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18 Jun 1949. The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [ 2] Republic Act No. 6657.
Model Business Corporation Act. The Model Business Corporation Act ( MBCA) is a model act promulgated and periodically amended by the Corporate Laws Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association ( Committee ). The MBCA had been adopted by 36 states and other jurisdictions. [1]
The Labor Code of the Philippines is the legal code governing employment practices and labor relations in the Philippines. It was enacted through Presidential Decree No. 442 on Labor day, May 1, 1974, by President Ferdinand Marcos in the exercise of his then extant legislative powers. [ 1]
The Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008, officially codified as Republic Act No. 9514, is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2553 and House Bill No. 4115, enacted and passed the Senate and the House of Representatives on October 6, 2008 and October 8, 2008, respectively. It was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on ...
This was replaced with the old Penal Code which was put in place by Spanish authorities, and took effect in the Philippines on July 14, 1876. This law was effective in the Philippines until the American colonization of the Philippines. It was only on December 8, 1930, when it was amended, under Act. No. 3815, with the enactment of the Revised ...
Website. www .sec .gov .ph. The Securities and Exchange Commission ( Filipino: Komisyon sa mga Panagot at Palitan, commonly known as SEC) is the agency of the Government of the Philippines charged with the registration and supervision of corporations and securities, as well as capital market institutions and participants, in the Philippines.
A non-stock corporation (or nonstock corporation) is a corporation that does not have owners represented by shares of stock, [ 1] in contrast to a joint-stock company. A non-stock corporation typically has members who are the functional equivalent of shareholders in a stock corporation. The members may have the right to vote (and other rights ...
The Revised Penal Code criminalizes a whole class of acts that are generally accepted as criminal, such as the taking of a life whether through murder or homicide, rape, robbery theft, and treason. The Code also penalizes other acts that are considered criminal in the Philippines, such as adultery, concubinage, and abortion.