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The Constitutions of the Philippines  Past & Present

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THE PHILIPPINE BILL OF JULY 1, 1902 ACT OF CONGRESS OF JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, "THE PHILIPPINE BILL." AN ACT TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THE PHILIPPINE AUTONOMY ACT  (JONES LAW)  AN ACT TO DECLARE THE PURPOSE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AS TO THE FUTURE POLITICAL STATUS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO PROVIDE A MORE AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT FOR THOSE ISLANDS.

THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE ACT  (TYDINGS-MCDUFFIE ACT) AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CONSTITUTION AND A FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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Election Code and Related Laws

Local Government Code Republic Act No. 7160

An Act Eliminating the Preparatory Recall Assembly as a Mode of Instituting Recall of Elective Local Government Officials, Amending for the Purpose Sections 70 and 71, Chapter 5, Title One, Book I of Republic Act No. 7160, Otherwise Known as the "Local Government Code of 1991", and for Other Purposes Republic Act No. 9244

Amendment to Section 41 (B) of the Local Government Code Republic Act No. 8553

Administrative Code

An Act to Amend Section 21, Title I, Book I of the Revised Administrative Code of 1987, Granting Members of Both Houses of the Congress of the Philippines the General Authority to Administer Oaths, and for Other Purposes. Republic Act No. 6733

An Act Amending the Effectivity Clause of Executive Order No. 292 Dated July 25, 1987. Republic Act No. 6682

Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 Republic Act No. 6975

An Act Providing for an Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Republic Act No. 6734

The Regional Consultative Commission Act of 1988 for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Republic Act No. 6649

An Act to Establish the Cordillera Autonomous Region Republic Act No. 8438

An Act Providing for an Organic Act for the Cordillera Autonomous Region Republic Act No. 6766

Cordillera Regional Consultative Commission Act of 1988 Republic Act No. 6658

Philippine National Police Reform & Reorganization Act of 1998 Republic Act No. 8551

An Act Changing the Term of Office of Barangay Officials and Members of the Sangguniang Kabataan from Three (3) Years to Five (5) Years (Amendment Section 43 of the Local Government Code of 1991) Republic Act No. 8524

Flag & Heraldic Code of the Philippines Republic Act No. 8491

An Act Providing for the Confirmation of World War II Military Services Republic Act No. 8440

An Act Creating a Commission to Conduct A Thorough Fact-Finding Investigation of the Failed Coup d' Etat of December 1989, Recommend Measures to Prevent the Occurrence of Similar Attempts at a Violent Seizure of Power, and for Other Purposes Republic Act No. 6832

An Act to Declare, in View of  the Existence of a National Emergency, a National Policy in Connection Therewith and to Authorize the President of the Republic of the Philippines for a Limited Period and Subject to Restrictions, to Exercise Powers Necessary and Proper to Carry Out the Declared National Policy and for Other Purposes Republic Act No. 6826

The Initiative and Referendum Act Republic Act No. 6735

An Act to Grant the Franking Privilege to the Members of Congress Republic Act No. 6650

An Act Prescribing the Manner of Filling a Vacancy in the Congress of the Philippines Republic Act No. 6645

An Act Reducing the Minimum Age of the Different Elective Local Officials by Amending Section Forty-Two of Batas Pambansa Blg. Tatlong Daan Tatlumpu't Pito, Otherwise Known as the Local Government Code Republic Act No. 6644

An Act Increasing the Insurance Benefits of Local Government Officials and Providing Funds Therefor. Republic Act No. 6942

Amending Section One of Presidential Decree No. 1850, Entitled, "Providing for the Trial by Courts-Martial of Members of the Integrated National Police and Further Defining the Jurisdiction of Courts-Martial Over Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines" Presidential Decree No. 1952

Amending Section 1, Presidential Decree No. 1822, Providing for Trial by Courts-Martial of Members of the Armed Forces Charged With Offenses Related to the Performance of Their Duties. Presidential Decree No. 1822-A

Providing for the Trial by Courts-Martial of Members of the Armed Forces Charged With Offenses Related to the Performance of Their Duties. Presidential Decree No. 1822

