Philippine Statutes — 1939

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• AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE.Commonwealth Act No. 512December 21, 1939
• AN ACT TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES APPROVED MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED AUGUST SEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE REGARDING EXPORT TAXES, BY PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF AN EXPORT TAX ON PHILIPPINE ARTICLES EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISPOSITION OF THE FUNDS DERIVED FROM SAID TAX.Commonwealth Act No. 511December 11, 1939
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH ANY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU. OFFICE, OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WHICH HE MAY DESIGNATE FOR THE PURPOSE, TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE ALLOCATION, REALLOCATION, AND. ADMINISTRATION OF QUOTAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PHILIPPINES BY PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED. THREE HUNDRED OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED AUGUST SEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.Commonwealth Act No. 510November 13, 1939
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY PESOS AS ADDITIONAL FUND FOR THE IMMEDIATE OPENING AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW PUBLIC PRIMARY CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.Commonwealth Act No. 509November 9, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY ENTITLED " AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE MILLION FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS."Commonwealth Act No. 505October 26, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINETY-SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."Commonwealth Act No. 506October 26, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS," AS AMENDED.Commonwealth Act No. 507October 26, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."Commonwealth Act No. 508October 26, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 503October 15, 1939
• AN ACT CREATING FIFTEEN ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OF JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE AND THE NECESSARY SUBORDINATE PERSONNEL, FIXING THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES AND SALARIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 504October 15, 1939
• AN ACT TO CREATE QUEZON CITYCommonwealth Act No. 502October 11, 1939
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC PRIMARY CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.Commonwealth Act No. 493September 29, 1939
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO SUSPEND, UNTIL WE DATE OF ADJOURNMENT OF THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY THE OPERATION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE EIGHT-HOUR LABOR LAW.Commonwealth Act No. 494September 29, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OR COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY.Commonwealth Act No. 495September 29, 1939
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD, IN VIEW OF THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY, TO TAKE OVER, FOR USE OR OPERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT, ANY PUBLIC SERVICE OR ENTERPRISE, TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR INTERFERING WITH THE EXERCISE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ITS AUTHORITY THEREUNDER,AND TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 496September 29, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 497September 29, 1939
• 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 PHILIPPINES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND TO TAKE OTHER NECESSARY STEPS TO EFFECTUATE SUCH POLICY, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 498September 29, 1939
• AN ACT TO REGULATE FOR A LIMITED PERIOD, IN VIEW OF THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY, THE TRANSFER OF VESSELS AND OF SHIPPING FACILITIES AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 499September 29, 1939
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT, IN VIEW OF THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO DECREASE EXPENDITURES OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE NATIONAL, GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE SUSPENSION OR ABANDONMENT OF SERVICES ACTIVITIES, OR OPERATIONS OF NO IMMEDIATE NECESSITY.Commonwealth Act No. 500September 29, 1939
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE PERSONNEL AND OTHER CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AS CONTEMPLATED IN COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE.Commonwealth Act No. 501September 29, 1939
• AN ACT TO SUBMIT TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE. FOR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL, THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND TO THE ORDINANCE APPENDED THERETO PROPOSED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN S ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER FIFTEEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 492September 18, 1939
• AN ACT TO REPEAL ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.Commonwealth Act No. 476June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TO INCLUDE ALL DEPUTY GOVERNORS AND SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE SPECIALLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES AMONG OFFICERS EMBRACED IN UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE.Commonwealth Act No. 477June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TO NAME "COMANDANTE QUEZON HIGHWAY" THE ROAD FROM BALANGA TO BAGAC, PROVINCE OF BATAAN.Commonwealth Act No. 478June 17, 1939
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF PER DIEMS TO VICE-MAYORS AND COUNCILORS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SPECIALLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES AND OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS OF ALL PROVINCES.Commonwealth Act No. 479June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE PILAR IRRIGATION SYSTEM FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF PILAR PROVINCE OF BATAAN TO THE DISTRICT ENGINEER OF THE SAID PROVINCE.Commonwealth Act No. 480June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR, KNOWN AS THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LAW.Commonwealth Act No. 481June 17, 1939
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY, MANUEL L. QUEZON, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION KNOWN AS THE "GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE CROWN OF ITALY," CONFERRED UPON HIM BY HIS MAJESTY, THE KING OF ITALY.Commonwealth Act No. 482June 17, 1939
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY MANUEL L. QUEZON PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO ACCEPT THE GIFT CONSISTING OF ARMS OF MEXICAN MANUFACTURE TENDERED HIM BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.Commonwealth Act No. 483June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, THREE AND FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY TO HOLD HORSE RACES, WITH BETTING, FOR CHARITABLE AND CIVIC PURPOSES AND TO PROMOTE HORSE BREEDING IN THESE ISLANDS."Commonwealth Act No. 484June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TO PERMIT BETS IN THE GAME OF BASQUE PELOTA.Commonwealth Act No. 485June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TO GRANT ESPERANZA LUCERNA A FRANCHISE, FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN ILOG, OCCIDENTAL NEGROS.Commonwealth Act No. 486June 17, 1939
• ACT TO GRANT THE COTABATO LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE FOR.AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN COTABATO, COTABATO.Commonwealth Act No. 487June 17, 1939
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING ROMAN BALUYUT TO SELL, CONVEY. ASSIGN, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER HIS FRANCHISE AND ALL PROPERTY AND RIGHTS ACQUIRED UNDER ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, IN FAVOR OF THE RIVERSIDE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED.Commonwealth Act No. 488June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SEVEN AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT.Commonwealth Act No. 489June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TO GRANT REGULARLY APPOINTED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES VACATION AND SICK LEAVE BY AMENDING SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR AND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE-A OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY.Commonwealth Act No. 490June 17, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY, ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR WE PROTECTION OF GAME AND FISH. "Commonwealth Act No. 491June 17, 1939
• 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-EIGHTCommonwealth Act No. 473June 16, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ITEMS AND TO INSERT OTHERS UNDER SECTION ONE PARAGRAPH A, AND TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY.Commonwealth Act No. 474June 16, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINETY-SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."Commonwealth Act No. 475June 16, 1939
• ASSESSMENT LAWCommonwealth Act No. 470June 15, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND THREE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND AND COMPILE THE LAW RELATING TO FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"Commonwealth Act No. 471June 15, 1939
• AN ACT REVISING THE GENERAL AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICT COUNCILS TO LEVY TAXES, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.Commonwealth Act No. 472June 15, 1939
• AN ACT TO REVISE, AMEND AND CODIFY THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS OF THE PHILIPPINESCommonwealth Act No. 466June 14, 1939
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMON­WEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY.Commonwealth Act No. 467June 14, 1939
• AN ACT TO CREATE AN ADVANCE FUND OF TWO MILLION PESOS TO FINANCE A GENERAL REVISION OF REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS IN THE PROVINCES.Commonwealth Act No. 468June 14, 1939
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.Commonwealth Act No. 469June 14, 1939
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-EIGHT AND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DAVAO, RELATIVE TO TAXES ON REAL ESTATE IN THE SAID CITY.Commonwealth Act No. 462June 13, 1939
• AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PERIOD WITHIN WHICH THE PAYMENT OF LOANS OF MUNICIPAL FUNDS MAY BE MADE.Commonwealth Act No. 463June 13, 1939
• AN ACT TO REMIT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, UNPAID TAXES AND PENALTIES ON FORFEITED REAL PROPERTY.Commonwealth Act No. 464June 13, 1939