2nd Congress of the Republic (1950-1953)

Republic Act No. 643

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, AND SECTION ONE OF RULE NINETY-THREE OF THE RULES OF COURT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
June 12, 1951

Republic Act No. 644

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX AUTHORIZING THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS TO HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE ON CASES OF ADOPTION AND APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANS.
Date of Approval
June 12, 1951

Republic Act No. 645

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS TO APPOINT OFFICERS FROM THE RESERVE FORCE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES ABOVE THE GRADE OF SECOND LIEUTENANT.
Date of Approval
June 12, 1951

Republic Act No. 646

Full Title
AN ACT TO CONVERT THE "ORDEN DE CABALLEROS DE RIZAL" INTO A PUBLIC CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN IN ENGLISH AS "KNIGHTS OF RIZAL" AND IN SPANISH AS "ORDEN DE CABALLEROS DE RIZAL", AND TO DEFINE ITS PURPOSES AND POWERS.
Date of Approval
June 14, 1951

Republic Act No. 647

Full Title
AN ACT TO CONVERT THE ILOCOS SUR TRADE SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF VIGAN, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, INTO A REGIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TO BE KNOWN AS THE NORTHERN LUZON SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE.
Date of Approval
June 14, 1951

Republic Act No. 658

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 659

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, DECLARING WITH FULL FORCE AND EFFECT ALL FISHING ORDINANCES, RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY PROVINCIAL BOARDS, MUNICIPAL BOARDS OR COUNCILS, OR MUNICIPAL DISTRICT COUNCILS UNLESS DISAPPROVED IN WRITING BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 660

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION, AND TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR," AND TO PROVIDE RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 663

Full Title
AN ACT TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE RICE AND CORN INDUSTRIES, TO STABILIZE THE PRICE OF RICE AND TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THESE STAPLE FOODS.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 665

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING THE BAGONG BUHAY OF THE PSP PUBLICATIONS A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRNASMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 666

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING BARTOLOME E. SAN DIEGO 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.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 667

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING THE GUANZON LIME DEV. CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT RADIO STATIONS IN TAYABAS, QUEZON; MANILA; AND CALOOCAN, RIZAL FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TO AND FROM SAID STATIONS.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 668

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PANIQUI SUGAR MILL 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.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 669

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO MARSMAN AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED, AND/OR ITS ASSOCIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES, A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 671

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED ONE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONDONE ALL UNPAID INTEREST ACCRUING FROM JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE ON ALL OBLIGATIONS OUSTANDING ON DECEMBER EIGHT, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE, AND TO APPLY PAYMENTS OF INTEREST PAID AFTER FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHT, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, TO THE PRINCIPAL OBLIGATION IF STILL OUTSTANDING, IN CERTAIN CASES".
Date of Approval
June 16, 1951

Republic Act No. 673

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
June 28, 1951
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Republic Act No. 674

Full Title
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION TEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN AND TO FURTHER AMEND SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR AND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE-A AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN, OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO INCLUDE AMONG THE BENEFICIARIES THEREOF THE EMPLOYEES OF SANITARY DIVISIONS.
Date of Approval
March 12, 1952

Republic Act No. 677

Full Title
AN ACT TO GRANT THE PAN ASIA NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE (PANA) TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH A RADIO RECEIVING STATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF COPYING FOR PUBLICATION PRESS MESSAGES FROM RADIO STATIONS EXTERIOR TO THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
April 3, 1952

Republic Act No. 684

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (P) OF SECTION FIFTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DUMAGUETE, BY EMPOWERING SAID CITY TO TAX, FIX THE LICENSE FOR, REGULATE THE BUSINESS AND FIX THE LOCATION OF, THE STORAGE AND SALE OF COPRA THEREIN.
Date of Approval
May 9, 1952

Republic Act No. 685

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF BRANCHES OF THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY AND SUB-STATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES IN CERTAIN PROVINCE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
May 9, 1952

Republic Act No. 688

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES BETWEEN A NEWLY CREATED MUNICIPALITY AND A MUNICIPALITY AFFECTED BY SUCH CREATION, BY AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
May 9, 1952