Republic Acts

Anti-Trafficking Act

Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003

SRC

Securities Regulation Code

An Act Further Amending Section Sixteen Hundred and Seventy-Four of the Revised Administrative Code

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

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

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

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Philippines became an independent nation on July 4, 1946 and proclaimed its adherence to the Geneva Red Cross Convention on February 14, 1947, and by that action indicated its desire to participate with the nations of the world in mitigating the suffering caused by war and to establish in the Philippines a voluntary organization for that purpose as contemplated by the Geneva Red Cross Convention;

An Act to Amend Section One Hundred and Eighty-Two of the Revised Administrative Code so as to Allow the General Land Registration Office to Use its Own Seal Instead of that of Courts of First Instance in All Processes Issued by or Through Said Office

An Act to Further Amend Section Fifty-Eight of Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, Otherwise Known as the Land Registration Act, as Amended by Act Numbered Forty Hundred and Twenty-Nine, and to Provide for Other Purposes

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 2, 11 (A) AND 55 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT ENTITLED "AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ANTIPOLO INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF ANTIPOLO." AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR AND AFFORDING STRONGER PROTECTION FOR THE WORKING CHILD, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACTNO. 7610, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION ACT"

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 10 (B) AND SECTION 58 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8797. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, BULACAN INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE" AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 8(A) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8507 ENTITLED, "AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF PARA—AQUE INTO A HIGHLY URBANIZED CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF PARA—AQUE"

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SECOND DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ TO BE LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUMALAG AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF SPECIAL ALLOWANCES FOR JUSTICES, JUDGES AND ALL OTHER POSITIONS IN THE JUDICIARY WITH THE EQUIVALENT RANK OF JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS AND JUDGES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE

AN ACT UPGRADING THE BATANGAS SUBDISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE OF LIPA CITY INTO A REGULAR DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE DISTRICT ENDINEERING OFFICE OF LIPA CITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT MAKING THE CITIZENSHIP OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENS WHO ACQUIRE FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP PERMANENT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

AN ACT CONSTITUTING THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OFFICE IN THE PROVINCE OF SULU INTO A SEPARATE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT CONVERTING THE SUBDISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DIMASALANG, 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE INTO A REGULAR DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE TO BE KNOWN AS 2ND DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NEW QUEZON SECOND DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE TO BE LOCATED IN LUCENA CITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT UPGRADING THE ALBAY SUBDISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE INTO A REGULAR DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE ALBAY SECOND DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE AND APPROPRIATION FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT CONSTITUTING THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL SUR INTO A SEPARATE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT CONSTITUTING THE FIRST DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU INTO TWO SEPARATE AND DISTINCT ENGINEERING OFFICES, ONE TO BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CEBU AND THE OTHER IN THE CITY OF DANAO, BOTH IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU

AN ACT DECLARING APRIL 15 OF EVERY YEAR AS PRESIDENT MANUEL A. ROXAS MEMORIAL DAY, THEREBY ASSIGNING THE NEAREST FRIDAY TO IT AS A SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE ENTIRE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ AND ROXAS CITY IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LATE PRESIDENT

AN ACT GRANTING THE PANAY TELEPHONE (PANTELCO II) CORPORATION II A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE CITY OF PASSI, MUNICIPALITIES OF CALINOG, LAMBUNAO, DUE—AS, SAN RAFAEL, SAN ENRIQUE AND POTOTAN, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO, INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, HAMTIC AND SIBALOM, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE, AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAPAZ, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8339, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING AIR PHILIPPINES CORPORATION (AIR PHILIPPINES) A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES"

AN ACT GRANTING THE NEWSOUNDS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7477, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE PEOPLE'S BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES RADIO BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7582, ENTITLED "AN ACT RENEWING THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO THE CONSOLIDATED BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE AUDIENCE, INCORPORATED TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWO, TO ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM THE DATE OF APPROVAL OF THIS ACT"