existing Classifications of Provinces and Municipalities and Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Make Partial Readjustments Thereof.
    In Force
  60. 60RA 129An Act to Amend Section Fifteen of Commonwealth Act Numbered Five Hundred and Twenty by Authorizing the City of San Pablo to Establish and Maintain a Telephone System.
    In Force
  61. 61RA 131An Act Amending Section Two Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Four (a) of the Revised Administrative Code.
    In Force
  62. 62RA 134An Act to Amend Sections One, Two and Two-a of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight, Entitled "an Act to Punish Acts of Evasion of the Laws on the Nationalization of Certain Rights, Franchises or Privileges," as Amended, and to Insert Between Sections Three and Four Thereof a New Section to Be Known as Section Three-a.
    In Force
  63. 63RA 133An Act to Authorize the Mortgage of Private Real Property in Favor of Any Individual, Corporation, or Association Subject to Certain Conditions.
    In Force
  64. 64RA 139An Act to Amend Certain Sections of Act Numbered Twenty-Nine Hundred and Fifty-Seven, Entitled "an Act Creating a Board to Have Charge of the Selection and Approval of the Textbooks to Be Used by the Colleges and Schools of the Government, and for Other Purposes," as Amended by Acts Numbered Thirty-One Hundred and Eighty-Five, Thirty-Four Hundred and Two, and Thirty-Seven Hundred and Seventy-Two.
    In Force
  65. 65RA 142An Act to Amend Sections Eighteen and Nineteen of the Philippine Tariff Act of August Five, Nineteen Hundred and Nine, as Amended.
    In Force
  66. 66RA 144An Act to Amend Sections Six, Thirty-Seven, Forty-Two, Forty-Four, Forty-Five and Forty-Six of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred and Thirteen, Entitled "an Act to Control and Regulate the Immigration of Aliens into the Philippines" and to Insert a New Section in Said Act to Be Known as Section Twenty-Two—a.
    In Force
  67. 67RA 151An Act to Amend Section Two Hundred and Sixty-Three of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four Hundred and Sixty-Six, Known as the National Internal Revenue Code.
    In Force
  68. 68RA 147An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Million Pesos to Defray the Expenses of the National Government in Connection with the Election of Elective Provincial, City and Municipal Officials and of the Eight Senators to Be Held on November Eleven, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven.
    In Force
  69. 69RA 148An Act to Amend Paragraph "C," Section One of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Two.
    In Force
  70. 70RA 150An Act Extending Under Certain Conditions the Term of the Franchise Granted by the Municipal Board of the City of Manila to Charles M. Swift, and Later Taken Over by the Manila Electric Company, to Construct, Maintain, and Operate an Electric Light, Heat, and Power System in the City of Manila and Its Suburbs.
    In Force
  71. 71RA 152An Act to Amend Section Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Nine of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Revised Administrative Code.
    In Force
  72. 72RA 155An Act to Authorize the Printing and Issue of Semi-Postal Stamps in Order to Raise Funds for the Philippine National Red Cross.
    In Force
  73. 73RA 154An Act to Amend Section Eight of Republic Act Numbered Sixty-Five, Granting Certain Privileges to Veterans in Taking the Civil Service Examinations and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  74. 74RA 135An Act to Amend Subsection (a) of Section Forty-Two of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred and Thirteen, Entitled "an Act to Control and Regulate the Immigration of Aliens into the Philippines," and to Repeal Subsections (X) and (Y) of Section Fourteen Hundred and Fourteen of the Revised Administrative Code.
    In Force
  75. 75RA 143An Act Appropriating Twenty-Five Million Pesos for Public Works
    In Force
  76. 76RA 146An Act Providing Sufficient Notice to the Veterans Administration of Motions or Petitions Filed in Any Court of the Philippines Relative to Guardianship Proceedings of Any Person or His Estate, or Both, When the Whole or Part of the Estate Under Guardianship Is Derived from the United States Veterans Administration.
    In Force
  77. 77RA 149An Act Reappropriating and Making Available All Balances of the Appropriations Authorized Under Items J-IV-2 and J-IV-14 of Republic Act Numbered Eighty Remaining Unexpended on June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven, for the Opening of New or Additional Elementary Classes in the Public Schools Throughout the Philippines.
