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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. 209 “The Family Code of the Philippines”
3. Presidential Decree No. 1083 “The Code of Muslim Personal Laws”
4. 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
5. Executive Order No. 227 Amending Executive Order No. 209, otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines
6. Presidential Decree No. 1755, s. 1980 A decree amending article 1146 of the Civil Code
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. Republic Act No. 6552 “Realty Installment Buyer Protection Act (Maceda Law)” An act to provide protection to buyer of real estate on installment payment
18. 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
19. 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
20. Republic Act No. 10752 “The Right-of-way- Act An act facilitating the acquisition of right-of-way site or location for National Government infrastructure projects
21. 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 Twentynine and Section Five or Republic Act Numbered Twenty-six
22. Act No. 3952 “The Bulk Sales Law” (As amended by Republic Act No. 111)
23. Presidential Decree No. 603 “The Child and Youth Welfare Code”
24. Presidential Decree No. 1755, s. 1980 “A decree amending Article 1146 of the Civil Code”
25. Republic Act No. 6643 An act extending the effectivity of Batas Pambansa Blg. 877, entitled ‘An Act providing for the stabilization and regulation of rentals of certain residential units and for other purposes,’ for another two years.
26. Republic Act No. 6809 An act lowering the age of majority from twenty-one to eighteen years, amending for the purpose executive order numbered two hundred nine, and for other purposes
27. Republic Act No. 6940 An act granting a period ending on December 31, 2000 for filing applications for Free Patent and Judicial Confirmation of Imperfect Title to Alienable and Disposable lands of the Public Domain under Chapters VII and VIII of the Public Land Act (CA 141, as amended)
28. Republic Act No. 6972 “Barangay Level Total Development and Protection of Children Act” An act establishing a day care center in every barangay, instituting therein a total development and protection of children program, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes
29. Republic Act No. 8437 An act further extending the rent control period for certain residential units amending thereby Batas Pambansa Blg. 877 entitled: “An act providing for the stabilization and regulation of rentals of certain residential units, and for other purposes, as amended”
30. 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
31. Republic Act No. 9161 An act establishing reforms in the regulation of rentals of certain residential units, providing the mechanisms therefore and for other purposes
32. Republic Act No. 9225 “Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003” An act making the citizenship of Philippine Citizens who acquire foreign citizenship permanent. Amending for the purpose Commonwealth Act. No. 63, as amended and for other purposes
33. 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
34. Republic Act No. 10165 An act to strengthen and propagate foster care and to provide funds therefor
