Commonwealth Act 501

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE PERSONNEL AND OTHER CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AS CONTEMPLATED IN COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE.
Date of Approval
September 29, 1939

Commonwealth Act 505

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE MILLION FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS."
Date of Approval
October 26, 1939

Commonwealth Act 506

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINETY-SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."
Date of Approval
October 26, 1939

Commonwealth Act 507

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS," AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
October 26, 1939

Commonwealth Act 508

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."
Date of Approval
October 26, 1939

Commonwealth Act 509

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY PESOS AS ADDITIONAL FUND FOR THE IMMEDIATE OPENING AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW PRIMARY CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
November 9, 1939
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 510

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH ANY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU, OFFICE, OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WHICH HE MAY DESIGNATE FOR THE PURPOSE, TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE ALLOCATION, REALLOCATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF QUOTAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PHILIPPINES BY PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC ACTNUMBERED THREE HUNDRED OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED AUGUST SEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.
Date of Approval
November 13, 1939

Commonwealth Act 511

Full Title
AN ACT TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX OF PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED AUGUST SEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, REGARDING EXPORT TAXES, BY PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF AN EXPORT TAX ON PHILIPPINE ARTICLES EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATESAND THE DISPOSITION OF THE FUNDS DERIVED FROM SAID TAX.c2nd National Assembly
Date of Approval
December 11, 1939

Commonwealth Act 512

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE.
Date of Approval
December 21, 1939

Commonwealth Act 513

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS TO BE ADVANCED TO MUNICIPALITES AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.
Date of Approval
February 7, 1940
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 515

Full Title
bAN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ILOILO, IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO, TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT NECESSARY SEWER FACILITY IN SAID MUNICIPALITY, AND AUTHORIZING ALSO AN INSULAR GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE SECURED BY SAID MUNICIPAL BONDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
March 21, 1940

Commonwealth Act 516

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (U) OF SECTION EIGHTY-FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
Date of Approval
April 17, 1940

Commonwealth Act 517

Full Title
AN ACT TO SUBMIT TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, FOR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL, THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE ORDINANCE APPENDED THERETO, PROPOSED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN ITS RESOLUTION NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT, ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER FIFTEEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, AS AMENDED BY ITS RESOLUTION NUMBERED SEVENTY-THREE, ADOPTED ON APRIL ELEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
April 24, 1940

Commonwealth Act 521

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING AMOUNTS FROM THE COCONUT OIL EXCISE TAX FUND COLLECTED ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, NINTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY.
Date of Approval
May 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 524

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR, ENTITLED " AN ACT TO REMIT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, UNPAID TAXES AND PENALTIES OF FORFEITED REAL PROPERTY," TO PROVIDE A NEW TIME LIMIT FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE TAXES CORRESPONDING TO THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT AD NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.
Date of Approval
May 9, 1940

Commonwealth Act 525

Full Title
AN ACT TO REPEAL SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR AND TO AMEND SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX.
Date of Approval
May 9, 1940

Commonwealth Act 528

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUE OF BONDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OF WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE OF AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF BONDS OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.
Date of Approval
May 10, 1940

Commonwealth Act 529

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS THREE, SIX, AND SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS THE CIVIL AVIATION LAW, AND INSERTING SECTION SIX AND ONE HALF IN THE SAME.
Date of Approval
May 10, 1940
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 530

Full Title
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY FOR TAXATION PURPOSES, BY REQUIRING THE OWNER TO FILE A SWORN STATEMENT AS TO THE REAL VALUE THEREOF AND CREATING A CENTRAL BOARD OF TAX APPEALS.
Date of Approval
May 10, 1940

Commonwealth Act 531

Full Title
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF MALOCONAN, MUNICIPALITY OF TOLONG, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, TO THAT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Date of Approval
May 10, 1940

Commonwealth Act 533

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (D) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AND SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO VEST THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO WITH VETO POWER AND THE COUNCIL OF SAID CITY WITH POWER TO OVERRIDE SUCH VETO.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 534

Full Title
AN ACT TO DECLARE INEFFECTIVE THE REDUCTION OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL PERMANENT PLANTS AND/OR TREES ON ANY TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN ANY PROVINCE BY FIFTY PER CENT PENDING THE NEW ASSESSMENT THEREIN, AND TO REPEAL THE PROVISO CONTAINED IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SECTION FIFTY-THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, KNOWN AS THE "ASSESSMENT LAW."
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 535

Full Title
AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PERSONS FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO MAKE A DECLARATION OF INTENTION, PRIOR TO FILING AN APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION, AMENDING THEREBY SECTION SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 536

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR THE PAYMENT OF A RETIREMENT GRATUITY.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 537

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, TO STANDARDIZE THE SALARIES OF ASSISTANT FISCALS FOR THE CITY OF MANILA.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 538

Full Title
AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE EFFECTS OF ANY ACTION FOR EJECTMENT INSTITUTED AGAINST TENANTS OR HOLDERS OF ESTATES OR CHAPLAINCIES (CAPELLANIAS) WHICH THE GOVERNMENT MAY SEEK TO ACQUIRE THROUGH PURCHASE OR EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 539

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ACQUIRE PRIVATE LANDS FOR RESALE IN SMALL LOTS; PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF AN AGENCY TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; AND SETTING ASIDE FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID LANDS.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 540

Full Title
AN ACT TO ALTER THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING SESSIONS OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE PROVINCES OF ISABELA, NUEVA VIZCAY, CAPIZ, AND SURIGAO, BY AMENDING CERTAIN PARAGRAPHS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 545

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE, TO REGROUP SOME OF THE PROVINCES FOR THE JUDICIAL PURPOSES, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 546

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO AND FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY, AS AMENDED BY REGULATING PRESENTATION, REGISTRATION AND ENTRY OF RACE HORSES, AND MAKING AVAILABLE CERTAIN PORTION OF ITS PROCEEDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO VETERANS OF PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONS OR WARS.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 550

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKE OFFICE TO HOLD SPECIAL SWEEPSTAKE RACES THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH SHALL BE USED TO FINANCE THE HOLDING OF AN EXPOSITION IN THE PHILIPPINES IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940