    In Force
  78. 78RA 113An Act Authorizing the Register of Deeds to Use the Seal of His Office, Instead of That of the Court of First Instance in Certificates of Title and Other Papers Which Require a Seal and Which Are Issued by His Office.
    In Force
  79. 79RA 114An Act to Amend Section Six Hundred Seventy-One Subsection (H) of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven as Amended, Known as the Revised Administrative Code.
    In Force
  80. 80RA 115An Act to Provide Funds for Reforestation and Afforestation of Denuded Areas and Cogon or Open Lands Within Forest Reserves, Communal Forests, National Parks, Timber Lands, Sand Dunes, and Other Public Forest Lands in the Philippines, Providing Penalties for Violation of the Provisions Thereof, and for Other Purposes.
    In Force
  81. 81RA 116An Act to Amend Section One Hundred and Ninety-Eight of the Revised Administrative Code.
    In Force
  82. 82RA 117An Act to Amend Section One Hundred and Fourteen of Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, Entitled "the Land Registration Act," as Amended, Fixing a New Schedule of Fees for Clerks of Courts, Sheriffs and Registers of Deeds.
    In Force
  83. 83RA 118An Act Requiring Aliens Seeking to Enter the Philippines to Pay the Sum of Fifty Pesos for Each Certificate of Residence, Thereby Amending Item (10) of Paragraph (a) of Section Forty-Two of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred and Thirteen.
    In Force
  84. 84RA 119An Act to Amend Section Nineteen Hundred Sixty-Eight of the Revised Administrative Code So as to Change in Terms of Pesos, Philippine Currency, Instead of Dollars, United States Currency, the Maximum Amount for Which a Money Order May Be Issued.
    In Force
  85. 85RA 104An Act Requiring Corporations, Agencies or Instrumentalities Owned or Controlled by the Government to Pay Taxes, Duties, Fees, and Other Charges.
    In Force
  86. 86RA 103An Act Increasing the Maximum Limit of the Salaries of Mayors, Secretaries and Treasurers of Municipalities in Regularly Organized Provinces, Amending for This Purpose Section Twenty-One Hundred and Eighty-Four of the Revised Administrative Code, as Amended.
    In Force
  87. 87RA 105An Act to Amend Section Thirteen of Act Numbered Twenty-One Hundred and Fifty-Two, as Amended, Increasing the Funds for the Operation and Maintenance of Irrigation Systems.
    In Force
  88. 88RA 106An Act to Amend Section One of Commonwealth Act Numbered Sixty-Three. Entitled "an Act Providing for the Ways in Which Philippine Citizenship May Be Lost or Reacquired."
    In Force
  89. 89RA 107An Act Setting a New Time Limit Within Which Imperfect or Incomplete Titles Covering Lands of the Public Domain May Be Judicially Confirmed, Amending for This Purpose Sections Forty-Five and Forty-Seven of the Public Land Act, as Amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Two Hundred and Ninety-Two.
    In Force
  90. 90RA 108An Act to Amend Section Sixteen Hundred and Twenty-Six of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Revised Administrative Code.
    In Force
  91. 91RA 109An Act Amending Section Ten, Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred and Fifty-Three, by Increasing the Documentary Stamp to Be Affixed by an Alien to Certificate of Registration.
    In Force
  92. 92RA 110An Act to Authorize the Printing and Issue of Semi-Postal Stamps for Certain Purposes.
    In Force
  93. 93RA 111An Act Amending Section Nine of Act Numbered Three Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-Two, Entitled "an Act to Regulate the Sale, Transfer, Mortgage or Assignment of Goods, Wares, Merchandise, Provisions or Materials, in Bulk, and Prescribing Penalties for the Violation of the Provisions Thereof."
    In Force
  94. 94RA 112An Act Appropriating the Sum of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos for the Improvement of the Port of Manila by Dredging the Harbors, the Pasig River, and the Navigable Esteros.
    In Force
  95. 95RA 102An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Seven Hundred and Fifty of Act Numbered Known as the Revised Administrative Code, Making the Provisions of Said Section More Effective and for Other Purposes.
    In Force