Commonwealth Acts Nos. 201 to 300


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C.A. No. 201 AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE, THREE, AND FOUR AND REPEALING SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND RECORDING IN THE BUREAU OF POSTS THE NAMES AND POST OFFICE ADDRESSES OF EDITORS, PUBLISHERS, MANAGERS, OWNERS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF NEWSPAPER PUBLICATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 1936-11-18
C.A. No. 202 AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1936-11-18
C.A. No. 203 AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (M) OF SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, BY INCREASING THE FIXED TAX ON RETAIL LEAF TOBACCO DEALERS FROM TWENTY PESOS TO THIRTY PESOS PER ANNUM 1936-11-18
C.A. No. 204 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY SEVEN SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE SUMS OF MONEY APPROPRIATED AS TO ITEMS TWO, FOUR, FIVE, TEN, AND FIFTEEN, SUBSECTION E, (K) OF THE SAID ACT, FOR THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION OF RIVER CONTROL WORKS ON THE PAMPANGA RIVER, IN PAMPANGA; AGNO, IN PANGASINAN; O’DONNELL, IN TARLAC; AN GAT, IN BULACAN; AND PAMPANGA, IN NUEVA ECIJA 1936-11-18
C.A. No. 205 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND SEVENTY, EXTENDING ITS PROVISIONS SO AS TO PREVENT THE USE OF REGISTERED CONTAINERS WHEN THE OWNER HAS RESERVED THE OWNERSHIP, AND REQUIRES A DEPOSIT FOR THE RETURN THEREOF 1936-11-20
C.A. No. 206 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIS OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTY ONE, KNOWN AS THE RETIREMENT GRATUITY ACT, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT 1936-11-20
C.A. No. 207 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN AND TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, BY IMPOSING A PENALTY ON ANY PERSON FOUND IN POSSESSION OF ARTICLES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC TAX, THE TAX ON WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PAID; BY PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASED PENALTY FOR SUBSEQUENT UNLAWFUL POSSESSION; AND BY INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR A SUBSEQUENT UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OF SUCH ARTICLES 1936-11-20
C.A. No. 208 AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS SEVEN AND THIRTY FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THIRTY NINE 1936-11-20
C.A. No. 209 AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS SEVEN AND THIRTY FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY ONE 1936-11-20
C.A. No. 210 AN ACT TO AMEND FURTHER SECTIONS THREE, EIGHT, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, SIXTEEN, TWENTY THREE, TWENTY FOUR, TWENTY FIVE AND THIRTY NINE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE 1936-11-20
C.A. No. 211 AN ACT TO FIX A MINIMUM DAILY WAGE FOR LABORERS EMPLOYED IN PUBLIC WORK, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF 1936-11-21
C.A. No. 212 AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED AS AMENDED 1936-11-21
C.A. No. 213 AN ACT TO DEFINE AND REGULATE LEGITIMATE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS 1936-11-21
C.A. No. 214 AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POST OFFICES IN MUNICIPALITIES WITHOUT POSTAL SERVICE AND THE EXTENSION OF POSTAL SAVINGS BANK AND MONEY ORDER SERVICE IN ALL POST OFFICES WITHOUT SUCH FACILITIES 1936-11-21
C.A. No. 215 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN, FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE, FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR, FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX, AND FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 1936-11-21
C.A. No. 216 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION PESOS, TO CREATE A REVOLVING FUND FOR PUBLIC MARKETS OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF SUCH BONDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 1936-11-24
C.A. No. 217 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES SIXTY ONE, SEVENTY AND SEVENTY ONE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE 1936-11-24
C.A. No. 218 AN ACT TO GRANT AN EXTENSION OF THIRTY DAYS TO THE TAYABAS LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE GRANTING THE SAID COMPANY A FRANCHISE FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER, IN TAYABAS, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS 1936-11-29
C.A. No. 219 AN ACT TO EXTEND TO ALL ASSOCIATIONS OF WHATEVER CLASS OR FORM THE RESTRICTIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND PROHIBITIONS OF EXISTING LAWS UPON CORPORATIONS 1936-11-29
C.A. No. 220 AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER THIRTEEN (LEAVE LAW) OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED, ABOLISHING THE ADDITIONAL LEAVE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE EXTENDED LEAVE OF THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS AND COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND TEACHERS, AND THE ACCRUED LEAVE OF OTHER OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; INCREASING THE VACATION LEAVE AND CREATING THE SICK LEAVE 1936-11-29
