Act No. 3203

Full Title
AN ACT RELATING TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT CHILDREN; PROVIDING PROBATION OFFICERS THEREFOR; IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS PROVISIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
ACT
Congress
6th Philippine Legislature
Date of Approval
December 2, 1924
Subjects
acts
violation
supervision
society
sentence
rules and regulations
public institutions
provisions
probation officers
probation
private institutions
officers
life imprisonment
legal custody
laws
instruction
institutions
Industrial schools
Implementing Rules
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Act No. 3559

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THREE ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT CHILDREN; PROVIDING PROBATION OFFICERS THEREFOR; IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS PROVISIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
ACT
Congress
8th Philippine Legislature
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929
Subjects
delinquent children
violation
termination
sentence
provisions
probation officers
probation
officers
institutions
House of Representatives
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Act No. 3725

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR APPEAL IN CASES OF ORDERS OF COMMITMENT OF DELINQUENT MINORS BY AMENDING SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT CHIDLREN; PROVIDING PROBATION OFFICERS THEREFOR; IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS PROVISIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
ACT
Congress
8th Philippine Legislature
Date of Approval
November 20, 1930
Subjects
age
violation
supervision
sentence
provisions
probation officers
probation
private institutions
parents
officers
offense
life imprisonment
institutions
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs) imprisonment
House of Representatives
delinquent children
cus
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Act No. 3854

Full Title
AN ACT CONCERNING THE GUARDIANSHIP OF INCOMPETENT VETERANS AND OF MINOR CHILDREN OF DISABLED OR DECEASED VETERANS OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
ACT
Congress
9th Philippine Legislature
Date of Approval
November 11, 1931
Subjects
clerk of court
United States
relief
naval establishments
minor children
laws
guardianship
Court of First Instance
court
children
veterans administration in Manila
services
provisions
hearing
expenses
compensation
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Act No. 4139

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE RENTING OF TEXTBOOKS TO INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY PUPILS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
ACT
Congress
10th Philippine Legislature
Date of Approval
November 22, 1934
Subjects
instruction
Textbooks -- Junior high school students
Textbooks -- High school students
Public schools -- Textbooks
TEXTBOOKS
provisions
personnel
income
facilities
rules and regulations
operations
Major Topic
Child Welfare
Education

Commonwealth Act 99

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE EIGHTY OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Commonwealth Act
Congress
1st National Assembly
Date of Approval
October 26, 1936
Subjects
chartered cities
suspension
supervision
sentence
private institutions
penal laws
parents
minor delinquents
homeless
hearing
EDUCATION
delinquent children
custody
court
Commonwealth Act
children
CARE
age
relatives
provisions
MAINTENANCE
institutions
expenses
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Commonwealth Act 473

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALIZATION, AND TO REPEAL ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN AND THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Commonwealth Act
Congress
2nd National Assembly
Date of Approval
June 16, 1939
Subjects
age
Revised Naturalization Law
Naturalization
Citizenship
provisions
Philippine citizenship
minor children
minor child
married persons
foreign-born minor child
Commonwealth Act
citizens
children of alien
children
alien
prosecution
Major Topic
Child Welfare
Women's rights