Prescribing the Procedure Whereby the Republic of the Philippines May Waive Sovereign Immunity from Suit and Other Legal Proceeding With Respect to Itself or Its Property in Connection With Foreign Obligations Contracted by It Pursuant to Law. Presidential Decree No. 1807

Prohibiting and Penalizing the Granting of Permits for the Holding of Public Rallies, Demonstrations, Assemblies and Similar Meetings to Persons Found Guilty of Rebellion, Sedition or Subversion Who Have Not Been Granted Amnesty Therefor, and to Persons Charged With Any of Said Crimes. Presidential Decree No. 1804

A Decree Prescribing a Condition for Amnesty. Presidential Decree No. 1754

Prohibiting and Penalizing the Grant of Permits for the Holding of Public Rallies, Demonstrations, Assemblies and Similar Meetings to Persons Found Guilty of Rebellion, Sedition or Subversion Who Have Not Been Granted Amnesty Therefor, and to Persons Charged With Any of Said Crimes. Presidential Decree No. 1727-A

Declaring as Unlawful the Malicious Dissemination of False Information of the Willful Making of Any Threat Concerning Bombs, Explosives or Any Similar Device or Means of Destruction and Imposing Penalties Therefor. Presidential Decree No. 1727

An Act Constituting an Independent Presidential Electoral Tribunal to Try, Hear and Decide Election Contests in the Office of President and Vice-President of the Philippines, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes. Batas Pambansa Bilang 884

An Act Calling a Special Election for President and Vice-President, Providing for the Manner of the Holding Thereof, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes. Batas Pambansa Bilang 883

An Act Prescribing the Order of Succession to the Office of the President in Case of Permanent Vacancy or in the Event of Temporary Disability of the President. Batas Pambansa Bilang 882

The Public Assembly Act of  1985 (An Act Ensuring the Free Exercise by the People of Their Right Peaceably to Assemble and Petition the Government and for Other Purposes) Batas Pambansa Bilang 880

An Act to Authorize Punong Barangay to Administer Oaths of Office Within the Province or City Where His Barangay is Located to Elective Public Officials for the Purpose of Qualifying to the Office for Which Said Officials Have Been Elected. Batas Pambansa Bilang 868

An Act to Govern the Election of Members of the Batasang Pambansa on May 14, 1984 and the Selection of Sectoral Representatives Thereafter, Appropriating Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes. Batas Pambansa Bilang 697

An Act to Submit to the Filipino People for Ratification or Rejection the Amendments to the Constitution of the Philippines Proposed by the Batasang Pambansa in Its Sixth Regular Session, Calling a Plebiscite for This Purpose, Appropriating Funds Therefor and For Other Purposes. Batas Pambansa Bilang 643

An Act to Implement the Constitutional Provisions on Presidential Succession, Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes. Batas Pambansa Bilang 231

An Act to Implement Section Fifteen of Article  XIV of the Constitution and for Other Purposes. Batas Pambansa Bilang 185

An Act Providing for the Election of President of the Philippines Under the Constitution, As Amended, and Appropriating Funds Therefor. Batas Pambansa Bilang 125

An Act to Submit to the Filipino People, for Ratification or Rejection, the Amendments to the Constitution of the Philippines, Proposed by the Batasang Pambansa, Sitting as a Constituent Assembly, in Its Resolutions Numbered Two, Three and One, and to Appropriate Funds Therefor. Batas Pambansa Bilang 122

An Act Providing for the Holding of a Plebiscite on January 30, 1980, at Which Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines Shall be Submitted to the Filipino Electorate. Batas Pambansa Bilang 54

An Act Defining the Rights and Privileges of Accredited Political Parties and for Other Purposes. Batas Pambansa Bilang 53

An Act Governing the Election of Local Government Officials. Batas Pambansa Bilang 52

An Act Providing for the Elective or Appointive Positions in Various Local Governments and for Other Purposes. Batas Pambansa Bilang 51

An Act Providing for the Organization of the Sangguniang Pampook in Each of Regions Nine and Twelve, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes. Batas Pambansa Bilang 20

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