Republic Acts of 1996

72 laws enacted in 1996.

• RA 8177An act designating death by lethal injection as the method of carrying out capital punishment, amending for the purpose article 81 of the revised penal code, as amended by section 24 of republic act no. 7659
• RA 8178Agricultural Tariffication Act
• RA 8179An act to further liberalize foreign investments, amending for the purpose republic act no. 7042, and for other purposes
• RA 8180Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1996
• RA 8181An act changing the basis of dutiable value of imported articles subject to an ad valorem rate of duty from the home consumption value (hcv) to transaction value (tv), amending for the purpose section 201 of title ii, part 1 of presidential decree no. 1464, otherwise known as the tariff and customs code of the philippines, as amended, and for other purposes
• RA 8182Official Development Assistance Act of 1996
• RA 8183An act repealing republic act numbered five hundred twenty nine as amended, entitled "an act to assure the uniform value of philippine coin and currency."
• RA 8184An act restructuring the excise tax on petroleum products, amending for the purpose pertinent sections of the national internal revenue code, as amended
• RA 8185An act amending section 324 (d) of republic act no. 7160, otherwise known as the local government code of 1991
• RA 8186An act prescribing officer grade distribution in the active force of the armed forces of the philippines and limiting the tenure of officers in the grades of colonel/captain (pn) and general/flag officers in the afp
• RA 8187Paternity Leave Act of 1996
• RA 8188An act increasing the penalty and imposing double indemnity for violation of the prescribed increases or adjustments in the wage rates, amending for the purpose section twelve of republic act numbered sixty-seven hundred twenty-seven, otherwise known as the wage rationalization act
• RA 8189The Voters Registration Act of 1996
• RA 8190An act granting priority to residents of the barangay, municipality or city where the school is located, in the appointment or assignment of classroom public school teachers
• RA 8191National Diabetes Act of 1996
• RA 8192An act converting the municipality of sagay in the province of negros occidental into a component city to be known as the city of sagay
• RA 8193An act establishing the jose rizal memorial state college integrating therewith the rizal memorial national vocational school in the city of dapitan, the zamboanga del norte school of arts and trades in dipolog city, and the siocon national vocational school in the municipality of siocon, all in the province of zamboanga del norte, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8194An act creating a separate engineering district in the first congressional district of the province of zamboanga del norte and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8195An act granting the destiny cable, inc., a franchise to establish, construct, install, maintain and operate for commercial purposes cable/community antennae television systems in the philippines
• RA 8196An act granting the ermita electronics, incorporated, a franchise to construct, install, establish, maintain and operate radio communications systems in the philippines
• RA 8197An act granting the news and entertainment network corporation, a franchise to establish, construct, install, maintain, and operate for commercial purposes cable/community antennae television systems in the philippines
• RA 8198An act granting the unicorn communications corporation a franchise to construct, install, establish, maintain and operate commercial mobile and fixed wireless telecommunications system in the philippines
• RA 8199An act granting the taxinet, inc. a franchise to construct, install, establish, maintain and operate a taxi communication system in the philippines
• RA 8200An act converting the rizal memorial district hospital in dapitan city into a tertiary hospital, under the full administrative and technical supervision of the department of health, which shall be known as the dr. jose rizal memorial hospital, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8201An act constituting the engineering districts in the province of camarines sur into four separate and distinct engineering districts, to be located in the municipalities of ragay, canaman, tigaon and baao, all in the province of camarines sur
• RA 8202An act granting romeo cabrestante servando, a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the province of palawan
• RA 8203Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs
• RA 8204An act establishing a separate city schools division office in the city of puerto princesa, province of palawan, amending for the purpose republic act numbered five thousand nine hundred six, entitled "an act creating the city of puerto princesa"
• RA 8205An act changing the name of siasi school of fisheries in the municipality of jolo, province of sulu, to jolo school of fisheries
• RA 8206An act changing the name of mabila high school in the municipality of sarangani, province of davao del sur, to alberto olarte, sr. national high school
• RA 8207An act changing the name of sangkok datal high school in the municipality of sarangani, province of davao del sur, to jose de arce memorial high school
• RA 8208An act changing the name of the lapuyan central elementary school in the municipality of lapuyan, province of zamboanga, del sur, to antonio v. apostol, sr. memorial elementary school
• RA 8209An act granting soundstream broadcasting corporation, a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the province of isabela, and in other places
• RA 8210An act granting interactive broadcast media, inc., a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the philippines
• RA 8211An act granting horizon broadcasting company, inc., a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the philippines
• RA 8212An act granting asia pacific business and industrial systems, inc., a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the philippines
• RA 8213An act granting ght network, inc., a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the philippines
• RA 8214An act granting mr. amado l. ola a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the philippines
