Act No. 1303

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO MARTIN M. LEVERING A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU, PROVINCE OF CEBU.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 23, 1905

Act No. 1459

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FORMATION AND ORGANIZATION OF CORPORATIONS, DEFINING THEIR POWERS, FIXING THE DUTIES OF DIRECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS THEREOF, DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF SHAREHOLDERS AND MEMBERS, PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH CORPORATIONS MAY TRANSACT BUSINESS, AND REPEALING CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE AND ALL LAWS OR PARTS OF LAWS IN CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 28, 1906
Major Topic

Act No. 2384

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF AMERICA A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS A STATION FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 27, 1914
Major Topic

Act No. 2720

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING GEORGE H. FAIRCHILD TO ORGANIZE A CORPORATION UNDER THE LAWS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OF ANY STATE THEREOF, WITH POWERS TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY YEARS CERTAIN LANDS SITUATED WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF MINDORO AND TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE AN IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM THEREON.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
May 15, 1917
Major Topic

Act No. 2721

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY TO LEASE OR GRANT PERMITS FOR THE USE OF FOREST LANDS FOR SAWMILLS AND TIMBER DEPOTS, AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOTELS, SANATORIA, RESIDENCES, CAMPS, FISHPONDS, PASTURES, OR OTHER LAWFUL USES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
May 15, 1917
Major Topic

Act No. 2975

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN FOREIGN CORPORATIONS TO HOLD IN LEASE PUBLIC LANDS FOR WHICH APPLICATION WAS MADE BY THEM AFTER FEBRUARY EIGHT, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN AND BEFORE NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 20, 1921
Major Topic

Act No. 3495

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE ROBERT DOLLAR COMPANY, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITION OF THE SAME.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 7, 1928
Major Topic

Act No. 3513

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE "MACKAY RADIO AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA," UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES, AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 7, 1928
Major Topic

Act No. 3590

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN GRANTING TO THE MACKAY RADIO AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS, LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 28, 1929
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 1355

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO A REVISED AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE BASIS OF THE FINAL ACT OF NEGOTIATIONS RELATIVE TO THE REVISION OF THE 1946 TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH WAS SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, D.C. ON DECEMBER 15, 1954.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 18, 1955
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 1841

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING THE EDWARD J. NELL COMPANY AND/OR ITS SISTER COMPANY, THE AIRCON, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND-BASED AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 22, 1957
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 1861

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING MR. A.J. WILLS A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE TELEVISION STATIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE TITLE AND SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 22, 1957
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 2984

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING MR. WASHINGTON BRODITH A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A RADIO BROADCASTING STATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GINGOOG, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, PHILIPPINES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 19, 1960
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 2987

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE TRANSFER OF THE TEMPORARY PERMIT GRANTED TO MR. A. J. WILLS BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, IN FAVOR OF THE BLUE NETWORK, INCORPORATED.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 19, 1960
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 4076

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING ROBERT 0. PHILLIPS A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A HYDROFOIL FERRY SERVICE WITHIN MANILA BAY INCLUDING WATERS ALONG CORREGIDOR, BATAAN, CAVITE, ZAMBALES AND OTHER NEIGHBORING BAY AREAS.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 18, 1964

Republic Act No. 5002

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO 'THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA TELEGRAPH COMPANY LIMITED' AND ITS PERMITTED ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO LAND, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AT MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINES A SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE CONNECTING MANILA WITH HONGKONG AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 17, 1967
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 503

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 12, 1950
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 5171

Full Title
AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE ENTRY INTO THE PHILIPPINES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADERS AND INVESTORS OF FOREIGN NATIONALITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SUBPARAGRAPH (D) OF SECTION NINE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUDRED THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND THREE.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
August 4, 1967
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 5455

Full Title
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT THE MAKING OF INVESTMENTS AND THE DOING OF BUSINESS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES BY FOREIGNERS OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS OWNED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY FOREIGNERS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOUND AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY ON A SELF-SUSTAINING BASIS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
September 30, 1968
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 5490

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING MARIVELES, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, A PORT OF ENTRY BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE THEREIN; CREATING A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE AUTHORITY; AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 21, 1969
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 7042

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROMOTE FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, PRESCRIBE THE PROCEDURES FOR REGISTERING ENTERPRISES DOING BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 12, 1991
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 7227

Full Title
AN ACT ACCELERATING THE CONVERSION OF MILITARY RESERVATIONS INTO OTHER PRODUCTIVE USES, CREATING THE BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THIS PURPOSE, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
March 12, 1992
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 7642

Full Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR TAX EVASION, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE PERTINENT SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 27, 1992

Republic Act No. 7718

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6957, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
May 4, 1994

Republic Act No. 7721

Full Title
AC ACT LIBERALIZING THE ENTRY AND SCOPE OF OPERATIONS OF FOREIGN BANKS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
May 17, 1994
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 7888

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 7 (13) OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 226, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS INVESTMENT CODE OF 1987.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 19, 1995
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 7903

Full Title
AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND FREE PORT IN THE CITY OF ZAMBOANGA CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE ZAMBOANGA CITY SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 23, 1995
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 7916

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND MECHANISM FOR THE CREATION, OPERATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND COORDINATION OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY (PEZA) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 24, 1995
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 7918

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 39, TITLE III OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 226, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS INVESTMENT CODE OF 1987, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 24, 1995
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 7919

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING LEGAL RESIDENCE STATUS TO CERTAIN ALIENS THROUGH A SOCIAL INTEGRATION PROGRAM IN THE PHILIPPINES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 24, 1995
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 7922

Full Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND FREE PORT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA ANA AND THE NEIGHBORING ISLANDS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF APARRI, PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
February 23, 1995
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 808

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO "THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA TELEGRAPH COMPANY LIMITED" AND ITS PERMITTED ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO LAND, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AT MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINES A SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE CONNECTING MANILA WITH HONGKONG AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 8366

Full Title
AN ACT LIBERALIZING THE PHILIPPINE INVESTMENT HOUSE INDUSTRY, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 129, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INVESTMENT HOUSES LAW.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 21, 1997
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 8756

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS OF REGIONAL OR AREA HEADQUARTERS, REGIONAL OPERATING HEADQUARTERS, AND REGIONAL WAREHOUSES OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 226, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS INVESTMENTS CODE OF 1987.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 22, 1999
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 8762

Full Title
AN ACT LIBERALIZING THE RETAIL TRADE BUSINESS, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1180, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
March 7, 2000
Major Topic