Act No. 51

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE PAID TO THE WIDOW OF EDUARDO KINTERO, CHIEF OF POLICE OF TACLOBAN, LEYTE, OR TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT FOR HER BENEFIT
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 22, 1900
Major Topic

Act No. 1041

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING AN INEXPENSIVE METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION UPON THE ESTATES OF THE CIVIL EMPLOYEES OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WHO DIE IN THE SERVICE OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT, LEAVING SMALL ESTATES UPON WHICH NO REGULAR ADMINISTRATION IS DEEMED ADVISABLE," AND PROVIDING A METHOD OF PAYING SMALL AMOUNTS DUE ESTATES OF DECEASED NATIVE EMPLOYEES WITHOUT THE EXPENSE OF ADMINISTRATION
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
January 11, 1904
Major Topic

Act No. 1438

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COMMITMENT OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS BETWEEN CERTAIN AGES TO CHARITABLE OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INSTEAD OF TO THE PUBLIC PRISONS OR JAILS, AND FOR THE TRANSFER OF SUCH OFFENDERS FROM PUBLIC PRISONS OR JAILS TO SUCH CHARITABLE OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
January 10, 1906
Major Topic

Act No. 1918

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, BY MAKING WOMEN ELIGIBLE AS MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD AND PROVIDING THAT TWO POSITIONS AT LEAST SHALL BE HELD BY WOMEN.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
May 18, 1909

Act No. 1924

Full Title
AN ACT EXTENDING THE BENEFITS OF ACT NUMBERED EIGTHEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN TO MALE AND FEMALE TEACHERS OF MUNICIPALITIES AND OF TOWNSHIPS INHABITED BY CHRISTIAN TRIBES IN MINDORO AND PALAWAN, AND IN THE SUBPROVINCE OF ABRA.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
May 19, 1909

Act No. 2138

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING INSULAR FUNDS NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR THE PURPOSES MENTIONED IN ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE NURSES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 4, 1912

Act No. 2161

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE NURSES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH," BY REMOVING THE RESTRICTION AS TO THE NUMBER OF NURSES OF EACH SEX THAT MAY BE ADMITTED DURING ANY ONE YEAR.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 5, 1912

Act No. 2467

Full Title
AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE PHILIPPINE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OF MIDWIFERY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 4, 1915

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. 3205

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO AND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, RELATIVE TO THE SOURCES OF THE PENSION AND RETIREMENT FUND AND T HE LIFE PENSION OF THE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE CONSTABULARY.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 2, 1924
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

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 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

Presidential Decree No. 799, s. 1975

Full Title
EXTENDING FRANKING PRIVILEGE TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES LADIES CLUB STEERING COMMITTEE FOR MAILING MONTHLY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ONLY TO ORPHANS OF PERSONNEL OF THE AFP WHO DIED IN COMBAT
Issuance Category
Executive Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 9, 1975
Major Topic

Presidential Decree No. 1043, s. 1976

Full Title
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3835 ESTABLISHING THE WOMEN’S AUXILIARY CORPS IN THE ARMED FORCE OF THE PHILIPPINES TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF ITS OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL AND OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Executive Issuance Type
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. 10151

Full Title
AN ACT ALLOWING THE EMPLOYMENT OF NIGHT WORKERS, THEREBY REPEALING ARTICLES 130 AND 131 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBER FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-TWO, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 21, 2011
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 1070

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO ISSUE APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO WIDOWS, PARENTS AND NEXT OF KIN OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES WHO LOST OR SHALL LOSE THEIR LIVES IN LINE OF DUTY.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 12, 1954
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 11053

Full Title
An act prohibiting hazing and regulating other forms of initiation rites of fraternities, sororities, and other organizations, and providing penalties for violations thereof, amending for the purpose Republic Act no. 8049, entitled an act regulating hazing and other forms of initiation rites in fraternities, sororities, and organizations and providing penalties therefor".
Short Title
Anti-Hazing Act of 2018
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 29, 2018
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 11188

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF.
Short Title
SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT ACT
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
January 10, 2019
Major Topic

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. 1883

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS AS COMPENSATION TO THE WIDOWS AND/OR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT WHO DIED IN THE AIR CRASHES IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU AND AT ILIGAN BAY.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 22, 1957
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 21

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGITIMATE FATHER, OR, IN HIS DEFAULT, THE MOTHER, OF ANY MINOR OR INCOMPETENT PERSON HAVING A CLAIM OR SHARE IN A CLAIM AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES OR OF THE UNITED STATES, TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF SAID CLAIM OR SHARE WHEN THE AMOUNT THEREOF DOES NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED PESOS OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN DOLLARS
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
September 25, 1946
Major Topic