AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 84 DATED DECEMBER 22, 1972, ENTITLED `AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF AGRARIAN REFORMS TO SIGN ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES LAND TRANSFER CERTIFICATES ISSUED TO TENANT - FARMERS PURSUANT TO PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 27'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 235 DATED JULY 6, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING SECTION SEVENTY FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DAGUPAN'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 85 DATED DECEMBER 24, 1972, ENTITLED `CREATING THE AGRARIAN REFORM FUND TO SUPPORT FINANCING REQUIREMENTS OF AGRARIAN REFORM PROVIDED IN PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 27 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 236 DATED JULY 9, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN, ENTITLED AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANKS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 86 DATED DECEMBER 31, 1972, ENTITLED `CREATING CITIZENS ASSEMBLIES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 237 DATED JULY 9, 1973, ENTITLED `FURTHER AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETY OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, EXEMPTING IMPORTATION OF DOMESTIC SCHEDULED AIRLINES AND OF NEW MINES AND OLD MINES WHICH RESUME OPERATIONS FROM COMPENSATING TAX'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 87 DATED DECEMBER 31, 1972, ENTITLED `AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 8 ISSUED ON OCTOBER 2, 1972, AND PROMULGATING AN AMENDED ACT TO PROMOTE THE DISCOVERY AND PRODUCTION OF INDIGENOUS PETROLEUM AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 238 DATED JULY 9, 1973, ENTITLED `FURTHER AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIVE OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, EXEMPTING IMPORTATIONS OF DOMESTIC SCHEDULED AIRLINES AND OF NEW MINESAND OLD MINES WHICH RESUME OPERATIONS FROM CUSTOMS DUTY'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 88 DATED JANUARY 3, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING THE EFFECTIVITY DATE OF SECTION 5 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 69, PARTICULARLY SECTION 137 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AFFECTING TAX ON CIGARS AND CIGARETTES

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 240 DATED JULY 9, 1973, ENTITLED `AUTHORIZING THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO SUPERVISE, REGULATE AND CONTROL THE OPERATIONS OF PRIVATE EXPRESS AND/OR MESSENGER DELIVERY SERVICE FIRMS AND TO ISSUE, GRANT, EXTEND, SUSPEND, OR CANCEL FRANCHISES OR PERMITS FOR SUCH FIRMS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 89 DATED JANUARY 5, 1973, ENTITLED `EXTENDING THE PERIOD FOR THE PREPARATION AND REVIEW OF STAFFING PATTERNS OF DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND OFFICES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 242 DATED JULY 9, 1973, ENTITLED `PRESCRIBING THE PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SETTLEMENT OR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN OR AMONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNE D OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 91 DATED JANUARY 6, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING THE NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE APPROPRIATION ACT BY ELIMINATING THE PROVISO IN SECTION FIVE, SUBSECTION TWENTY, GENERAL PROVISIONS

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 243 DATED JULY 12, 1973, ENTITLED `VETERANS AND RETIREES AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 92 DATED JANUARY 6, 1973, ENTITLED `BUSINESS INCENTIVES AND REFORMS AN ACT INTENDED TO IMPROVE BUSINESS CLIMATE BY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACTS NUMBERED 5186, 6135, 5455,AND 5453 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 244 DATED JULY 12, 1973, ENTITLED `AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE VETERANS ASSISTANCE COMMISSION, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 93 DATED JANUARY 9, 1973, ENTITLED `ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR LIBERALIZING TRADITIONAL TRADE FOR THE SULU ARCHIPELAGO AND ADJACENT AREAS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 245 DATED JULY 13, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING SECTION THREE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED FIFTY SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PROPERTY INSURANCE LAW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 94 DATED JANUARY 11, 1973, ENTITLED `CREATING THE CEMENT INDUSTRY AUTHORITY'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 246 DATED JULY 18, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY ONE HUNDRED SIXTY NINE TO INCLUDE THE POPULATION COUNCIL OF NEW YORK AND ITS NON-FILIPINO STAFF AS RECIPIENT/BENEF ICIARIES OF CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS AND PRIVILEGES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 95 DATED JANUARY 11, 1973, ENTITLED `AMNESTY IN FAVOR OF ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED ANY ACT PENALIZED BY LAWS IN SOME PROVINCES OF MINDANAO'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 247 DATED JULY 18, 1973, ENTITLED `PROHIBITING AND PENALIZING DEFACEMENT, MUTILATION, TEARING, BURNING OR DESTRUCTIN OF CENTRAL BANK NOTES AND COINS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 96 DATED JANUARY 13, 1973, ENTITLED `DECLARING UNLAWFUL THE USE OR ATTACHMENT OF SIRENS, BELLS, HORNS, WHISTLES OR SIMILAR GADGETS THAT EMIT EXCEPTIONALLY LOUD OR STARTLING SOUNDS, INCLUDING DOMELIGHTS AND OTHER SIGNALLING OR FLASHING DEVICES ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND PROVIDING CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS THEREFOR

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 249 DATED JULY 20, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED TWENTY NINE FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING MILITARY PERSONNEL, TO VOTE IN THEIR PLACE OF ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 97 DATED JANUARY 11, 1973, ENTITLED `REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF THE MARINE PROFESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 250 DATED JULY 21, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NINETY THREE AND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHTH, RELATING TO THE CORPORATE POWERS OF THE MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 98 DATED JANUARY 15, 1973, ENTITLED `REGULATING THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSE PLATES OF ALL MOTOR VEHICLES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 251 DATED JULY 21, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY FOUR, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED THE CODE OF AGRARIAN REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 99 DATED JANUARY 15, 1973, ENTITLED `PROVIDING FOR MINIMUM COMPENSATION FOR HOUSEHOLD HELPERS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 252 DATED JULY 21, 1973, ENTITLED `AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 99-A DATED JANUARY 15, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 137, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MINING ACT, AS AMENDED'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 257 DATED JULY 31, 1973, ENTITLED `CREATING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND THE PHILIPPINE CENTER MANAGEMENT BOARD'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 100 DATED JANUARY 17, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING FURTHER CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 5487, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS, "THE PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCY LAW, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 11, DATED OCTOBER 3, 1972"

