Approved Republic Acts (Jan-July 2015)

REPUBLIC ACTS

A Republic Act is a piece of legislation used to create policy in order to carry out the principles of the Constitution. It is crafted and passed by the Congress of the Philippines and approved by the President of Philippines. It can only be repealed by a similar act of Congress.

The following are the newly approved R.A.'s for the year 2015:

Republic Act No. 10653 

Date of Approval: February 12, 2015
Title: An act adjusting the 13th month pay and other benefits ceiling excluded from the computation of gross income for purposes of income taxation, amending for the purpose Section 32(b), Chapter VI of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended

Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 10611

Date of Approval: February 20, 2015
Title: Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Food Safety Act of 2013

Republic Act No. 10654

Date lapsed into law without the signature of the President:  February 27, 2015
Description: In accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution

Republic Act No. 10655

Date of Approval: March 13, 2015
Title: An Act Repealing the Crime of Premature Marriage under Article 351 of Act No. 3815, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code

Republic Act No. 10656

Date of Approval: March 25, 2015
Title: An Act Postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan Elections to the last Monday of October 2016, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 9164, as amended, entitled “An Act providing for Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, amending Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the ‘Local Government Code of 1991′ and for other purposes”

Republic Act No. 10657

Date of Approval: March 27, 2015
Title: An Act Regulating and Modernizing the Practice of Chemistry in the Philippines, repealing for the purpose Republic Act numbered seven hundred fifty-four (R. A. No. 754), otherwise known as the Chemistry Law of the Philippines

Republic Act No. 10658

Date of Approval: March 27, 2015
Title: An Act separating the City of Biñan from the First Legislative District of the Province of Laguna to constitute the Lone Legislative District of the City of Biñan

Republic Act No. 10659

Date of Approval: March 27, 2015
Title: An Act Promoting and Supporting the Competitiveness of the Sugarcane Industry and for other purposes

Republic Act No. 10660

Date of Approval: April 16, 2015
Title: An Act strengthening further the Functional and Structural Organization of the Sandiganbayan, further amending Presidential Decree No. 1606, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor

Republic Act No. 10661

Date of Approval: May 29, 2015
Title: An Act declaring November of every year as National Children’s Month

Republic Act No. 10665

Date of Approval: July 9, 2015
Title: An Act Establishing the Open High School System in the Philippines and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Republic Act No. 10667

Date of Approval: July 21, 2015
Title: An act providing for a national competition policy prohibiting anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position and anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions, establishing the Philippine competition commission and appropriating funds therefor

Republic Act No. 10668

Date of Approval:  July 21, 2015
Title: An act allowing foreign vessels to transport and co-load foreign cargoes for domestic transshipment and for other purposes

(Source: Official Gazette, website: www.gov.ph)