AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 524 DATED JULY 31, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING SECTION FORTY TWO OF THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (PROVIDING FOR NEW FEES)'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 299-A DATED SEPTEMBER 21, 1973, ENTITLED `IMPOSING A 15% TAX ON DIVIDENDS RECEIVED BY A DOMESTIC OR RESIDENT FOREIGN CORPORATION FROM A DOMESTIC CORPORATION AMENDING SECTIONS TWENTY FOUR, TWENTY NINE, FIFTY THREE AND SIXTY FIVE OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE FOR THE PURPOSES'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 525 DATED JULY 31, 1974, ENTITLED `MAKING MANDATORY THE PAYMENT OF EMERGENCY ALLOWANCE UNDER LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 302 DATED SEPTEMBER 27, 1973, ENTITLED `CREATING THE PROVINCE OF TAWI-TAWI'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 529 DATED AUGUST 6, 1974, ENTITLED `GRANTING TO PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CONCESSIONAIRES UNDER THE PETROLEUM ACT OF 1949 EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTY AND COMPENSATION TAX ON IMPORTATIONS OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, SPARE PARTS AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THEIR EXPLORATION OPERATIONS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 305 DATED OCTOBER 2, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE GOVERNING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 532 DATED AUGUST 8, 1974, ENTITLED `ANTI-PIRACY AND ANTI-HIGHWAY ROBBERY LAW OF 1974'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 306 DATED OCTOBER 5, 1973, ENTITLED `CONVERTING THE MAJOR FERDINAND E. MARCOS HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYOMBONG, PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, INTO THE MAJOR FERDINAND E. MARCOS VETERANS REGIONAL HOSPITAL'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 534 DATED AUGUST 8, 1974, ENTITLED `DEFINING ILLEGAL FISHING AND PRESCRIBING STIFFER PENALTIES THEREFOR'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 308 DATED OCTOBER 9, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING THE APPROVED STAFFING PATTERN OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE BY CREATING NEW DIVISIONS / UNITS THEREIN INCLUDING THE INCREASE OR POSITIONS IN THE EXAMINATION AND CLERICAL GROUPS AND PART IV, CHAPTER I, ARTICLE II, PARAGRAPHS TEN AND ELEVEN, OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 535 DATED AUGUST 9, 1974, ENTITLED `PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTMENT INCENTIVES PROGRAM FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 312 DATED OCTOBER 18, 1973, ENTITLED `FURTHER AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 536 DATED AUGUST 9, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN CREATING THE PEFTOK INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 314 DATED OCTOBER 20, 1973, ENTITLED `INCREASING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON GASOLINE, LUBRICATING OIL AND AUTOMOTIVE DIESEL OIL BY AMENDING SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO AND ONE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 537 DATED AUGUST 12, 1974, ENTITLED `CONSTITUTING MUNICIPAL COURTS INTO MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT COURTS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 315 DATED OCTOBER 22, 1973, ENTITLED `PROVIDING THAT LAND TRANSFER CERTIFICATES ISSUED PURSUANT TO PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWENTY SEVEN SHALL BE ACCEPTED BY FINANCING INSTITUTIONS AS COLLATERAL FOR LOANS'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 538 DATED AUGUST 13, 1974, ENTITLED `CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE PHIVIDEC INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY AND MAKING IT A SUBSIDIARY AGENCY OF THE PHILIPPINE VETERANS INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DEFINING ITSPOWERS, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIE S AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 322 DATED OCTOBER 26, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING SECTION THREE OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED NINETY ONE AND INSERTING A NEW SECTION ON THE REGULATION OF OFFICE HOURS IN THE MONTH OF RAMADAN THEREBYCHANGING THE NUMBERS OF ALL SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 541 DATED AUGUST 20, 1974, ENTITLED `ALLOWING FORMER FILIPINO PROFESSIONALS TO PRACTICE THEIR RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 323 DATED OCTOBER 26, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING SECTION TWENTY ONE AND SECTION FIFTY ONE OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 542 DATED AUGUST 20, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR CREATING THE PHILIPPINE AMANAH BANK'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 324 DATED OCTOBER 29, 1973, ENTITLED `EXCLUDING FROM THE MARIKINA WATERSHED RESERVATION UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FORMER NATIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY, NOW METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM, CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND EMBRACED THEREIN AND OPENING THE SAME TO EXPLOITATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC LAND ACT'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 543 DATED AUGUST 21, 1974, ENTITLED `AUTHORIZING THE DESIGNATION OF MUNICIPAL JUDGES AND LAWYERS IN ANY BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE TO ACT AS COUNSEL DE OFFICIO FOR THE ACCUSED WHO ARE INDIGENT IN PLACES WHERE THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE PRACTICING ATTORNEYS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 325 DATED OCTOBER 30, 1973, ENTITLED `PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES OF MAIL MATTERS AND TELEGRAMS FO THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 544 DATED AUGUST 22, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY THREE HUNDRED NINETY ENTITLED AN