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 260 DATED AUGUST 1, 1973, ENTITLED `DECLARING THE STA. ANA SITE MUSEUM IN MANILA, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF PAOAY AND BACARRA IN ILOCOS NORTE, THE SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH AND LITURGICAL OBJECTS THEREIN IN INTRAMUROS, MANILA, FORT PILAR IN ZAMBOANGA CITY, THE PETROGLYPHS OF THE ROCK-SHELTER IN ANGONO, RIZAL, THE PETROGLYPHS OF ALAB, BONTOC, THE STONE AGRICULTURAL CALENDARS OF DAP-AY GUIDAY IN BESAO, BONTOC, THE MUMMY CAVES OF KABAYAN, BENGUET AND OF SAGADAAND ALAB, BONTOC, THE IFUGAO RICE TERRACES OF BANAUE AS NATIONAL CULTURAL TREASURES; AND THE BARASOAIN CHURCH IN MALOLOS, BULACAN, TIRAD PASS IN CERVANTES, ILOCOS SUR, THE MIAGAO CHURCH IN MIAGAO, ILOILO, THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF MACTAN ON MACTAN ISLAND, CEBU, THE SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH IN QUIAPO, MANILA, AND THE CHURCH AND CONVENT OF SANTO NINO IN CEBU CITY AS NATIONAL SHRINES, MONUMENTS, AND/OR LANDMARKS, DEFINING THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 101 DATED JANUARY 19, 1973, ENTITLED `EXPEDITING THE METHODS IN PRESCRIBING, REDEFINING OR MODIFYING THE LINES AND MODES OF OPERATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 261 DATED AUGUST 2, 1973, ENTITLED `AUTHORIZING THE USE OF VIRGIN PUBLIC LANDS FOR RICE AND OTHER CROPS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 102 DATED JANUARY 19, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 6173, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OIL INDUSTRY COMMISSION ACT BY AUTHORIZING THE OIL INDUSTRY COMMISSION TO GRANT PROVISIONAL RELIEF, BY MAKING DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION REVIEWABLE BY THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, BY AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION TO USE ANY UNOBLIGATED BALANCE OF ITS INITIAL APPROPRIATION EVEN AFTER FISCAL YEARS 1971 AND 1972, TO USE FEES COLLECTED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF QUASI-JUDICIAL AND REGULATORY FUNCTIONS, TO DISBURSE ITS SPECIAL FUNDS ON THE BASIS OF SPECIAL BUDGET, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 268 DATED AUGUST 4, 1973, ENTITLED `SPLITTING REGION 4 INTO REGION 4 AND REGION 4-A, THUS MAKING TWELVE REGIONS INSTEAD OF ONLY ELEVEN REGION FOR THE BUREAU OF POSTS AND INCLUDING THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN IN REGION 4'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 103 DATED JANUARY 17, 1973, ENTITLED `IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION INCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 269 DATED AUGUST 6, 1973, ENTITLED `CREATING THE NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION AS A CORPORATION, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND ACTIVITIES, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR AND DECLARING A NATIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVE FOR THE TOTAL ELECTRIFICATION OF THE PHILIPPINES ON AN AREA COVERAGE SERVICE BASIS, THE ORGANIZATION, PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES TO ATTAIN THE SAID OBJECTIVE, PRESCRIBING TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THEIR OPERATIONS; THE REPEAL OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 104 DATED JANUARY 23, 1973, ENTITLED `AUTHORIZING MINING OPERATIONS IN THE OFFSHORE AREAS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF AGOO AND STO. TOMAS, PROVINCE OF LA UNION'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 270 DATED AUGUST 7, 1973, ENTITLED `REQUIRING THE DECLARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS SURPLUS PROFITS AS DIVIDENDS TO STOCKHOLDERS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 105 DATED JANUARY 23, 1973, ENTITLED `DECLARING NATIONAL SHRINES AS SACRED (HALLOWED) PLACES AND PROHIBITING DESECRATION THEREOF'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 271 DATED AUGUST 9, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED THIRTY TWO CREATING A PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 106 DATED JANUARY 24, 1973, ENTITLED `DECLARING AS FINAL AND BINDING THE DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION ON THE NAMING AND RENAMING OF HISTORICAL EDIFICES AND LANDMARKS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 272 DATED AUGUST 9, 1973, ENTITLED `AN ACT CREATING THE IRON AND STEEL AUTHORITY'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 107 DATED JANUARY 24, 1973, ENTITLED `CREATING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 273 DATED AUGUST 14, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPIN MEDICAL CARE ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY NINE'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 108 DATED JANUARY 25, 1973, ENTITLED `TRANSFERRING BARRIO PATIN-AY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN DEL SUR TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF PROSPERIDAD OF THE SAME PROVINCE'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 274 DATED AUGUST 18, 1973, ENTITLED `PERTAINING TO THE PRESERVATION, BEAUTIFICATION, IMPROVEMENT AND GAINFUL UTILIZATION OF THE PASIG RIVER, PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION OF THE RIVER AND ITS BANKS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE ITS DEVELOPMENT, THEREBY MAXIMIZING ITS UTILIZATION FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC PURPOSES'