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1. Republic Act No. 386 “Civil Code of the Philippines” An act to ordain and institute the Civil Code of the Philippines
2. Executive Order No. 227 Amending Executive Order No. 209, otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines
3. Executive Order No. 200 Providing for the publication of laws either in the official gazette or in a newspaper of general or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines as a requirement for their effectivity
4. Executive Order No. 209 “The Family Code of the Philippines”
5. Republic Act No. 9255 An act allowing illegitimate children to use the surname of their father, amending for the purpose article 176 of Executive Order No. 209, otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines
6. Republic Act No. 9858 An Act providing for the legitimation of children born to parents below marrying age, amending for the purpose the Family Code of the Philippines, as amended
7. Republic Act No. 11222 “Simulated Birth Rectification Act” An act allowing the rectification of simulated birth records and prescribing administrative adoption proceeding for the purpose
8. Act No. 4122 “Installment Sales Law (Recto Law)” An Act to amend the Civil Code by inserting between Sections Fourteen Hundred Fifty-four and Fourteen Hundred Fifty-five, thereof a new Section, to be known as a Section Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-four-a
9. Presidential Decree No. 957 “The Subdivision and Condominium Buyer’s Protective Decree (As amended by Republic Act No. 1216) Regulating the sale of subdivision lots and condominiums, providing penalties for violations thereof
10. Presidential Decree No. 1529 “Property Registration Decree (As amended by Republic Act No. 11057)” Amending and codifying the laws relative to registration of property and for the other purposes
11. Republic Act No. 8043 Inter-Country Adoption Act of 1995 An act establishing the rules to govern inter-counter adoption of Filipino children, and for other purposes
12. Republic Act No. 8552 “Domestic Adoption Act of 1988” (As amended by Republic Act No. 9523 An act establishing the rules and policies on the domestic adoption of Filipino children and for the other purposes)
13. Republic Act No. 11642 “Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act” An act strengthening alternative child care by providing for an administrative process of domestic adoption, reorganizing for the purpose of the Inter-country Adoption Board (ICB) into the National Authority for Child Care (NACC), amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 8043, Republic Act No. 11222, and Republic Act No. 8552, and Republic Act No. 9523, and appropriating funds therefore
14. Republic Act No. 4726 “The Condominium Act” (As amended by Republic Act No. 7899) An act to define condominium, establish requirements for its creation, and govern its incidents
15. Republic Act No. 6552 “Realty Installment Buyer Protection Act (Maceda Law)” An act to provide protection to buyer of real estate on installment payment
16. Republic Act No. 9048 An act authorizing the City or Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul General to correct a clerical or typographical error in an entry and/or change of the first name or nickname in the civil register without need of Judicial Order, amending for this purpose Articles 376 and 412 of the Civil of the Philippines
17. Republic Act No. 10172 An act further authorizing the City or Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul General to correct clerical or typographical errors in the day and month in the date of birth or sex of a person appearing in the Civil Register without need of a Judicial Order, amending for this purpose Republic Act Numbered Ninety forty-eight
18. Republic Act No. 6732 “Administrative Reconstitution of Lost or Destroyed Original Copies of Certificates of Titles” An act allowing Administrative Reconstitution of original copies of certificates of titles lost or destroyed due to fire, flood and other force majeure, amending for the purpose Section One Hundred Ten of Presidential Decree Numbered Fifteen Twenty-nine and Section Five or Republic Act Numbered Twenty-six
19. Act No. 3952 “The Bulk Sales Law” (As amended by Republic Act No. 111)
20. Presidential Decree No. 603 “The Child and Youth Welfare Code”
21. Republic Act No. 8533 An act amending Title I, Chapter 3, Article 39 of Executive Order No. 209, otherwise known as the family code of the Philippines, nullifying the prescriptive period for action or defenses grounded on psychological incapacity
22. Republic Act. No. 9523 An act requiring certification of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to declare a “Child Legally Available for Adoption” as a prerequisite for adoption proceedings, amending for this purpose certain provisions of Republic Act No. 8552, otherwise known as the Domestic Adoption Act of 1998, Republic Act No. 8043, otherwise known as the Inter-country Adoption Act of 1995, Presidential Decree No. 603, otherwise known as the Child Youth Welfare Code, and for other purposes
23. Republic Act No. 11231 An Act Removing the Restrictions Imposed on the Registration, Acquisition, Encumbrance, Alienation, Transfer and Conveyance of Land Covered by Free Patents Under Sections 118, 119 and 121 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, Otherwise Known as “The Public Land Act”, as Amended
24. Republic Act No. 11057 An Act Strengthening the Secured Transactions Legal Framework in the Philippines, Which Shall Provide for the Creation, Perfection, Determination of Priority, Establishment of a Centralized Notice Registry, and Enforcement of Security Interests in Personal Property, and for Other Purposes
