Philippine Statutes — 1947

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• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIFTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY BY AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SAN PABLO TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM.Republic Act No. 129June 13, 1947
• AN ACT CONTINUING THE EXISTING CLASSIFICATIONS OF PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO MAKE PARTIAL READJUSTMENTS THEREOF.Republic Act No. 130June 13, 1947
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR (a) OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Republic Act No. 131June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO ALLOW THE MEMBERS OP THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM OPTION TO CONVERT THEIR POLICIES INTO PAID-UP POLICIES AND APPLY FOR NEW INSURANCE.Republic Act No. 132June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MORTGAGE OF PRIVATE REAL PROPERTY IN FAVOR OF ANY INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.Republic Act No. 133June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO AND TWO-A OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PUNISH ACTS OF EVASION OF THE LAWS ON THE NATIONALIZATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS, FRANCHISES OR PRIVILEGES," AS AMENDED, AND TO INSERT BETWEEN SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION THREE-A.Republic Act No. 134June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION FORTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONTROL AND REGULATE THE IMMIGRATION OF ALIENS INTO THE PHILIPPINES," AND TO REPEAL SUBSECTIONS (x) AND (y) OF SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Republic Act No. 135June 13, 1947
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF MONIES DUE TO DECEASED FILIPINO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, UNITED STATES NAVY, PHILIPPINE SCOUTS, PHILIPPINE ARMY, INCLUDING DULY RECOGNIZED GUERRILLA ORGANIZATIONS, AND DECEASED CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, AND DECEASED CIVILIANS WITH CLAIMS FOR SUPPLIES FURNISHED OR SERVICES RENDERED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND/OR TO THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Republic Act No. 136June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO PROHIBIT COCKFIGHTING, HORSE RACING AND JAI-ALAI GAMES ON THE FOURTH OF JULY OF EACH YEAR.Republic Act No. 137June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO DEFINE THE PAY STATUS OF PERSONNEL IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Republic Act No. 138June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A BOARD TO HAVE CHARGE OF THE SELECTION AND APPROVAL OF THE TEXTBOOKS TO BE USED BY THE COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO, AND THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO.Republic Act No. 139June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND TWO ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A HARBOR BOARD FOR THE PORT OF MANILA," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE AND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE.Republic Act No. 140June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED, AS AMENDEDRepublic Act No. 141June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF AUGUST FIVE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED.Republic Act No. 142June 13, 1947
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWENTY-FIVE MILLION PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKSRepublic Act No. 143June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIX, THIRTY-SEVEN, FORTY-TWO, FORTY-FOUR, FORTY-FIVE AND FORTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONTROL AND REGULATE THE IMMIGRATION OF ALIENS INTO THE PHILIPPINES" AND TO INSERT A NEW SECTION IN SAID ACT TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION TWENTY-TWO—A.Republic Act No. 144June 13, 1947
• AN ACT PENALIZING UNLAWFUL SOLICITATION OF, OR CONTRACT FOR, FEES RELATIVE TO CLAIMS OR BENEFITS UNDER STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES BEING ADMINISTERED BY THE UNITED STATES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Republic Act No. 145June 13, 1947
• AN ACT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OF MOTIONS OR PETITIONS FILED IN ANY COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES RELATIVE TO GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS OF ANY PERSON OR HIS ESTATE, OR BOTH, WHEN THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE ESTATE UNDER GUARDIANSHIP IS DERIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.Republic Act No. 146June 13, 1947
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION OF ELECTIVE PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND OF THE EIGHT SENATORS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER ELEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN.Republic Act No. 147June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH "C," SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-TWO.Republic Act No. 148June 13, 1947
• AN ACT REAPPROPRIATING AND MAKING AVAILABLE ALL BALANCES OF THE APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED UNDER ITEMS J-IV-2 AND J-IV-14 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY REMAINING UNEXPENDED ON JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, FOR THE OPENING OF NEW OR ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY CLASSES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.Republic Act No. 149June 13, 1947
• AN ACT EXTENDING UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE GRANTED BY THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA TO CHARLES M. SWIFT, AND LATER TAKEN OVER BY THE MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF MANILA AND ITS SUBURBS.Republic Act No. 150June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.Republic Act No. 151June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Republic Act No. 152June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.Republic Act No. 153June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-FIVE, GRANTING CERTAIN PRIVILEGES TO VETERANS IN TAKING THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Republic Act No. 154June 13, 1947
