Commonwealth Act 551

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO A COMPROMISE IN THE CASE ARISING OUT OF THE PROBATE OF THE WILL OF THE LATE DON FRANCISCO SANTOS.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 552

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING AMOUNTS FROM THE COCONUT OIL EXCISE TAX FUND COLLECTED ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 553

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO PERMIT THE ENTRY BY THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF ALL OR PORTIONS OF RESERVED LANDS OR MINERAL RIGHTS IN LANDS.
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 555

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE.
Date of Approval
June 5, 1940

Commonwealth Act 557

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE RESIDENCE TAX LAW.
Date of Approval
June 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 558

Full Title
bAN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF LONGEVITY PAY TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES JOINING THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND TO INCLUDE SERVICE IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES AND/OR IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY OR NAVAL ACADEMY IN DETERMINING THE PAY AND RIGHTS OF RETIREMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES."
Date of Approval
June 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 561

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE IN THE CITY OF MANILA, TO DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE, CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER SIXTY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Date of Approval
June 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 562

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
June 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 563

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
June 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 564

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," AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
June 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 565

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS, AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF AN AGENCY OR DESIGNATION OF AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE AND SUPERVISE THE SAID ASSOCIATIONS, AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE PROMOTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE SAME.
Date of Approval
June 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 567

Full Title
AN ACT TO ADJUST AND STABILIZE THE SUGAR INDUSTRY AND TO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE PURPOSE BY INCREASING THE TAX ON THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR AND IMPOSING A TAX ON THE OWNERS OF SUGAR LANDS HELD BY OTHERS UNDER LEASE OR OTHER CONTRACT GRANTING THE RIGHT TO USE SAID LANDS FOR A CONSIDERATION.
Date of Approval
June 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 568

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ILOILO, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH AT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, BY INCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE CITY TREASURER, THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF SAID CITY.
Date of Approval
June 6, 1940

Commonwealth Act 569

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOUR, NINE, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN, EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-SEVEN, TWENTY-NINE, THIRTY-ONE, FORTY-NINE, FIFTY, FIFTY-TWO, FIFTY-SIX, FIFTY-NINE,SIXTY-ONE, SEVENTY-ONE, SEVENTY-TWO, SEVENTY-THREE, SEVENTY-SIX, SEVENTY-EIGHT, SEVENTY-NINE, EIGHTY-THREE, EIGHTY-FOUR, EIGHTY-NINE, NINETY, NINETY-ONE, NINETY-TWO, NINETY-FOUR, AND NINETY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, REPEALING SECTION TWENTY-FOUR AND INSERTING TWO NEW SECTIONS IN THE SAID ACT TO BE KNOWN…
Date of Approval
June 6, 1994

Commonwealth Act 571

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX ENTITLED " AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," REQUIRING THE GRANT OF A FRANCHISE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS.
Date of Approval
June 6, 1940
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 577

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY, MANUEL L. QUEZON, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION KNOWN AS THE "GRAND 'CROIX DE L'ORDRE DE LA COURONNE," CONFERRED UPON HIM BY HIS MAJESTY, LEOPOLD III, KING OF THE BELGIANS.
Date of Approval
June 7, 1940

Commonwealth Act 578

Full Title
bAN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, SO AS TO INCLUDE TEACHERS, PROFESSORS, AND PERSONS CHARGED WITH THE SUPERVISION OF PUBLIC OR DULY RECOGNIZED PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES, WITHIN THE TERM "PERSONS IN AUTHORITY."
Date of Approval
June 7, 1940
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 580

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING THE "COTABATO LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, INC." AN EXTENSION OF THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THIS ACT TO ACCEPT THE FRANCHISE GRANTED THERETO BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN.
Date of Approval
June 7, 1940
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 581

Full Title
AN ACT ABOLISHING THE EXISTING MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ROMBLON, AND CREATING INSTEAD FOUR SPECIAL MUNICIPALITIES.
Date of Approval
June 7, 1940

Commonwealth Act 584

Full Title
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EFFECTS OF THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LIMITATION, REGULATION, AND ALLOCATION OF SUGAR PRODUCED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
June 7, 1940

Commonwealth Act 593

Full Title
AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE EFFECT OF SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE AND ENDING JUNE THIRTY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY, IN SO FAR AS THEY AFFECT OWENERS OR PERSONS IN CONTROL OF SUGAR LANDS.
Date of Approval
August 18, 1940

Commonwealth Act 595

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKE OFFICE TO HOLD ANNUALLY ONE SPECIAL SWEEPSTAKE RACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ANOTHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PHILIPPINE AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION.
Date of Approval
August 18, 1940

Commonwealth Act 596

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE VERIFICATION FREE OF CHARGE BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AS NOTARIES EX-OFFICIO, AND FOR REGISTRATION FREE OF CHARGE BY REGISTER OF DEEDS, OF INSTRUMENTS OR MORTGAGE, TRANSFER OR INCUMBRANCE OF ANY NATURE, EXECUTED BY A MEMBER OF A COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION IN FAVOR OF THE LATTER.
Date of Approval
August 18, 1940

Commonwealth Act 597

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PURPOSE VI OF SECTION NINETY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION THIRTY-NINE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE.
Date of Approval
August 18, 1940

Commonwealth Act 599

Full Title
bAN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED " AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LEVYING OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO COVER THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT OR REPAIR OF NATIONAL ROADS WITHIN THE CITY OF MANILA" BY MAKING THE SAME APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES AND ALL CHARTERED CITIES.
Date of Approval
August 18, 1940

Commonwealth Act 600

Full Title
AN ACT DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO SAFEGUARD THE INTEGRITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND TO INSURE THE TRANQUILITY OF ITS INHABITANTS.
Date of Approval
August 18, 1940