C.A. No. 221 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THREE AND TWENTY ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE, ENTITLED “AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO PHILIPPINE AERIAL TAXI COMPANY, INCORPORATED, TO OPERATE AN AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 1936-11-29
C.A. No. 222 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THREE AND TWENTY ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO, ENTITLED “AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO ILOILO NEGROS AIR EXPRESS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, TO OPERATE AN AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 1936-11-29
C.A. No. 223 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE AWARD OF AIR MAIL CONTRACTS AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR 1936-11-29
C.A. No. 224 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO AND TO INSERT FOUR NEW SECTIONS BETWEEN SECTIONS TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO AND TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 1936-11-29
C.A. No. 225 AN ACT REMITTING THE BOND OF FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN PESOS AND NINETY NINE CENTAVOS FURNISHED BY THE LUZON SURETY COMPANY, INCORPORATED, IN BEHALF OF EUFFENIO UY TUISING IN THE CASES OF PEOPLE VERSUS EUGENIO UY TUISING 1936-11-30
C.A. No. 226 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN 1936-11-30
C.A. No. 227 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE HOLDING OF CHARITY LOTTERIES, CREATE A PUBLIC CORPORATION TO ATTEND TO IT, AND DEFINE ITS POWERS 1936-11-30
C.A. No. 228 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY TO NEGOTIATE AND CONSUMMATE THE PURCHASE OF PROFESSOR CRAIG’S COPYRIGHT IN THE BOOK “RIZAL’S OWN STORY OF HIS LIFE” TOGETHER WITH HIS PRESENT COLLECTION OF PHILIPPINE MATERIALS AND HIS UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS AND STUDIES ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE 1936-11-30
C.A. No. 229 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF ANY AMOUNT FROM ONE PROVINCIAL FUND TO ANOTHER, WHENEVER THE PUBLIC INTERESTS SO REQUIRE 1936-11-30
C.A. No. 230 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF ANY AMOUNT FROM ONE MUNICIPAL FUND TO ANOTHER, WHENEVER THE PUBLIC INTERESTS SO REQUIRE 1936-11-29
C.A. No. 231 AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE ACT ENTITLED “AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” APPROVED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES ON AUGUST FIFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED 1937-03-09
C.A. No. 232 AN ACT AMENDING FURTHER SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO EXEMPT NATURAL ROCK ASPHALT FROM THE PAYMENT OF WHARFAGE CHARGES 1937-03-09
C.A. No. 233 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE HOLDING OF ELECTIONS OF PROVINCIAL, CITY, AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND AMEND FOR SAID PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ON ELECTIONS AND KINDRED MATTERS 1937-09-15
C.A. No. 234 AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS AID FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW ELEMENTARY CLASSES 1937-09-15
C.A. No. 235 AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE 1937-09-16
C.A. No. 236 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO DESIGNATE ANY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU, OFFICE OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, OR TO CREATE A NEW OFFICE OR AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING ALLOTMENTS OF ANY QUOTA ESTABLISHED FOR THE PHILIPPINES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES SUGAR ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN, ON THE BASIS SPECIFIED IN SECTION SIX (D) OF PUBLIC LAW NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN, APPROVED MARCH TWENTY FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR, AND OF ENFORCING ACT NUMBERED FORTY ONE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY SEVEN, AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR 1937-09-16
C.A. No. 237 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESTORATION AND PAYMENT OF ALL ANNUITIES DUE TO PERSONS RETIRED UNDER AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY, THIRTY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE, AND ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, EACH AS AMENDED AND IN EFFECT PRIOR TO NOVEMBER FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX 1937-09-23
C.A. No. 238 Abolition Of The Cedula Tax 1937-11-15
C.A. No. 239 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE RELIEF OF COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENT SUFFERERS FROM TYPHOONS, FLOODS, OR OTHER PUBLIC CALAMITIES 1937-11-29
C.A. No. 240 AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE MILLION FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS 1937-12-08
C.A. No. 241 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FIVE MILLION PESOS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AMONG THE PROVINCES, SUBPROVINCES, CHARTERED CITIES MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS ON THE BASIS OF THE YEARLY AVERAGE OF THEIR SHARES IN PROCEEDS OF THE CEDULA TAX COLLECTED DURING THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX, AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN, TO COMPENSATE THE SAID BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE LOSS FROM THEIR REVENUES ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE CEDULA TAX 1937-12-09
