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Act 1696 September 6, 1907 Known as the Flag Law, this law proscribed display of "any flag,
banner, emblem, or device used during the late insurrection in
the Philippine Islands to designate or identify those in armed
rebellion against the United States, or any flag, banner, emblem,
or device used or adopted at any time by the public enemies of
the United States in the Philippine Islands for the purposes of
public disorder or of rebellion or insurrection against the authority
of the United States in the Philippine Islands, or any flag, banner,
emblem, or device of the Katipunan Society or which is
commonly known as such.[1]" This law was repealed in 1919.
Act 2871 October 24, 1919 Repealed the Flag Law and legalised the use of the National
Flag and the National Anthem. Passed on October 24, 1919.[2]
Act 3436 November 28, 1928 Established the Philippine Long Distance Telephone
Company (PLDT) with the bill granting it a 50-year charter.
BP 185 March 16, 1982 Provides that a natural-born citizen of the Philippines who has
lost Philippine citizenship may be a transferee of private land, "for
use by him as his residence, subject to the provisions of this Act."
BP 8 December 2, 1978 Defined the metric system and set the basis for its
implementation in the country. Modern Philippine Standard
Time was also instituted under this law.
BP 880 December 3, 1985 Public Assembly Act of 1985
BP 881 December 3, 1985 Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines
CA 1 December 21, 1935 The National Defense Act of 1935, which created the Armed
Forces of the Philippines.
CA 111 October 31, 1936 The act that created the Boy Scouts of the
Philippines by President Manuel L. Quezon.
CA 382 December 5, 1938 The English lyrics to the National Anthem were made official.
CA 473 June 17, 1939 Revised Naturalization Law
CA 63 October 21, 1936 An act providing for the ways in which Philippine citizenship may
be lost or reacquired.
CA 638 June 14, 1941 Provided for the publication and distribution of the Official
Gazette.
Designation Date passed Result
RA 1 July 15, 1946 Act appropriating funds for the operation of the Government of
the Philippines. The first legislation passed by the Congress of
the Philippines upon independence.
RA 10000 February 23, 2010 The Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act
RA 10066 March 26, 2010 National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009, establishing the Philippine
Registry of Cultural Property
RA 10068 April 6, 2010 The Organic Agriculture Act of 2010
RA 10121 May 27, 2010 Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010
RA 10149 June 6, 2011 GOCC Governance Act of 2011
RA 10354 December 21, 2012 The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of
2012
RA 10368 February 25, 2013 Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013
RA 10533 May 15, 2013 The Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013
RA 10535 May 15, 2013 The Philippine Standard Time (PST) Act of 2013
RA 10742 January 15, 2016 Sangguiang Kabatan (SK) Reforms Act of 2015
RA 10747 March 3, 2016 Rare Diseases Act of the Philippines
RA 10821 May 18, 2016 Children's Emergency Relief and Protection Act
RA 10844 May 23, 2016 Department of Information and Communications Technology
(DICT) Act of 2015
RA 10863 May 31, 2016 Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA)
RA 10867 June 23, 2016 National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Reorganization and
Modernization Act
RA 10923 October 15, 2016 An act postponing the October 2016 Barangay and SK Elections
RA 1425 June 12, 1956 The Rizal Law, which mandates the inclusion of courses on Jos
Rizal in the curricula of all educational institutions in the
Philippines.
RA 2140 April 7, 1959 Changing the name of Highway 54 to Epifanio de los Santos
Avenue (EDSA)
RA 265 June 15, 1948 Established the Central Bank of the Philippines.
RA 2717 June 19, 1960 Created the Electrification Administration
RA 2733 June 10, 1960 Asserted that the first mass in the Philippines took place at a site
on Limasawa, Southern Leyte; declared the site a national
shrine.
RA 333 July 17, 1948 Declared Quezon City the national capital.
RA 3518 June 18, 1963 Established the Philippine Veterans Bank
RA 3844 August 8, 1963 Established the pace for land reform and the formation
of Landbank.
Designation Date passed Result
RA 6635 October 23, 1972 Revision of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines
RA 6639 November 27, 1987 Changed the name of the Manila International Airport to Ninoy
Aquino International Airport.
RA 6645 December 28, 1987 Prescribes the manner in how to fill a vacancy in Congress.
RA 6657 June 10, 1988 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
RA 6734 August 1, 1989 Created the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM),
which was officially inaugurated on 6 November 1990
in Cotabato City.
RA 6766 October 23, 1989 Provided for an Organic Act for the Cordillera Administrative
Region (CAR). It mandates the creation of an autonomous
government, headed by a Regional Governor. It creates a
Regional Assembly that will enact laws of regional application
and a regional judiciary composed of a supreme court and lower
courts.
RA 7653 June 14, 1993 The New Central Bank Act; established the present Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas.
RA 7659 December 13, 1993 Imposed of the Death Penalty on certain heinous crimes.
RA 8177 March 20, 1996 "An act designating death by Lethal Injection as the method of
carrying out capital punishment."
