AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
D) RA 386
1953THE ARBITRATION LAW
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MAKING OF ARBITRATION AND SUBMISSION AGREEMENTS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS AND THE PROCEDURE FOR ARBITRATION IN CIVIL CONTROVERSIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
C) RA 876
1954 AGRICULTURAL TENANCY ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES
AN ACT TO GOVERN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LANDHOLDERS AND TENANTS OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS (LEASEHOLDS AND SHARE TENANCY) August 30, 1954
B) RA 1199
1960 ANTI GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT
Section 1. Statement of policy. It is the policy of the Philippine Government, in line with the principle that a public office is a public trust, to repress certain acts of public officers and private persons alike which constitute graft or corrupt practices or which may lead thereto.
B) RA 3019
1963AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORMCODE
AN ACT TO ORDAIN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE AND TO INSTITUTE LAND REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES, INCLUDING THE ABOLITION OF TENANCY AND THE CHANNELING OF CAPITAL INTO INDUSTRY, PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
A) RA 3844
1964 LAND TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CODE
AN ACT TO COMPILE THE LAWS RELATIVE TO LAND TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC RULES, TO CREATE A LAND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
A) RA 4136
1966 CULTURAL PROPERTIES PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION ACT
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 374 January 10, 1974
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4846, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "CULTURAL PROPERTIES PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION ACT"
A) RA 4846
1966 ACT CREATING THE LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
July 18, 1966
AN ACT CREATING THE LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
D) RA 4850
1971 ACT CREATING THE METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND DISSOLVING THE NATIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY
D) RA 6234
1972 REALTY INSTALLMENT BUYER ACT
AN ACT TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO BUYERS OF REAL ESTATE ON INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS.
D) RA 6552
1988 COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW OF 1988
June 10, 1988
AN ACT INSTITUTING A COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INDUSTRIALIZATION, PROVIDING THE MECHANISM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
C) RA 6657
1990 ACT AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
July 9, 1990
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND FOR THE OTHER PURPOSES
C) RA 6957
1990 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES CONTROL ACT OF 1990
October 26, 1990
AN ACT TO CONTROL TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
C) RA 6969
1991 MAGNA CARTA FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES
January 24, 1991 as amended by R.A. 8289
AN ACT TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND ASSIST SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES THROUGH THE CREATION OF A SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT (SMED) COUNCIL, AND THE RATIONALIZATION OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
A) RA 6977
1991 PEOPLE’S SMALL-SCALE MINING ACT OF 1991
June 27, 1991
AN ACT CREATING A PEOPLE'S SMALL-SCALE MINING PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
B) RA 7076
1991LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
October 10, 1991
Setion 41(b) Amended by RA 8553 Setion 43 Amended by RA 8553
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
A) RA 7160
1992 URBAN DEVELOPMENTAND HOUSING ACT OF 1992 (UDHA)
C) RA 7279
1992 NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM ACT OF 1992 (NIPAS)
A) RA 7586
1992 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN (SEP) FOR PALAWANACT
D) RA 7611
1994 THE PHILIPPINE BOT LAW
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”
B) RA 7718
1994 ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED SHELTER AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FINANCING PROGRAM BY
C) RA 7835
1999 THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE ACT OF 1995 (SEZA)
C) RA 7916
1995 PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995
D) RA 7942
1995 COCONUT PRESERVATION ACT OF 1995
C) RA 8048
1996 THE CONDOMINIUM ACT
C) RA 4726
1997 THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS ACT OF 1997” (IPRA)
C) RA 8371
1997 TAX REFORM ACT OF 1997
C) RA 8424
1997 AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1997 (AFMA)
D) RA 8435
1998THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998
D) RA 8550
1999 PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999
D) RA 8749
2000 RETAIL TRADE LIBERALIZATION ACT OF 2000
A) RA 8762
2000 ACT TO ENSURE THE EXPEDITIOUS IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLETION OF GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
D) RA 8975
2000 PRC MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2000
D) RA 8981
2000 ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000
D) RA 9003
2001 NATIONAL CAVES AND CAVE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION ACT
A) RA 9072
2001 WILDLIFE RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION ACT
B) RA 9147
2002 CHAINSAW ACT OF 2002
A) RA 9175
2002 GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REFORM ACT
B) RA 9184
2004 PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 2004
D) RA 9275
2007 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992 (UDHA) AMENDMENT
March 18, 2007
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 12 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
C) RA 9397
2007 BIO-FUELS ACT OF 2006
A) RA 9367
2007 VOLUNTEER ACT OF 2007
D) RA 9418
2008 MAGNA CARTA FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSMES)
May 23, 2008
AN ACT TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY STRENGTHENING DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6977, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MAGNA CARTA FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
C) RA 9501
