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Republic Act No. 9728

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AN ACT CONVERTING THE BATAAN ECONOMIC ZONE LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARIVELES, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, INTO THE FREEPORT AREA OF BATAAN (FAB), CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE AUTHORITY OF THE FREEPORT AREA OF BATAAN (AFAB). APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PIRPOSES
Date of Approval
October 23, 2009
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Republic Act No. 9399

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AN ACT DECLARING A ONE-TIME AMNESTY ON CERTAIN TAX AND DUTY LIABILITIES, INCLUSIVE OF FEES, FINES, PENALTIES, INTERESTS AND OTHER ADDITIONS THERETO, INCURRED BY CERTAIN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES OPERATING WITHIN THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES AND FREEPORTS CREATED UNDER PROCLAMATION NO. 163 SERIES OF 1993; PROCLAMATION NO. 216 SERIES OF 1993; PROCLAMATION NO. 420 SERIES OF 1994; AND PROCLAMATION NO. 984 SERIES OF 1997; PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7227, AS AMENDED, AND FOROTHER PURPOSES
Date of Approval
March 20, 2007
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Republic Act No. 8756

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AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS OF REGIONAL OR AREA HEADQUARTERS, REGIONAL OPERATING HEADQUARTERS, AND REGIONAL WAREHOUSES OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 226, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS INVESTMENTS CODE OF 1987.
Date of Approval
November 22, 1999
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Republic Act No. 7916

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AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND MECHANISM FOR THE CREATION, OPERATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND COORDINATION OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY (PEZA) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 24, 1995
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Republic Act No. 5490

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AN ACT MAKING MARIVELES, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, A PORT OF ENTRY BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE THEREIN; CREATING A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE AUTHORITY; AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
June 21, 1969
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Republic Act No. 5455

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AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT THE MAKING OF INVESTMENTS AND THE DOING OF BUSINESS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES BY FOREIGNERS OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS OWNED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY FOREIGNERS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOUND AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY ON A SELF-SUSTAINING BASIS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
September 30, 1968
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Republic Act No. 5171

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AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE ENTRY INTO THE PHILIPPINES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADERS AND INVESTORS OF FOREIGN NATIONALITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SUBPARAGRAPH (D) OF SECTION NINE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUDRED THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND THREE.
Date of Approval
August 4, 1967
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Republic Act No. 5002

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AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO 'THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA TELEGRAPH COMPANY LIMITED' AND ITS PERMITTED ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO LAND, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AT MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINES A SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE CONNECTING MANILA WITH HONGKONG AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME."
Date of Approval
June 17, 1967
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Republic Act No. 1841

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AN ACT GRANTING THE EDWARD J. NELL COMPANY AND/OR ITS SISTER COMPANY, THE AIRCON, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND-BASED AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
June 22, 1957
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Republic Act No. 1355

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO A REVISED AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE BASIS OF THE FINAL ACT OF NEGOTIATIONS RELATIVE TO THE REVISION OF THE 1946 TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH WAS SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, D.C. ON DECEMBER 15, 1954.
Date of Approval
June 18, 1955
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Act No. 3590

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AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN GRANTING TO THE MACKAY RADIO AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS, LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1929
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Act No. 3546

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AN ACT EXCLUDING NATIONAL BANKS ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE PROHIBITION OF USING THE WORD "NATIONAL" AS A PORTION OF THEIR NAME OR TITLE.
Date of Approval
November 21, 1929
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Act No. 3513

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AN ACT GRANTING TO THE "MACKAY RADIO AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA," UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES, AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME.
Date of Approval
December 7, 1928
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Act No. 3495

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AN ACT GRANTING TO THE ROBERT DOLLAR COMPANY, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITION OF THE SAME.
Date of Approval
December 7, 1928
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Act No. 2975

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING CERTAIN FOREIGN CORPORATIONS TO HOLD IN LEASE PUBLIC LANDS FOR WHICH APPLICATION WAS MADE BY THEM AFTER FEBRUARY EIGHT, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN AND BEFORE NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Date of Approval
February 20, 1921
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Act No. 2720

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING GEORGE H. FAIRCHILD TO ORGANIZE A CORPORATION UNDER THE LAWS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OF ANY STATE THEREOF, WITH POWERS TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY YEARS CERTAIN LANDS SITUATED WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF MINDORO AND TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE AN IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM THEREON.
Date of Approval
May 15, 1917
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Act No. 2721

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AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY TO LEASE OR GRANT PERMITS FOR THE USE OF FOREST LANDS FOR SAWMILLS AND TIMBER DEPOTS, AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOTELS, SANATORIA, RESIDENCES, CAMPS, FISHPONDS, PASTURES, OR OTHER LAWFUL USES.
Date of Approval
May 15, 1917
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Act No. 2384

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AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF AMERICA A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS A STATION FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES.
Date of Approval
February 27, 1914
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Act No. 1459

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AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FORMATION AND ORGANIZATION OF CORPORATIONS, DEFINING THEIR POWERS, FIXING THE DUTIES OF DIRECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS THEREOF, DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF SHAREHOLDERS AND MEMBERS, PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH CORPORATIONS MAY TRANSACT BUSINESS, AND REPEALING CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE AND ALL LAWS OR PARTS OF LAWS IN CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT.
Date of Approval
February 28, 1906
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Act No. 1303

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AN ACT GRANTING TO MARTIN M. LEVERING A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU, PROVINCE OF CEBU.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1905

Republic Act No. 808

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AN ACT GRANTING TO "THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA AND CHINA TELEGRAPH COMPANY LIMITED" AND ITS PERMITTED ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO LAND, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AT MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINES A SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE CONNECTING MANILA WITH HONGKONG AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME.
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