RA 8179 March 28, 1996 "An act further liberalizing foreign investments, amending for the
purpose Republic Act No. 7042, and for other purposes."
RA 8293 June 6, 1997 The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (the copyright
law).
RA 8438 December 22, 1997 Created the Cordillera Autonomous Region. A plebiscite on 9
March 1998 to ratify the bill invalidated the act. See Cordillera
Administrative Region.
RA 8479 February 10, 1998 Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998 / An act
deregulating the downstream oil industry and for other purposes
RA 8491 February 12, 1998 Prescribed the code of the National Flag, Anthem, motto, coat-of-
arms and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines.
RA 85 October 29, 1946 Charter of the Development Bank of the Philippines.
Designation Date passed Result
RA 8749 June 23, 1999 Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 / An act providing for a
Comprehensive Air Pollution Control Policy and for Other
Purposes
RA 8791 May 23, 2000 General Banking Law of 2000 / An act providing for the regulation
of the organization and operations of Banks, Quasi-Banks, Trust
Entities and for Other Purposes
RA 8981 December 5, 2000 PRC Modernization Act Of 2000 / An act providing for the
modernization of the Professional Regulation Commission.
RA 9006 February 12, 2001 Fair Election Act of 2001 / An act to enhance the holding of free,
orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections through fair
election practices.
RA 9136 June 8, 2001 Electric Power Industry Reforms Act of 2001 / An act ordaining
reforms in the electric power industry, amending for the purpose
certain laws and for other purposes
RA 9160 September 29, 2001 Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001. Subsequent foreign
pressure by the FATF and by other nations resulted in this act
being amended.
RA 9164 March 19, 2002 Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections
RA 9165 June 7, 2002 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
RA 9178 November 13, 2002 Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBE's) Act of 2002
RA 9189 February 13, 2003 Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 / An act providing for a
system of overseas absentee voting by qualified citizens of the
Philippines abroad, appropriating funds therefor, and for other
purposes
RA 9208 May 26, 2003 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 / An act providing for
policies to eliminate and punish human trafficking,
especially women and children, establishing the necessary
institutional mechanisms for the protection and support of
trafficked persons.
RA 9225 August 29, 2003 Citizenship Retention and Re-Acquisition Act of 2003 / An act
making the citizenship of Philippine citizens who acquire foreign
citizenship permanent, amending for the purpose Commonwealth
Act No. 63, as amended, and for other purposes.
RA 9256 February 25, 2004 Declared the August 21 as Ninoy Aquino Day.
RA 9262 March 8, 2004 Inspired by the life of Dolores Lorenzo, this act gives protection of
Designation Date passed Result
RA 9334 December 21, 2004 An act increasing the excise tax rates imposed on alcohol and
tobacco products, amending for the purpose sections 131, 141,
142, 143, 144, 145, and 288 of the National Internal Revenue
Code of 1997, as amended. Also known as the Sin Tax Law.
RA 9335 January 25, 2005 Lateral Attrition Act of 2005 / an act to improve the revenue
collection performance of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) through the creation of a
rewards and incentives fund and of a revenue performance
evaluation board and for other purposes
RA 9337 May 24, 2005 An act amending sections 27, 28, 34, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110,
111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 119, 121, 148, 151, 236, 237, and
288 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended,
and for other purposes. Also known as the "expanded value-
added tax" or "E-VAT" law.
RA 9340 May 25, 2005 Synchronized Barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan Elections
Resetting / An act resetting the Barangay and Sangguniang
Kabataan Elections, extending the term of office of Barangay and
Sangguiniang Kabataan Officials and for other purposes.
RA 9346 June 24, 2006 The act repealing the death penalty and granting universal
commutation to life imprisonment and reclusin perpetua.
RA 9367 January 12, 2007 "Biofuels Act of 2006" / An act to direct the use of Biofuels,
establishing for this purpose the Biofuel Program, appropriating
funds therefor, and for other purposes.
RA 9369 January 23, 2007 "Amending the Election Modernization Act" / An act
amending Republic Act No. 8436, Entitled "An Act Authorizing
The Commission on Elections to use an Automated Election
System in the May 11, 1998 National or Local Elections and in
Subsequent National and Local Electoral Exercises, to
Encourage Transparency, Credibility, Fairness and Accuracy of
Elections, amending for the purpose Batas Pambansa Blg. 881,
as amended, Republic Act No. 7166 and other related elections
laws, providing funds therefor and for other purposes
RA 9371 February 22, 2007 An act splitting the Lone District of Cagayan de Oro City into two,
with the Cagayan de Oro River as a natural boundary.
RA 9500 April 29, 2008 The University of the Philippines Charter of 2008 declaring it as
the national university.
RA 9522 March 1, 2009 Defined the archipelagic baselines of the Philippines and
described the Kalayaan Island Group and Panatag Shoal as a
"Regime of Islands".
RA 9645 June 12, 2009 Declared the July 27 as Iglesia ni Cristo Day.
RA 9999 February 23, 2010 Free Legal Assistance Act