BP 8 Section 1

Adoption of the metric system.

Section 1

SECTION 1. Adoption of the metric system.—Effective January one, Nineteen hundred and eighty-three, the metric system (SI) as denned herein, shall be the sole measurement system to be used in the Philippines for all products, commodities, materials, utilities, services, and commercial transactions, in all contracts, deeds and other official and legal instruments and documents, in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered One hundred eighty-seven as amended by Presidential Decree Numbered Seven hundred forty-eight and this Act and their implementing rules and regulations.

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CitationBP 8 Section 1 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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