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRINTING AND ISSUE OF SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS IN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS.Republic Act No. 155June 13, 1947
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REGISTER OF DEEDS TO USE THE SEAL OF HIS OFFICE, INSTEAD OF THAT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND OTHER PAPERS WHICH REQUIRE A SEAL AND WHICH ARE ISSUED BY HIS OFFICE.Republic Act No. 113June 6, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE SUBSECTION (h) OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Republic Act No. 114June 6, 1947
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR REFORESTATION AND AFFORESTATION OF DENUDED AREAS AND COGON OR OPEN LANDS WITHIN FOREST RESERVES, COMMUNAL FORESTS, NATIONAL PARKS, TIMBER LANDS, SAND DUNES, AND OTHER PUBLIC FOREST LANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Republic Act No. 115June 6, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Republic Act No. 116June 6, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT," AS AMENDED, FIXING A NEW SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CLERKS OF COURTS, SHERIFFS AND REGISTERS OF DEEDS.Republic Act No. 117June 6, 1947
• AN ACT REQUIRING ALIENS SEEKING TO ENTER THE PHILIPPINES TO PAY THE SUM OF FIFTY PESOS FOR EACH CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE, THEREBY AMENDING ITEM (10) OF PARAGRAPH (a) OF SECTION FORTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN.Republic Act No. 118June 6, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, INSTEAD OF DOLLARS, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR WHICH A MONEY ORDER MAY BE ISSUED.Republic Act No. 119June 6, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF ACT NUMBERED KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF SAID SECTION MORE EFFECTIVE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Republic Act No. 102June 1, 1947
• AN ACT INCREASING THE MAXIMUM LIMIT OF THE SALARIES OF MAYORS, SECRETARIES AND TREASURERS OF MUNICIPALITIES IN REGULARLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED.Republic Act No. 103June 1, 1947
• AN ACT REQUIRING CORPORATIONS, AGENCIES OR INSTRUMENTALITIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY TAXES, DUTIES, FEES, AND OTHER CHARGES.Republic Act No. 104June 1, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AS AMENDED, INCREASING THE FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.Republic Act No. 105June 1, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE. ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP MAY BE LOST OR REACQUIRED."Republic Act No. 106June 1, 1947
• AN ACT SETTING A NEW TIME LIMIT WITHIN WHICH IMPERFECT OR INCOMPLETE TITLES COVERING LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN MAY BE JUDICIALLY CONFIRMED, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTIONS FORTY-FIVE AND FORTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC LAND ACT, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO.Republic Act No. 107June 1, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Republic Act No. 108June 1, 1947
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TEN, COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE, BY INCREASING THE DOCUMENTARY STAMP TO BE AFFIXED BY AN ALIEN TO CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.Republic Act No. 109June 1, 1947
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRINTING AND ISSUE OF SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.Republic Act No. 110June 1, 1947
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION NINE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE, TRANSFER, MORTGAGE OR ASSIGNMENT OF GOODS, WARES, MERCHANDISE, PROVISIONS OR MATERIALS, IN BULK, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF."Republic Act No. 111June 1, 1947
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF MANILA BY DREDGING THE HARBORS, THE PASIG RIVER, AND THE NAVIGABLE ESTEROS.Republic Act No. 112June 1, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ENTITLED "AN ACT FORT EH PURPOSE OF FOUNDING A UNIVERSITY FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND, GIVING IT CORPORATE EXISTENCE, PROVIDING FOR A BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, PROVIDING HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY ELIMINATING THE PROVISIONS EXCLUDING THE ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AMONG PERSONS WHO MAY BE CONFERRED HONORARY DEGREES BY THE UNIVERSITY.Republic Act No. 101May 29, 1947
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ANY COMMISSIONER OF THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF, ATTORNEYS OF THE LEGAL AID OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, TO ADMINISTER OATHS ON CLAIM PAPERS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION.Republic Act No. 100April 15, 1947
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AND SECTIONS SEVEN AND EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE.Republic Act No. 96March 23, 1947
• AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM THE TECHNICAL EXAMINATION APPLICANTS FOR CERTIFICATE AS THIRD MATES WHO ARE GRADUATES OF THE PHILIPPINE NAUTICAL SCHOOL WHO HAVE SERVED AS AGREGADO A PILOTO IN A SEAGOING SAILING VESSEL OR IN A SEAGOING STEAMER, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (d) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Republic Act No. 97March 23, 1947
• AN ACT PRESCRIBING A NEW SCALE OF SALARIES ALLOWABLE FOR CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.Republic Act No. 98March 23, 1947