Commonwealth Act 704

Executive Order No. 51, s. 1986

Full Title
ADOPTING A NATIONAL CODE OF MARKETING OF BREASTMILK SUBSTITUTES, BREASTMILK SUPPLEMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, PENALIZING VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Issuance Category
Executive Issuance
Executive Issuance Type
Executive Order
Date of Approval
October 20, 1986
Subjects
BREASTFEEDING
National Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, Breastmilk Supplements and Other Related Products
Mothers’ nutrition
Maternal nutrition
Infants -- Nutrition
Infant formulas
BREASTFEEDING
Breast milk substitute
Bottle feeding
violation
protection
promotion
nutrition
marketing
information
INFANTS
breastmilk substitutes
executive orders
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs) imprisonment
juridical persons
license
offense
penalty
prosecution
provisions
sanctions
violators
chairman
commitment, national
implementation
monitoring
social services
BFAD (Bureau of Food and Drugs)
children
food products
instruction
HEALTH
labels
rules and regulations
statement
facilities
health professionals
responsibilities
risks
health institutions
Ministry of Health
policies
bottlefeeding
hazards
infant feeding
infant nutrition
MAINTENANCE
mother of infants
CONTRACTS
families
health workers
home
manufacturers
personnel
services
Standards
age
breastmilk
CHILD CARE
feeding
food
health care
infant formula
mothers
private institutions
private sector
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Executive Order No. 633, s. 2007

Full Title
PROVIDING FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF DETAINED CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW (CICL) AS DECLARED UNDER R.A. 9344, ENTITLED "JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE ACT OF 2006"
Issuance Category
Executive Issuance
Executive Issuance Type
Executive Order
President
Arroyo, Gloria M.
Date of Approval
July 16, 2007
Subjects
age
welfare system
Republic Act (RA)
provisions
PRESIDENT
policies
Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court justice and welfare
juvenile
JJWC (Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council)
facilities
executive orders
crime
CICL (Children in Conflict with the Law)
Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL)
BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP)
BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology)
after care services
children
counsel, child’s
court
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ)
DOJ (Department of Justice)
jail/release hours
Local Social Welfare Development Office (LSWDO)
LSWDO (Local Social Welfare Development Office)
monitoring
PAO (Public Attorney’s Office)
parents
Public Attorney’s Office (PAO)
rules and regulations
trial
violation
welfare council
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Executive Order No. 806, s. 2009

Full Title
AFFIRMING THE ROLES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Issuance Category
Executive Issuance
Executive Issuance Type
Executive Order
President
Arroyo, Gloria M.
Date of Approval
June 8, 2009
Subjects
age
young children
welfare of children
social services programs
social services
services
roles of early childhood care
Republic Act (RA)
promotion
nutrition
needs of young children
NECCDCC (National Early Childhood Care and Development Coordinating Council)
National Early Childhood Care and Development Coordinating Council (NECCDC)
early education
Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) curriculum
Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council
Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)
early childhood care
CWC (Council for the Welfare of Children)
Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC)
children
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
executive orders
implementation
laws
Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria
national government
policies
PRESIDENT
protection
protection of children
provisions
rules and regulations
Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
Social Welfare and Development
treaty obligations
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Executive Order No. 948, s. 1984

Republic Act No. 124

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
1st Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
June 14, 1947
Subjects
CHILDREN -- HEALTH AND HYGIENE
universities
supervision
Republic Act (RA)
Private Schools
medical inspection of children
colleges
children
Bureau of Health
provisions
SCHOOLS -- MEDICAL CARE
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- MEDICAL CARE
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Republic Act No. 30

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF A GRATUITY TO THE WIDOW AND/OR CHILDREN, AND IN THEIR ABSENCE TO THE OTHER HEIRS, OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR MEMBER OF ANY POLICE FORCE OR SIMILAR GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
1st Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
September 25, 1946
Subjects
POLICE -- DEATH -- GRATUITIES
Republic Act (RA)
operations
MAINTENANCE
heirs
GRATUITY
deceased persons
deceased officers
city
children
appropriating funds
succession
rules and regulations
provisions
PRESIDENT
Civil Code
Major Topic
Child Welfare
Child Welfare

Republic Act No. 4206

Full Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN OF PUBLIC PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
5th Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
June 19, 1965
Subjects
Marcos, Ferdinand E.
School children -- Contributions
Public schools -- Contributions
services
school children
Republic Act (RA)
provisions
prohibition
Parent-Teacher Associations
Medical and Dental Services
Intermediate schools
implementing rules and regulations
Major Topic
Child Welfare
Education