• RA 8215An act granting the joy cable system, a franchise to establish, construct, install, operate and maintain for commercial purposes cable community antennae television systems in the philippines
• RA 8216An act granting oro broadcasting network, inc., a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in mindanao and other areas in the philippines
• RA 8217An act granting celebs sea broadcasting corporation, a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the philippines
• RA 8218An act granting capricom production and management, a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio broadcasting stations in the philippines
• RA 8219An act granting radioworld broadcasing corporation, a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the philippines
• RA 8220An act creating the ranks of chief master sergeant/master chief petty officer and senior master sergeant/senior chief petty officer in the enlisted ranks of the armed forces of the philippines, appriating funds therefor, and for other purposes
• RA 8221An act to develop the capas national shrine, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes
• RA 8222An act granting the diocese of laoag a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the city of laoag
• RA 8223An act converting the municipality of marikina into a highly urbanized city to be known as the city of marikina
• RA 8224An act renaming the circumferential route no. 5 or c-5 in metro manila, as the president garcia avenue, and for other purposes
• RA 8225An act changing the name of butulan high school to edna guillermo memorial high school in the municipality of jose abad santos, province of davao del sur
• RA 8226An act establishing a national high school in barangay la filipina, municipality of tagum, province of davao, to be known as the barangay la filipina national high school, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8227An act changing the name of the angalan elementary school in barangay angalan, tugbok district, davao city, to aniceto barbarona elementary school
• RA 8228An act separating the toril national high school annex in barangay binugao, toril district from the toril national high school in toril, both in davao city, and converting it into a separate and independent national high school, to be known as the binugao national high school, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8229An act changing the name of pinal palan elementary school in barangay pinalpalan, municipality of malita, province of davao del sur into juanito doromal, sr. elementary school
• RA 8230An act changing the name of calanasan central school to pedro bunot central school
• RA 8231An act establishing a national high school in the municipality of the langiden, province of abra, to be known as the langiden national high school, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8232An act changing the name of the agnaya high school in barangay agnaya, municipality of plaridel, province of bulacan, to dr. felipe de jesus high school
• RA 8233An act establishing the maasin national comprehensive high school in the municipality of maasin, province of iloilo, to be known as the maasin national comprehensive high school, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8234An act converting the macario molina memorial high school at barangay tambac, municipality of romblon, province of romblon, into a national government-funded secondary school, to be known as the macario molina national high school, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8235An act establishing a high school in barangay macabaclay, municipality of bongabon, province of nueva ecija, to be known as the macabaclay high school, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8236An act converting the palawan national schoolnarra branch-sandoval annex in barangay sandoval, municipality of narra, province of palawan, into a national high school to be known as the sandoval national high school, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8237An act creating a barangay national high school in barangay alegria, municipality of murcia, province of negros occidental, to be known as the barangay alegria national high school, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 8238An act converting the mapawa barangay high school in barangay mapawa, municipality of maragusan, province of davao, into the mapawa national high school, providing funds therefor, and for other purposes
• RA 8239Philippine passport act of 1996
• RA 8240An act amending sections 138, 139, 140 and 142 of the national internal revenue code, as amended, and for other purposes
• RA 8241An act amending republic act no. 7716, otherwise known as the expanded value-added tax law and other pertinent provisions of the national internal revenue code, as amended
• RA 8242An act changing the name of barangay pug-os in the municipality of sinait, province of ilocos sur, to barangay dean leopoldo yabes
• RA 8243An act changing the name of barangay sallacong in the municipality of bantay, province of ilocos sur, to barangay san mariano
• RA 8244An act appropriating the sum of twenty–seven billion pesos (27,000,000,000.00) to fund the fourth–year implementation of the salary increases authorized by joint resolution no. 1, series of 1994, and for other purposes
• RA 8245An act appropriating the sum of fourteen billion four hundred fifty-five million pesos (p14,455,000,000) for the increased share in 1997 of local government units in the national internal revenue taxes and for other purposes
• RA 8246An act creating additional divisions in the court of appeals, increasing the number of court of appeals justices from fifty-one (51) to sixty-nine (69), amending for the purpose batas pambansa bilang 129, as amended, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes
• RA 8247An act exempting aliens who have acquired permanent residency under executive order no. 324 from the coverage of republic act no. 7919, otherwise known as "the alien social integration act of 1995." amending for the purpose certain provisions of said act and for other purposes
• IRR 7042 1996Implementing rules and regulations of republic act no. 7042 (foreign investment act of 1991) as amended by republic act no. 8179