ACT TO ACCELERATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM BY CREATING AN AGRARIAN REFORMSPECIAL ACCOUNT IN THE GENERAL FUND, PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR THE OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 330 DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1973, ENTITLED `PENALIZING TIMBER SMUGGLING OR ILLEGAL CUTTING OF LOGS FROM PUBLIC FORESTS AND FOREST RESERVES AS QUALIFIED THEFT'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 545 DATED AUGUST 28, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED SIXTY SIX, CREATING THE EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE AUTHORITY AND REVISING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY FOUR HUNDREDAND NINETY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 331 DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1973, ENTITLED `REQUIRING THAT ALL PUBLIC FORESTS BE DEVELOPED, MANAGED AND UTILIZED ON A SUSTAINED YIELD BASIS WITH THE BENEFIT OF TECHNICAL FORESTRY KNOW-HOW OF REGISTERED FORESTERS'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 546 DATED AUGUST 30, 1974, ENTITLED `EXTENDING 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 THE PROCESSING AND MARKETING THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AS AMENDED'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 334 DATED NOVEMBER 9, 1973, ENTITLED `CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL COMPANY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 547 DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY ONE TO CREATE DEPARTMENT-WIDE REGIONAL OFFICES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO INTEGRATE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 335 DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING FURTHER SECTION FIFTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GEODETIC ENGINEERING LAW, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED TWO'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 548 DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING SECTION TWO OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 337 DATED NOVEMBER 21, 1973, ENTITLED `GRANTING LONGEVITY PAY TO CIVILIAN INVESTIGATION AGENTS OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SERVICE, PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, AND TO CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE/UNITS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 549 DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING SECTION EIGHTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE TO PLACE CITY WORKS SUPERVISORS DIRECTLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF CITY ENGINEERS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 338 DATED NOVEMBER 22, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY ONE WHICH AMENDED REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY, AS AMENDED'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 550 DATED SEPTEMBER 11, 1974, ENTITLED `CREATING THE PHILIPPINE FOREIGN LOAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES AND FOR THE OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 339 DATED NOVEMBER 22, 1973, ENTITLED `CREATING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PRESIDENT QUIRINO, MARIANO MARCOS AND ESPERANZA IN THE PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 551 DATED SEPTEMBER 11, 1974, ENTITLED `LOWERING THE COST TO CONSUMERS OF ELECTRICITY BY REDUCING THE FRANCHISE TAX PAYABLE BY ELECTRIC FRANCHISE HOLDERS AND THE TARIFF ON FUEL OILS FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY PUBLIC UTILITIES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 340 DATED NOVEMBER 22, 1973, ENTITLED `CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF DATU PAGLAS IN THE PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 552 DATED SEPTEMBER 11, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY SIX HUNDRED ONE, ENTITLED AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 341 DATED NOVEMBER 22, 1973, ENTITLED `CREATING THE PROVINCES OF NORTH COTABATO, MAGUINDANAO AND SULTAN KUDARAT'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 553 DATED SEPTEMBER 11, 1974, ENTITLED AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FORTY THREE PROVIDING FOR THE ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISHERY INDUSTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE MEANS TO INSURE THE SUPPLY OF FISH AND FISHERY/AQUATIC PRODUCTS AT REASONABLE PRICES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 342 DATED NOVEMBER 22, 1973, ENTITLED CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES; DEFINING ITS ORGANIZATION, POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 556 DATED SEPTEMBER 17, 1974, ENTITLED `AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF CLOTHING ALLOWANCE TO OFFICERS IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 344 DATED NOVEMBER 26, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN ENTITLED AN ACT TO REGULATE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHEN ON OFFICIALTRAVEL WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 558 DATED SEPTEMBER 21, 1974, ENTITLED `AMENDING SECTION THREE OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY SIX BY ALLOCATING A SHARE IN HIGHWAY SPECIAL FUND TO THE BARANGAYS'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 346 DATED DECEMBER 14, 1973, ENTITLED `AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX, DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1973, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'

AN ACT RE-ENACTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 560 DATED SEPTEMBER 23, 1974, ENTITLED `PRESCRIBING A NEW RATE OF INITIAL CLOTHING ALLOWANCE AND CLOTHING MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE FOR EACH CADET OF THE AFP'

AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 347 DATED DECEMBER 21, 1973, ENTITLED `FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY ONE, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAW'