Republic Acts of 1948

144 laws enacted in 1948.

• RA 198An act appropriating the sum of one hundred thousand pesos to defray the expenses of the training, preparation and participation of a filipino athletic delegation in the nineteen hundred and forty-eight olympics in london
• RA 199Republic act no. 199: an act to provide for the retirement of treasury certificates of pre-war series and for other purposes
• RA 200An act to provide for the disposition of the proceeds of the grand derby races held by the philippine tuberculosis society
• RA 201Republic act no. 201
• RA 202An act amending section one of republic act numbered thirty-six, continuing in full force sections two to thirty-eight thereof, and appropriating the additional sum of six and one-half million pesos to carry out the purpose of the said act and for other purpose
• RA 203An act to amend subsection (g) of section twenty-five of commonwealth act numbered one, as amended, by establishing the nurse corps in the medical service of the armed forces of the philippines
• RA 204An act converting the sitios of angas, biga, kamandungan, kilokilo and makulapnit of the municipality of santa cruz, province of marinduque, into independent barrios
• RA 205An act to remit the interest which accrued from january first, nineteen hundred and forty-two, to june thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-six, on all obligations contracted by provincial, city and municipal governments in favor of the national government or of any of the government-owned or controlled corporations, and to extend for a period of four years and six months the payment of such obligations
• RA 206An act allowing mayors, municipal treasurers, municipal secretaries and members of the police force of municipalities in the specially-organized provinces the same scale or rates of compensation provided for the said municipal officers and members of the police force of the municipalities in the regularly-organized provinces
• RA 207An act authorizing the president of the philippines within a period of two years to appoint officers from the reserve force into the regular force of the armed forces of the philippines above the grade of second lieutenant
• RA 208An act providing a life pension for widows of ex-presidents of the philippines
• RA 209An act to amend the title and sections one, three, seven, and eight of republic act numbered one hundred and thirty-six
• RA 210An act exempting officers and enlisted men of the army of the philippines who served in the armed forces of the united states from the payment of income tax on their compensation, insurance, and maintenance and support allowances earned by virtue of such service corresponding to the taxable years nineteen hundred and forty-two to nineteen hundred and forty-five, inclusive, and providing for the refund of taxes heretofore collected on income so earned
• RA 211An act authorizing the retirement and redemption of the circulating notes lawfully issued by the philippine national bank and the registration and deposit of such notes illegally issued, appropriating funds therefor.
• RA 212An act creating the barrio of san juan in the municipality of mabini, province of batangas
• RA 213An act to amend section one of republic act numbered sixteen entitled "an act authorizing the president of the philippines to obtain such loans or incur such indebtedness with the government of the united states, its agencies and instrumentalities as may be necessary to cover budgetary deficits and other expenditures of the government of the republic of the philippines for rehabilitation and other purposes, and appropriating the necessary funds therefor"
• RA 214An act granting monetary rewards to any person who shall locate or find the remains of the late congressman wenceslao vinzons and governor roque ablan
• RA 215An act to amend section one of the republic act numbered eighty-one providing a new time limit for the waiver of, and/or extension of the period within which to perform, accomplish or comply with, any term, condition, or stipulation required of locators, holders, lessees, operators of mining claims or concessions, and of water rights and timber concessions connected with the mining industry, and the condonation of mining, specific and real estate taxes, under certain terms and conditions
• RA 216An act to authorize the expenditure of the proceeds of a loan now being applied for by the government for the construction of certain hydro-electric power projects and the erection of a fertilizer plant.
• RA 217An act to amend sections one hundred and eighty-four and one hundred and eighty-five of commonwealth act numbered four hundred and sixty-six, otherwise known as the national internal revenue code, as amended
• RA 218An act to amend section two hundred eighty-four and section two hundred eighty-five-a of the revised administrative code, as amended
• RA 219An act amending sections one hundred thirty-three, one hundred thirty-four, one hundred thirty-five, and one hundred thirty-seven of the national internal revenue code
• RA 220An act authorizing the municipality of tabaco, province of albay, to acquire such land or lands necessary for the establishment of a workmens barrio in said municipality and for other purposes
• RA 221An act to transfer the barrio of tuburan‑solbud from the municipality of santa barbara to the municipality of zarraga, both of the province of iloilo
• RA 222Act authorizing the government of the republic of the philippines, through the peoples homesite and housing corporation, to guarantee not more than fifty per cent of the losses which may be sustained on loans granted by banks and credit institutions to finance home construction and/or ownership, and for other purposes
• RA 223An act to amend section nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended by commonwealth act numbered three hundred and sixty-two, and section nineteen hundred and nineteen of the administrative code, act numbered twenty-seven hundred and eleven
• RA 224An act to create a public corporation to be known as the "national airports corporation," to define its powers and duties, to appropriate the necessary funds therefor, and for other purposes
• RA 225An act to amend sections thirty-seven and seventy-six of commonwealth act numbered one hundred and thirty-seven, as amended, otherwise known as the mining act
• RA 226An act prohibiting the use of the emblem, official seal, and name of the united nations for commercial purposes
• RA 227An act to exempt from the payment of income and other taxes the amounts collected by a taxpayer for damages suffered during the war
• RA 228An act amending section one thousand six hundred and ninety-two of the revised administrative code regarding data and documents to be supplied to the bureau of public libraries
• RA 229An act to prohibit cockfighting, horse racing and jai-alai on the thirtieth day of december of each year and to create a committee to take charge of the proper celebration of rizal day in every municipality and chartered city, and for other purposes
• RA 230An act to further amend section two thousand and nineteen of the revised administrative code, as amended by commonwealth act numbered three hundred and ninety-four, regarding postal savings bank special withdrawals
• RA 231An act to raise the fees on transfer of large cattle amending therefor section five hundred and twenty-eight of the revised administrative code
• RA 232An act to separate the barrios of ungale, tucdao, and inasuyan from the municipality of caibiran, province of leyte, and to merge these barrios with the municipality of kawayan, of the same province
• RA 233An act to amend section one of republic act numbered seventy
• RA 234An act to amend the second paragraph of section twenty-four hundred and thirty-nine of the revised administrative code by fixing the salaries of members of the municipal board of the city of manila
• RA 235An act appropriating the sum of one hundred thousand pesos to defray the expenses of the special elections to fill existing vacancies in the house of representatives called in proclamation numbered fifty-three, dated february three, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, of the president of the philippines, and for other purposes
• RA 236An act authorizing the president to define the boundaries of nueva vizcaya
• RA 237An act to amend sections fifty-three, ninety-one and ninety-two of the national defense act, as amended
• RA 238An act to revise the procedure in the adoption of municipal budgets, amending sections twenty-two hundred and ninety-five, twenty-two hundred and ninety-six, and twenty-two hundred and ninety-seven of the revised administrative code
• RA 239An act to provide free emergency dental treatment for employees and laborers of commercial, industrial and agricultural establishments, and to penalize the violation thereof
• RA 240An act providing for the attachment of the property of the defendant in criminal action, by amending for this purpose the rules of court
• RA 241An act to amend section twenty-five of act numbered thirty-six hundred and thirteen, otherwise known as "the marriage law," by extending the period of the exemption from the formal requirements of marriage granted therein to mohammedans and pagans
• RA 242An act to amend certain provisions of commonwealth act numbered four hundred and eight, otherwise known as the articles of war
• RA 243An act to amend section twenty-nine of act numbered twenty-seven hundred and eleven, otherwise known as the revised administrative code, as amended by republic act numbered fifty-seven
• RA 244An act to amend the charter of the city of cebu
• RA 245Act authorizing the secretary of finance to borrow to meet public expenditures authorized by law, and for other purposes
• RA 246An act appropriating fifty thousand pesos to defray the expenses of a state funeral for manuel roxas and for the erection of a temporary mausoleum to contain his remains
• RA 247An act to amend act numbered thirty-eight hundred and ninety-three, entitled "bonded warehouse act," extending the scope and purview thereof, providing annual license fee, limiting the use of the word "bonded," providing penalties for violation thereof, and appropriating funds needed therefor, and for other purposes
• RA 248An act to prohibit the reprinting, reproduction or republication of government publications and official documents without previous authority
• RA 249An act appropriating the sum of two hundred thousand pesos for the purpose of canvassing, locating, and evaluating deposits of minerals needed in the development of philippine industries
• RA 250An act creating the municipality of burdeos in the province of quezon
• RA 251An act authorizing the secretary of finance to designate officers and employees of the department of finance to perform special duties relating to the administration of customs and revenue laws
• RA 252An act to change the name of the municipality of luzurriaga, province of negros oriental, to that of "valencia"
• RA 253An act amending sections one hundred and eighty-three and one hundred and ninety of the national internal revenue code, as amended
• RA 254An act authorizing the municipality of catbalogan, province of samar, to acquire such land or lands as may be necessary for the establishment of a workmens barrio and boys town in said municipality
• RA 255An act extending the term of the franchise in pursuance to the authority granted under legislative act numbered three thousand two hundred and fifteen to gabriel t. hernandez, and later taken over by the cacho and hidalgo co-partnership, to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat and power system in the municipality of daet, province of camarines norte
• RA 256An act granting felix maronilla, jr., a franchise for an electric light, heat and power system in libon, albay
• RA 257An act converting the sitio of tagcatong in the municipality of nasipit, agusan, into a barrio to be known as "barrio tagcatong"
• RA 258An act granting domiciano b. de jesus and emilio olores a franchise for an electric light, heat and power system in the municipality of bani, province of pangasinan
• RA 259An act to amend section five of republic act numbered thirty-six
• RA 260An act appropriating the sum of fifty-six million twenty thousand pesos for public works
• RA 261An act to amend section one hundred eighty-nine of commonwealth act numbered four hundred sixty-six, otherwise known as the national internal revenue code, as amended
• RA 262An act to recreate the former municipality of mercedes, province of samar
• RA 263An act converting the municipal districts of concord and hinabangan, province of samar, into a regular municipality
• RA 264An act to create the municipality of can-avid in the province of samar
• RA 265An act establishing the central bank of the philippines, defining its powers in the administration of the monetary and banking system, amending the pertinent provisions of the administrative code with respect to the currency and the bureau of banking, and for other purposes
• RA 266An act appropriating such sums as may from time to time be released by the central bank representing excess monetary reserves, and authorizing the president of the philippines to issue bonds, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness covering such amounts
• RA 267An act authorizing cities and municipalities to contract loans for the purpose of purchasing or expropriating homesites and subdividing them for resale at cost
• RA 268An act creating the municipality of el salvador, province of misamis oriental
• RA 269An act creating the municipality of jiabong, province of samar
• RA 270An act to amend commonwealth act numbered six hundred and forty-seven granting maternity leave to women who are in the service of the government or of any of its instrumentalities under temporary appointments
• RA 271An act to abolish the merit and trial board in the city of manila, to restore the police department thereof to its status prior to the approval of commonwealth act numbered six hundred ninety-eight, repealing for the purpose said act, and reviving the provisions of the administrative code, commonwealth act numbered one hundred seventy-seven, and all other acts or parts of acts which were expressly or impliedly repealed by commonwealth act numbered six hundred ninety-eight
• RA 272An act further amending section two thousand four hundred sixty-five of the revised administrative code, as last amended by commonwealth act numbered five hundred and thirty-seven
• RA 273An act amending sections one hundred ninety-seven and two hundred of act numbered two thousand four hundred and twenty-seven, otherwise known as "the insurance act," and for other purposes
• RA 274An act authorizing the director of lands to subdivide the lands within military reservations belonging to the republic of the philippines which are no longer needed for military purposes, and to dispose of the same by sale subject to certain conditions, and for other purposes
• RA 275An act further amending section two thousand four hundred sixty-five of the revised administrative code, as last amended by commonwealth act numbered five hundred and thirty-seven
• RA 276An act to amend certain sections of commonwealth act numbered one hundred and fifty-eight, as amended, otherwise known as the charter of the city of iloilo
• RA 277An act authorizing the director of lands to subdivide the lands within military reservations belonging to the republic of the philippines which are no longer needed for military purposes, and to dispose of the same by sale subject to certain conditions, and for other purposes
• RA 278An act to rehabilitate the ormoc electric company, organized under act numbered twenty-seven hundred and seventy, by extending the term of its franchise to twenty-five years from the date of its expiration on march four, nineteen hundred and fifty-three
• RA 279An act to extend the effects of the provisions of act numbered forty-one hundred and sixty-six, entitled "an act to provide for the limitation, regulation, and allocation of sugar produced in the philippine islands, and for the processing and marketing thereof, and for other purposes," as amended
• RA 280An act further amending section sixteen hundred and seventy-five of the revised administrative code, fixing salaries of provincial fiscals
• RA 281An act creating the municipality of san policarpo in the province of samar
• RA 282An act to extend the effects of the provisions of act numbered forty-one hundred and sixty-six, entitled "an act to provide for the limitation, regulation, and allocation of sugar produced in the philippine islands, and for the processing and marketing thereof, and for other purposes," as amended
• RA 283An act amending section one of republic act numbered fifty-eight
• RA 284An act amending section eleven hundred and fifty-one of the revised administrative code, as amended by act numbered thirty-one hundred and six, and commonwealth acts numbered one hundred and seventy-five, six hundred and sixty-eight and six hundred and seventy-seven, by adding san fernando, province of la union, as port of entry, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 285Act creating the municipality of tangalan in the province of capiz
• RA 286Act creating the municipality of molave in the province of zamboanga and making said municipality the capital of the province
• RA 287An act amending section eleven hundred and fifty-one of the revised administrative code, as amended by act numbered thirty-one hundred and six, and commonwealth acts numbered one hundred and seventy-five, six hundred and sixty-eight and six hundred and seventy-seven, by adding san fernando, province of la union, as port of entry, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 288An act creating the municipality of tangalan in the province of capiz
• RA 289An act creating the municipality of molave in the province of zamboanga and making said municipality the capital of the province
• RA 290An act creating the municipality of motiong, province of samar
• RA 291Armed Forces Officer Personnel Act of 1948
• RA 292An act creating the municipality of placer in the province of masbate
• RA 293An act creating the municipality of motiong, province of samar
• RA 294Armed forces officer personnel act of 1948
• RA 295An act exempting from the payment of specific taxes educational films for visual education and any reversal film used in amateur photography by amending further section one hundred forty-six of commonwealth act numbered four hundred sixty-six, as amended by section twelve of republic act numbered fifty-six
• RA 296An act authorizing the sale of marshy lands or lands under water bordering on shores or banks of navigable lakes or rivers
• RA 297An act to amend section sixty-six of act numbered four thousand three, entitled "an act to amend and compile the law relating to fish and other aquatic resources of the philippine islands, and for other purposes" as amended by commonwealth act numbered four hundred seventy-one
• RA 298Republic act no. 298
• RA 299An act appropriating two hundred thousand pesos for the prevention and control of schistosomiasis
• RA 300An act creating the municipality of madalag in the province of capiz
• RA 301An act appropriating funds to subsidize charity beds for indigent persons in private hospitals located in towns, places, or localities far from any provincial hospital
• RA 302An act appropriating two hundred thousand pesos for the prevention and control of schistosomiasis
• RA 303An act to amend sections seven, eight, nine, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and thirty-seven of commonwealth act numbered three hundred twenty-six, as amended
• RA 304An act to establish, organize and maintain one national junior agricultural high school in bunawan, province of agusan
• RA 305An act to appropriate the sum of three million pesos as additional capital for the national tobacco corporation
• RA 306An act appropriating the sum of four hundred thousand pesos for the maintenance of the pili agricultural school, camarines sur, the guinobatan rural high school, albay, sta. maria agricultural school, ilocos sur, lombatan agricultural school, lanao, upi agricultural school, cotabato, indang rural high school, cavite, and the san carlos rural high school, pangasinan
• RA 307An act to provide for the registration of the claims of all officers and employees of the government of the commonwealth of the philippines, its branches and instrumentalities and the corporations owned or controlled by the government and those of the free local civil governments, provincial and municipal, duly organized for purposes of resistance against the enemy, to salaries and wages during the enemy or japanese occupation of the philippines and to provide for the manner of their settlement
• RA 308Act creating the city of naga
• RA 309An act creating the city of legaspi
