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26 documents · 1935, 1946

Commonwealth Act No. 9

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER GUESTS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES, TO ATTEND THE INAUGURATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT, BY INCREASING TO TWO HUNDRED N

1935
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 8

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS OUT OF THE SIXTY PER CENTUM" AVAILABLE FOR INVESTIGATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF PORTS OF THE "PORT WORKS FUND" CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND TO REIMBURSE IN PART THE PAYMENTS MADE IN PRIOR YEARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE INTERESTS AND SINKING FUNDS OF THE BONDS ISSUED BY VIRTUE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHT AND THE INTERESTS

1935
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 733

"3. Each of the qoutas provided for in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article for articles falling within one of the classes specified in Items A-1 and B, and D to G, each inclusive, of the Schedule to this Article shall be allocated annually by the Philippines to the manufacturers in the Philippines in the calendar year 1940 of products of a class fore which such qouta is established, and whose products of such class were exported to the United staqtes during such calendar year, or their successors

1946
17 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 732

AN ACT TO CREATE THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ORGANIZE SAID DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.

1946
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 731

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN OF ARTICLE V, BOOK I OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED.

1946
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 730

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO LIQUIDATE THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS PROTECTION BOND FUND AND APPLYING THE PROCEEDS THEREOF TO ANY DEFICIENCY IN THE SINKING FUND FOR ALL OUTSTANDING BONDS ISSUED BY THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT, ITS PROVINCES, CITIES, AND MUNICIPALITIES PRIOR TO MAY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR.

1946
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 729

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO GRANT TEMPORARY PERMITS TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINES RADIO TRANSMITTING STATIONS, RADIO RECEIVING STATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS.

1946
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 728

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN EXPORTS FROM THE PHILIPPINES, TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REGULATE, CONTROL, CURTAIL AND PROHIBIT SAID EXPORTS, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ACT AND OF REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT THERETO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1946
6 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 727

the public interest requires that a definite determination of debtor-creditor problems arising from the issuance and circulation of these fiat pesos be made in order to restore sound economic conditions in the Philippines; Now, therefore,

1946
13 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 726

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REHABILITATION OF PHILIPPINE BANKS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THAT END, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1946
12 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 725

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEXT ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.

1946
15 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 7

AN ACT TO CREATE A NATIONAL LOAN AND INVESTMENT BOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
8 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 6

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK TO WRITE UP THE VALUE OF CERTAIN ASSETS WHICH HAD BEEN CONSIDERED AS LOSSES AND WRITTEN OFF IN PURSUANCE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, TO PAY TO THE GOVERNMENT AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 5

AN ACT GIVING THE PRESIDENT FOR A LIMITED PERIOD AUTHORITY TO EFFECT URGENT REFORMS AND CHANGES IN THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS AND OFFICES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY, CREATING A GOVERNMENT SURVEY BOARD AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 4

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO HE LOANED TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE OR REDEMPTION BEFORE MATURITY OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY FIRST MORTGAGE SOUTHERN LINES FOUR PER CENT GOLD BONDS DUE MAY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 3

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ON THE JUDICIARY, BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND CREATING THE COURT OF APPEALS AND DEFINING THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
32 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 2

AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 17

AN ACT DESIGNATING THE DATE FOR THE OPENING OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

1935
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 16

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIXTY THOUSAND PESOS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF A FILIPINO ATHLETIC DELEGATION TO THE ELEVENTH OLYMPIAD.

1935
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 15

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU, PROVINCE OF CEBU, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX. AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 14

AN ACT FIXING THE SALARY OF THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT TWELVE THOUSAND PESOS PER ANNUM.

1935
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 13

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF INDIGENT SUFFERERS FROM TYPHOONS, FLOODS, OR OTHER PUBLIC CALAMITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 12

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE EXTERMINATION OR CONTROL OF LOCUSTS, TO BE EXPENDED IN THE MANNER AND PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, AND FOR THE CONTROL OF BUDROT AND OTHER COCOANUT PESTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 11

AN ACT TO VEST IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES OR IN SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS AS HE MAY DESIGNATE, FROM TIME TO TIME, ALL POWERS OVER THE GOVERNMENT BUSINESS COMPANIES HERETOFORE VESTED BY LAW IN THE BOARD OF CONTROL OR COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO REPRESENT THE STOCK HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT IN SUCH COMPANIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 10

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATIONS, COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE UNITED STATES, APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
7 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 1

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PENALIZING CERTAIN VIOLATIONS THEREOF, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1935
100 sections