C.A. No. 242 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL GRANT OF ONE MILLION PESOS FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO THE CITY OF MANILA 1937-12-09
C.A. No. 243 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN AND FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN 1937-12-10
C.A. No. 244 AN ACT SETTING THE FOURTH MONDAY OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR AS THE DAY FOR THE OPENING OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 1937-12-10
C.A. No. 246 0000-00-00
C.A. No. 247 AN ACT TO MAKE THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND AND NINETY SEVEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE APPLICABLE TO THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS OF ABRA, CAMARINES NORTE, MARINDUQUE, MASBATE AND ROMBLON, AND REPEALING THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE SAID SECTION 1937-12-17
C.A. No. 248 AN ACT EXTENDING TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RETIRED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE THE PRIVILEGES GRANTED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND SIX TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RETIRED UNDER ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTY ONE 1937-12-17
C.A. No. 249 AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO TRANSFER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE CHANGES IN THE NAMES PROVIDED BY MUNICIPAL COUNCILS FOR STREETS, AVENUES, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES 1937-12-17
C.A. No. 250 AN ACT A MENDING SECTIONS TWENTY SEVEN AND TWENTY EIGHT, AND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY NINE OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ZAMBOANGA, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT IN TWO INSTALLMENTS OF THE TAXES ON REAL ESTATE IN THE SAID CITY, PLACING THE ADDITIONAL TAX AS PENALTY AT TWO PER CENTUM FOR EACH FULL MONTH OF DELINQUENCY DUE ON THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL TAX DUE, AND TO PERMIT REMISSION OF SUCH TAXES 1937-12-17
C.A. No. 251 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN 1937-12-17
C.A. No. 252 AN ACT AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY, MANUEL L. QUEZON, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION KNOWN AS THE “ORDER OF THE BRILLIANT JADE”, CONFERRED UPON HIM BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA 1937-12-21
C.A. No. 253 AN ACT AMENDING FURTHER PARAGRAPH SIXTY FOUR OF GROUP 2, CLASS IV, OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO EXTEND THE FREE ENTRY OF WOODS, BARKS, ROOTS, AND SIMILAR NATURAL PRODUCTS, FOR DYEING OR TANNING 1938-02-26
C.A. No. 254 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED THREE 1938-03-04
C.A. No. 255 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE ROAD TAX 1938-03-09
C.A. No. 256 AN ACT CONFIRMING THE COMMITMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THE REGULATION OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF SUGAR AND THE PROTOCOL ANNEXED THERETO, BOTH SIGNED IN LONDON ON MAY SIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN 1938-04-29
C.A. No. 257 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO RELEASE AND ORDER THE EXPENDITURE OF A SUM NOT EXCEEDING FORTY PER CENTUM OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT RECOMMENDED FOR APPROPRIATION IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BILL ATTACHED TO THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DATED FEBRUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT, TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMENCE AT ONCE THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THE SAID BILL 1938-03-25
C.A. No. 258 AN ACT TO GRANT THE ILAGAN ELECTRIC AND ICE PLANT, INCORPORATED, AN EXTENSION OF THIRTY DAYS TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF THE FRANCHISE AWARDED UNDER ACT NUMBERED THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE 1938-03-31
C.A. No. 259 AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE, RELATING TO THE SUPREME COURT AND THE COURT OF APPEALS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES THEREOF 1938-04-07
C.A. No. 260 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF THE COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWENTY AND TO APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION PESOS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULLY CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT 0000-00-00
C.A. No. 271 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING TENANCY CONTRACTS ON LAND PLANTED TO SUGAR CANE,” SO AS TO INCLUDE FARM LABORERS, COMMONLY CALLED “PAKIADORES” 0000-00-00
C.A. No. 288 AN ACT TO PROVIDE PENSION FOR VETERANS OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONS OR WARS 1939-01-01
C.A. No. 294 Mechanical Engineering Law 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 300 1939 General Appropriations Act 0001-01-01