Republic Act No. 4881

Full Title
AN ACT CREATING COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN EVERY CITY AND MUNICIPALITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
6th Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
June 17, 1967
Subjects
children
Council for the Protection of Children -- Creation
supervision
Republic Act (RA)
protection
guardianship
city
children
chairman
Public Welfare Board
provisions
municipal mayors
minors
guardian
Civil Code
Marcos, Ferdinand E.
Major Topic
Child Welfare
Government Reorganization

Republic Act No. 5546

Full Title
AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIX ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN OF PUBLIC PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE AND HIGH SCHOOLS."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
6th Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
June 21, 1969
Subjects
Marcos, Ferdinand E.
School children -- Contributions
Public schools -- Contributions
TEACHERS
school children
Republic Act (RA)
HIGH SCHOOLS
contributions
children
violation
universities
Secretary of Education
provisions
prohibition
Private Schools
Major Topic
Child Welfare
Education

Republic Act No. 7798

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 25 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "EDUCATION ACT OF 1982".
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
9th Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
August 24, 1994
Subjects
BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 0232 -- AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS
Schools -- Creation
Schools -- Conversion
Education Act of 1982 -- Amendments
secondary schools
Republic Act (RA)
provisions
Education Act
EDUCATION
Congress
TEACHERS
SPORTS
Secondary Education
operations
Major Topic
Child Welfare
Education

Republic Act No. 7846

Full Title
AN ACT REQUIRING COMPULSORY IMMUNIZATION AGAINST HEPATITIS-B FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN BELOW EIGHT (8) YEARS OLD, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 996, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
9th Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
December 29, 1994
Subjects
immunization
services
Secretary of Health
Republic Act (RA)
protection
INFANTS
immunization
Congress
children
appropriating funds
age
provisions
newborn
hygiene
hours
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 0996 -- AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Republic Act No. 8043

Full Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES TO GOVERN INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION OF FILIPINO CHILDREN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
9th Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
June 6, 1995
Subjects
Abandonment
Republic Act (RA)
provisions
inter-country adoption of Filipino children
inter-country adoption
Congress
children
ADOPTION
abandoned child
youth welfare
trial custody period
trial
supervised trial custody period
Social Welfare and Development
Major Topic
Child Welfare
Child Welfare

Republic Act No. 9211

Full Title
AN ACT REGULATING THE PACKAGING, USE, SALE, DISTRIBUTION AND ADVERTISEMENTS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
12th Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
June 23, 2003
Subjects
ANTI-SMOKING
SMOKING
TOBACCO REGULATION ACT OF 2003
TOBACCO
Republic Act (RA)
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
tobacco advertisements
sponsorships
slavery
risks
publicity
provisions
minors
media, mass
implementation
images (advertisements)
IAC-Tobacco
hazards
environment, healthful
citizens
cigarette smoking
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Republic Act No. 9288

Republic Act No. 9523

Full Title
AN ACT REQUIRING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 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 INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION ACT OF 1995, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 603, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
14th Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
March 12, 2009
Subjects
Abandonment
DOMESTIC ADOPTION ACT OF 1998
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD)
Child and Youth Welfare Code
ADOPTION -- CHILDREN
INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION ACT OF 1995
youth welfare
Social Welfare and Development
Republic Act (RA)
provisions
intercountry adoption
DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development)
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
certification
ADOPTION
protection
parental
Major Topic
Child Welfare

Republic Act No. 9858

Full Title
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.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Congress
14th Congress of the Republic
Date of Approval
December 20, 2009
Subjects
CHILDREN -- ILLEGITIMACY
Family Code of the Philippines
ILLEGITIMACY
Republic Act (RA)
parents
legitimation of children
Family Code of the Philippines
executive orders
children
age
welfare of children
Supreme Court
provisions
Philippine Association of Civil Registrars (PACR)
PACR (Philippine Association of Civil Registrars)
Major Topic
Child Welfare
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