Act No. 1670

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRUSTEES OR DIRECTORS OF ASYLUMS AND INSTITUTIONS WHERE POOR CHILDREN ARE MAINTAINED AT PUBLIC EXPENSES TO PLACE SUCH CHILDREN IN CHARGE OF SUITABLE PERSONS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF SUCH CHILDREN.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
July 7, 1907
Major Topic

Act No. 2490

Full Title
AN TO CREATE A BOARD OF DENTAL HYGIENE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING FREE DENTAL CLINICS FOR CHILDREN MATRICULATED IN PUBLIC IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF PRIMARY INSTRUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 4, 1915
Major Topic

Act No. 2782

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THIRTY MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR PESOS FOR THE EXTENSION OF FREE ELEMENTAL INSTRUCTION TO ALL CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 5, 1918
Major Topic

Act No. 2815

Full Title
AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE GOVERNMENT ORPHANAGE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE WHICH SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE BUREAU OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN, TO DEFINE ITS FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
March 3, 1919

Act No. 2988

Full Title
AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE PUBLIC WELFARE BOARD AND TRANSFER ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS TO THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE COMMISSIONER; MAKE THE BUREAU OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN A DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE COMMISSIONER; CHARGE SAID OFFICE WITH THE ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION OF INFANCY, AS PROVIDED FOR IN ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE AND TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FIVE, AND WITH ALL WORK IN GENERAL, RELATED WITH MATERNITY, HYGIENE, AND CHILD WELFARE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 23, 1921

Act No. 3071

Full Title
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN SHOPS, FACTORIES, INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OTHER PLACES OF LABOR IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
March 15, 1923

Act No. 3094

Full Title
AN ACT TO CONFER CERTAIN POWERS UPON INSTITUTIONS FOR THE CARE OF ORPHAN, HOMELESS, NEGLECTED, OR ABUSED CHILDREN.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
March 15, 1923
Major Topic

Act No. 3203

Full Title
AN ACT RELATING TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT CHILDREN; PROVIDING PROBATION OFFICERS THEREFOR; IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS PROVISIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 2, 1924
Major Topic

Act No. 3559

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THREE ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT CHILDREN; PROVIDING PROBATION OFFICERS THEREFOR; IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS PROVISIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929
Major Topic

Act No. 3725

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR APPEAL IN CASES OF ORDERS OF COMMITMENT OF DELINQUENT MINORS BY AMENDING SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT CHIDLREN; PROVIDING PROBATION OFFICERS THEREFOR; IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS PROVISIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 20, 1930
Major Topic

Act No. 3799

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING CERTAIN COMPENSATION TO THE WIFE OR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF ANY SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE WHO DIES DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 3, 1930

Act No. 3854

Full Title
AN ACT CONCERNING THE GUARDIANSHIP OF INCOMPETENT VETERANS AND OF MINOR CHILDREN OF DISABLED OR DECEASED VETERANS OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 11, 1931
Major Topic

Act No. 4139

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE RENTING OF TEXTBOOKS TO INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY PUPILS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 22, 1934
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 99

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE EIGHTY OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 26, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 381

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPORT OF PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION AND OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
August 22, 1938
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 473

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALIZATION, AND TO REPEAL ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN AND THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 16, 1939

Commonwealth Act 542

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE A CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO DEFINE ITS POWERS AND PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
May 25, 1940

Commonwealth Act 701

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE RESUMPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS RELATIVE TO THE PROTECTION OF EARLY INFANCY, MATERNITY, AND CHILD HEALTH.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 31, 1945

Executive Order No. 56, s. 1986

Full Title
AUTHORIZING THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PROTECTIVE CUSTODY OF CHILD PROSTITUTES AND SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Issuance Category
Executive Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 6, 1986
Major Topic

Executive Order No. 286, s. 2004

Full Title
DIRECTING NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CONCERNED AGENCIES TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS ON THE "BRIGHT CHILD"
Issuance Category
Executive Issuance Type
President
Date of Approval
February 23, 2004
Major Topic

Executive Order No. 663, s. 2007

Full Title
IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL COMMITMENT FOR "BAKUNA ANG UNA SA SANGGOL AT INA", ATTAINING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S GOALS TO ELIMINATE MEASLES AND NEONATAL TETANUS, ERADICATE POLIO, CONTROL HEPATITIS B AND OTHER VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES
Issuance Category
Executive Issuance Type
President
Date of Approval
September 21, 2007
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 10028

Full Title
AN ACT EXPANDING THE PROMOTION OF BREASTFEEDING, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7600, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO ALL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS WITH ROOMING-IN AND BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES".
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
March 16, 2010

Republic Act No. 1131

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THREE, SEVEN AND TWELVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 16, 1954

Republic Act No. 124

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 14, 1947
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 1340

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 16, 1955
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 19

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MATERNITY AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF MANILA.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
September 25, 1946
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 30

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF A GRATUITY TO THE WIDOW AND/OR CHILDREN, AND IN THEIR ABSENCE TO THE OTHER HEIRS, OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR MEMBER OF ANY POLICE FORCE OR SIMILAR GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
September 25, 1946

Republic Act No. 3458

Full Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL COORDINATING CENTER FOR THE STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF FILIPINO CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 16, 1962

Republic Act No. 4206

Full Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN OF PUBLIC PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 19, 1965
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 4725

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED SIX ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN OF PUBLIC PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 18, 1966
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 4881

Full Title
AN ACT CREATING COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN EVERY CITY AND MUNICIPALITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 17, 1967

Republic Act No. 5250

Full Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TEN-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS OF SPECIAL AND EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 14, 1968
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 5546

Full Title
AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN OF PUBLIC PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE AND HIGH SCHOOLS."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 21, 1969
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 6067

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-TWO HUNDRED FIFTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS OF SPECIAL AND EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
August 4, 1969
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 6972

Full Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DAY CARE CENTER IN EVERY BARANGAY, INSTITUTING THEREIN A TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN PROGRAM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 22, 1990

Republic Act No. 731

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 18, 1952
Major Topic