Commonwealth Act 3

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE ODE OF THE JUDICIARY, BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND CREATING THE COURT OF APPEALS AND DEFINING THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 30, 1935

Commonwealth Act 4

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO BE LOANED TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE OR REDEMPTION BEFORE MATURITY OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY FIRST MORTGAGE SOUTHERN LINES FOUR PER CENT GOLD BONDS DUE ON MAY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 30, 1935
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 5

Full Title
AN ACT GIVING THE PRESIDENT FOR A LIMITED PERIOD AUTHORITY TO EFFECT URGENT REFORMS AND CHANGES IN THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS AND OFFICES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY, CREATING A GOVERNMENT SURVEY BOARD AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 30, 1935

Commonwealth Act 6

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK TO WRITE UP THE VALUE OF CERTAIN ASSETS WHICH HAD BEEN CONSIDERED AS LOSSES AND WRITTEN OF IN PURSUANCE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE AND SEVENTY FOUR, TO PAY TO THE GOVERNMENT AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 30, 1935

Commonwealth Act 7

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE A NATIONAL LOAN AND INVESTMENT BOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 30, 1935

Commonwealth Act 9

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO UNITED STATES PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, COMMONLY CALLED THE "REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES MILITARY ASSISTANCE ACT," AND TO ISSUE THE NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SAID ACT, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 30, 1935

Commonwealth Act 11

Full Title
AN ACT TO VEST IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES OR IN SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS HE MAY DESIGNATE, FROM TIME TO TIME, ALL POWERS OVER THE GOVERNMENT BUSINESS COMPANIES HERETOFORE VESTED BY LAW IN THE BOARD OF CONTROL OR COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRESENT THE STOCK HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT IN SUCH COMPANIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 30, 1935

Commonwealth Act 12

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE EXTERMINATION OR CONTROL OF LOCUSTS, TO BE EXPENDED IN THE MANNER AND PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, AND FOR THE CONTROL OF BUDROT AND OTHER COCOANUT PESTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 30, 1935

Commonwealth Act 15

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU, PROVINCE OF CEBU, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 30, 1935
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 18

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO FACILITATE AND PROMOTE THE OCCUPATION AND CULTIVATION OF PUBLIC LAND AT PRESENT UNOCCUPIED BY THE ESTBALISHMENT OF SETTLEMENT DISTRICTS, APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS FOR SAID PURPOSE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY MAKING THE FUND THEREIN APPROPRIATED AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
January 1, 1936

Commonwealth Act 19

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO, LETTER B, OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN AS AUTHORIZED AND AMENDED BY SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
January 1, 1936

Commonwealth Act 20

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ORDER THE INSTITUTION OF EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS OR TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING PORTIONS OF LARGE LANDED ESTATES USED AS HOME SITES AND RESELLING THEM AT COST TO THEIR BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
July 10, 1936

Commonwealth Act 22

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND LIVE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, BY AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO DESIGNATE ANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OR SUITABLE PERSON NOT IN THE SERVICE AS ACTING PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
July 27, 1936

Commonwealth Act 23

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE PESOS FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE BUREAU OF HEALTH FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NATIONAL PSYCHOPATHIC HOSPITAL DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST FIRST TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, INCLUDING SALARIES OF PERSONNEL, SUNDRY EXPENSES, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SERVICE IN THE INSTITUTION.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
August 30, 1936

Commonwealth Act 25

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO USE ANY UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF ANY APPROPRIATION, OR PART THEREOF, PROVIDED FOR UNDER SECTION NINETY-EIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, TO COVER DEFICITS IN THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MOBILIZATION AND TRAINING CENTERS PROVIDED IN THE SAME SECTION OF THE SAID ACT.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
August 30, 1936

Commonwealth Act 31

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO PRESENT DECORATION TO ANTONIO ARNAIZ AND TO JUAN CALVO FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY AND HISTORICAL FLIGHT FROM MANILA TO MADRID, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
September 13, 1936

Commonwealth Act 33

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT DONATIONS OF MONEY MADE FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AND TO PRESCRIBE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH THE DONATED MONEY MAY BE EXPENDED BY THE PHILIPPINE ARMY.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
September 21, 1936

Commonwealth Act 35

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO, SIX, AND SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE ALL TAXES ON REAL PROPERTY AND THE PENALTIES THEREON DUE BUT UNPAID FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE AND PREVIOUS YEARS, TO PROVIDE TIME AND MANNER OF PAYMENT OF SAID TAXES, AND SETTING ASIDE FORFEITURES HERETOFORE EFFECTED.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 5, 1936

Commonwealth Act 36

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND THE ALTERATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE CITIES OF MANILA AND BAGUIO, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 37

Full Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE RATES OF SALARIES AND WAGES OF LOW-PAID EMPLOYEES AND COMMON LABORERS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO THE MINIMUM RATES FIXED BY THE PRESIDENT UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDERS NUMBERED FORTY-NINE AND FIFTY, DATED AUGUST NINETEENTH AND TWENTY-FOURTH, RESPECTVIELY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO COVER THE AMOUNT OF THE INCREASES FOR THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER FIRST TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 41

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL, MUNICIPAL, AND CITY GOVERNMENTS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PURCHASE REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND TO DONATE THE SAME TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE USE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 11, 1936

Commonwealth Act 43

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (A), OF SECTION TWO AND TO REPEAL SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR LABORERS' DWELLINGS, APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 12, 1936

Commonwealth Act 46

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND SIX OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PENALIZE FRAUDULENT ADVERTISING, MISLABELING, OR MISBRANDING OF ANY PRODUCT, STOCK, BONDS, ETC.", BY AMPLIFYING THE SCOPE OF SECTION ONE AND RAISING THE MINIMUM PENALTY PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION SIX.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 12, 1936

Commonwealth Act 48

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE, PARAGRAPH A (C): ANTIQUE, ITEM NUMBERED 9; BOHOL, ITEM NUMBERED 1; CEBU, ITEMS NUMBERED 1, 3, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, AND 43; MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, ITEM NUMBERED 11; AND SECTION ONE, PARAGRAPH B (F): CAMARINES SUR, ITEM NUMBERED 1 OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 12, 1936

Commonwealth Act 50

Full Title
AN ACT DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE, THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, AND THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY TO ESTABLISH, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN WAREHOUSES FOR COPRA AND OTHER MARKETABLE PRODUCTS.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 13, 1936