2008 SOCIALIZED AND LOW-COST HOUSING LOAN RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 2008
A) RA 9507
2008 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ACT OF 2008
B) RA 9512
2008 RENEWABLE ENERGY ACT OF 2008
A) RA 9513
2008 REVISED FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES OF 2008
A) RA 9514
2008 PHILIPPINE COOPERATIVE CODE OF 2008
B) RA 9520
2009 AN ACT TO DEFINE THE BASELINES OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA OF THE PHILIPPINES
B) RA 9522
2009 THE TOURISM ACT OF 2009
C) RA 9593
2009 THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN
B) RA 9710
2009 CLIMATE CHANGEACT OF 2009
D) RA 9729
2009 MAGNA CARTA FOR HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS
C) RA 9904
2010 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF FREE PATENTS TO RESIDENTIAL LANDS
B) RA 10023
2010 NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009
D) RA 10066
2010 PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010
A) RA 10121
2013 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ACT OF 2013
B) RA 10587
- CREATING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (NEDA)
A) PD 107
1972 LAND REFORM - EMANCIPATION FROM BONDAGE
A) PD 27
AMENDMENTS AND RELATED LAWS
C) PD 198
1975 REVISED FORESTRY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
D) PD 705
1975 CODE ON SANITATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
A) PD 856
1976 CREATING THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTSCOMMISSION
C) PD 933
1976 REQUIRING THE PLANTING OF TREES
A) PD 953
1976 REGULATING THE SALE OF SUBDIVISION LOTS AND CONDOMINIUMS
D) PD 957
1976 NATIONAL POLLUTION CONTROL DECREE OF 1976
A) PD 984
1976 THE WATER CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
D) PD 1067
1977 NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
B) PD 1096
1977 PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
A) PD 1151
- DEFINING "OPEN SPACES" IN RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS
D) PD 1216
- REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN
THE PHILIPPINES
A) PD 1308
- EMPOWERING NHA TO ISSUE WRITOF EXECUTIVE & ENFORCEMENT UNDER PD 957
A) PD 1344
1977 PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT CODE
A) PD 1152
1978 URBAN LAND REFORM
D) PD 1517
1978 PROPERTY REGISTRATION DECREE
C) PD 1529
1978 ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SYSTEM (EIS)
B) PD 1586
2011 NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM (NGP)
A) EO 26
2011 CONSOLIDATING PROCUREMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR ALL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
C) EO 40
1993 DEVOLVING THE POWERS OF THE HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD TO APPROVE SUBDIVISION PLANS, TO CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
D) EO 71
1981 REORGANIZING THE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS REGULATORY COMMISSION
D) EO 648
1986 PREPARATION OF CLUP (1993)
C) EO 72
1994 CREATING THE HUDCC_ RENAMING HSRC TO HLURB
C) EO 90
1987 HLURB SOCIALIZED HOUSING ONE-STOP SHOP
A) EO 184
1981 OMNIBUS INVESTMENTS CODE
A) EO 226
1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
C) 1987
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)
D) UNCLOS
ON THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF INFORMAL SETTLERS
C) CHR(IV) No A 2011-003
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
A) AGENDA 21
1992 INTERIM GUIDELINES ON AGRICULTURAL LAND USE CONVERSION
D) AO 20
1902THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT
A) ACT 496
1903 ACT PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE HOMESTEADING, SELLING, AND LEASING OF PORTIONS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
D) ACT 926
1936 THE PUBLIC LAND ACT
C) CA 141
1982 SOCIALIZED AND LOW COST HOUSING
C) BP 220
1983 ACT TO ENHANCE THE MOBILITY OF DISABLED PERSONS
B) BP 344
- RENAMING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR)
B) EO 192
Legal Bases for CLUP Formulation
Constitutional Bases
The Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures that
protect and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social,
economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by equitably
diffusing wealth and political power for the common good.
To this end, the State shall regulate the acquisition, ownership, use, and
disposition of property and its increments.
C) Article XIII, Section 1
Legal Bases for CLUP Formulation
Constitutional Bases
The use of property bears a social function, and all economic agents shall
contribute to the common good. Individuals and private groups, including
corporations, cooperatives, and similar collective organizations, shall have the
right to own, establish, and operate economic enterprises, subject to the duty of
the State to promote distributive justice and to intervene when the common
good so demands.
A) Article XII, Section 6
Legal Bases for CLUP Formulation
Local Mandates of LGUs as per RA 7160
The local government units shall, in conformity with existing laws, continue to
prepare their respective comprehensive land use plans enacted through
zoning ordinances, which shall be the primary and dominant bases for the future
use of land resources: Provided, That, the requirements for food production, human
settlements, and industrial expansion shall be taken into consideration in the
preparation of such plans.
A) Section 20 (c)
Responsibility of Sanggunian i. (vi) Prescribe reasonable limits and restraints on the use of property within the
jurisdiction of the municipality;
ii. (vii) Adopt a comprehensive land use plan for the municipality: Provided, That
the formulation, adoption, or modification of said plan shall be in coordination
with the approved provincial comprehensive land use plan;
iii. (viii) Reclassify land within the jurisdiction of the municipality, subject to the
pertinent provisions of this Code;
iv. (ix) Enact integrated zoning ordinances in consonance with the approved
comprehensive land use plan,
D) Section 447 (a) (2)
March 1, 2009
Defined the archipelagic baselines of the Philippines and described the Kalayaan Island Group and Panatag Shoal as a "Regime of Islands".
B) RA 9522
Revoking EO 183 issued during the Aquino administration, which created the Negros Island Region—collapsing into one region Negros Occidental (Region VI) and Negros Oriental (Region VII) known as the NIR, the 18th and newest region in the country.
D) EO 38
Changing the Name of "Benham Rise to "Philippine Rise"