• RA 310An act to amend sections six and ten of republic act numbered sixty-five
• RA 311An act to amend section three of commonwealth act numbered one hundred and fifty-six, as amended, to specify what horses may participate in the grand derby races held by the philippine anti-tuberculosis society
• RA 312Public School Salary Act of 1948
• RA 313An act recreating the revolving fund, known as "the public land survey and subdivision fund," intended to hasten the subdivision of public agricultural land as provided for under commonwealth act numbered six hundred thirty, and for other purposes
• RA 314An act abolishing the peoples court and the office of special prosecutors, providing for the trial and disposition of treason cases not embraced by proclamation numbered fifty-one granting amnesty to political and economic collaborators, creating positions of special attorneys in the office of the solicitor general and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 315An act providing for revised salary allocations and automatic salary increases for public school officials, teachers, and other school personnel of the government of the philippines
• RA 316An act providing for the establishment of a school of fisheries in catbalogan, samar, and appropriating the necessary funds therefor
• RA 317An act to allot national funds for the repair, maintenance, and construction of municipal roads
• RA 318Chemical Engineering Law
• RA 319An act to grant to vigan electric light company a franchise for an electric light, heat, and power system in the municipalities of vigan, caoayan, bantay, san vicente and sta. catalina, province of ilocos sur
• RA 321An act to grant to the municipality of dingras, ilocos norte, a franchise for an electric light, heat, and power system within its territorial jurisdiction
• RA 322An act to regulate the practice of chemical engineering in the philippines, and for other purposes
• RA 323An act to lift the prohibition to export fibers (buntal) or filaments of the plant commonly known as "buri", amending thereby commonwealth act numbered five hundred and eighty-five
• RA 324An act creating the city of ozamiz
• RA 325An act changing the name of plaza guipit in the city of manila to cayetano arellano
• RA 326An act converting the annual collections made in connection with plant quarantine activities to a revolving fund
• RA 327An act amending sections three and six of republic act numbered three hundred eleven abolishing the peoples court and the office of special prosecutors
• RA 328Charter of the City of Calbayog
• RA 329An act creating the position of assistant attorney in the city of san pablo, amending for the purpose sections nineteen and twenty-four of commonwealth act numbered five hundred and twenty
• RA 330An act creating the city of dumaguete
• RA 331An act creating the city of calbayog
• RA 332An act to amend certain sections of chapter sixty-one of the revised administrative code, as amended
• RA 333An act authorizing the president of the philippines to establish a system of import control by regulating imports of non-essential and luxury articles, creating an import control board, authorizing the issuance of rules and regulations to carry into effect such control and penalizing violations of this act
• RA 334An act appropriating one million pesos for the construction, repairs, operation and maintenance of radio-telegraph and wire-telegraph stations and installations
• RA 335An act to amend section six of republic act numbered three hundred and nine, entitled 'an act to regulate horse-races in the philippines'
• RA 336An act to establish the capital of the philippines and the permanent seat of the national government, to create a capital city planning commission, to appropriate funds for the acquisition of private estates within the boundary limits of said city, and to authorize the issuance of bonds of the national government for the acquisition of private estates, for the subdivision thereof, and for the construction of streets, bridges, waterworks, sewerage and other municipal improvements in the capital city
• RA 337An act granting monetary reward to any person who shall locate or find the remains of the late governor hilario abellana of cebu
• RA 338An act to amend section one thousand six hundred fifty-nine of the revised administrative code, as amended
• RA 339An act authorizing the president of the philippines to use any savings from the appropriations for the executive department in the general appropriation act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty-nine for the operation of all existing normal schools, for the establishment and operation of additional normal schools, and for the rehabilitation and expansion of the upi agricultural school in cotabato, the bukidnon agricultural school in bukidnon, the lagangilang farm school in abra and the cabagan farm school in isabela
• RA 340An act regulating banks and banking institutions and for other purposes
• RA 341An act converting the guinobatan rural high school into an agricultural school to be known as the roxas memorial agricultural school, and placing at its disposal all the properties, including their income, in mauraro, guinobatan, albay, which formerly belonged to japanese subjects and now belong to the republic of the philippines, for the use, maintenance, operation and improvement of said agricultural school
• RA 342An act appropriating the sum of one million pesos for the construction, repair or reconstruction of provincial hospital buildings