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May 1940 | Commonwealth Act
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Commonwealth Act No. 538
AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE EFFECTS Of ANY ACTION FOR EJECTMENT INSTITUTED AGAINST TENANTS OR HOLDERS OF ESTATES OR CHAPLLAINCIES (CAPELLANIAS) MUCH THE GOVERNMENT MAY SEEK TO ACQUIRE THROUGH PURCHASE OR EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 532
AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARY OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL AT FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS PER ANNUM.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 551
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO A COMPROMISE IN THE CASE ARISING OUT OF THE PROBATE OF THE WILL OF THE LATE DON FRANCISCO R. SANTOS.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 548
AN ACT TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE USE OF AND TRAFFIC ON NATIONAL ROADS AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTIONS ALONG THE SAME, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOB THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 549
AN ACT CREATING .THE POSITION OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY AMOUNT THEREFOR.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 535
AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PERSONS FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO MAKE A DECLARATION OF INTENTION, PRIOR. TO FILING AN APPLICATION .FOR NATURALIZATION, AMENDING THEREBY SECTION SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 536
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND MAKING-APPROPRIATION FOR THE PAYMENT OF A RETIREMENT GRATUITY.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 537
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, TO STANDARDIZE THE SALARIES OF ASSISTANT FISCALS FOR THE CITY OF MANILA.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 539
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ACQUIRE PRIVATE LANDS FOR RESALE IN SMALL LOTS; PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF AN AGENCY TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; AND SETTING ASIDE FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID LANDS.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 540
AN ACT TO ALTER THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING SESSIONS OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE PROVINCES OF ISABELA, NUEVA VIZCAYA, CAPIZ, AND SURIGAO, BY AMENDING CERTAIN PARAGRAPHS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 541
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE AWARDING OF CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 542
AN ACT TO CREATE A CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS. THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO DEFINE ITS POWERS AND PURPOSES.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 543
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 544
AN ACT TO CREATE EIGHT POSITIONS OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 545
AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO INC3EASE THE NUMBER OF JUDGES OF FIRST INSTANCE, TO REGROUP SOME OF THE PROVINCES FOR JUDICIAL PURPOSES, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY RINDS THEREFOR.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 546
AN ACT TO ATTEND SECTIONS TWO AND FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED THIRTY, AS AMENDED, BY REGULATING PRESENTATION, REGISTRATION., AND ENTRY OF RACE HORSES, AND MAKING AVAILABLE CERTAIN PORTION OF ITS PROCEEDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO VETERANS OF PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONS OR WARS.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 533
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (d) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AND SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AS AMENDED, SO AS TO VEST THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO WITH VETO POWER AND THE COUNCIL OF SAID CITY WITH POWER TO OVERRIDE SUCH VETO.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 534
AN ACT TO DECLARE INEFFECTIVE THE REDUCTION OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL PERMANENT PLANTS AND/OR TREES ON ANY TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY IN ANY PROVINCE BY FIFTY PER CENT PENDING THE NEW ASSESSMENT THEREIN, AND TO REPEAL THE PROVISO CONTAINED IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SECTION FIFTY-THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, KNOWN AS THE "ASSESSMENT LAW."
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 547
AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF CAVITE
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 550
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKE OFFICE TO HOLD SPECIAL SWEEPSTAKE RACES THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH SHALL BE USED TO FINANCE THE HOLDING OF AN EXPOSITION IN THE PHILIPPINES IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 552
AN ACT APPROPRIATING AMOUNTS FROM THE COCONUT OIL EXCISE TAX FUND COLLECTED ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 553
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO PERMIT THE ENTRY BY THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF ALL OR PORTIONS OF RESERVED LANDS OR MINERAL RIGHTS IN LANDS.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 554
AN ACT TO LIQUIDATE THE MUNICIPAL LOAN FUND, THE PRIVATE SURVEYORS' LOAN FUND, AND THE FRIAR LANDS LOAN FUND.
May 26, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 530
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY FOR TAXATION PURPOSES, BY REQUIRING THE OWNER TO FILE A SWORN STATEMENT AS TO THE. REAL VALUE THEREOF AND CREATING A CENTRAL BOARD OF TAX APPEALS.
May 11, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 531
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF MALOCONAN, MUNICIPALITY OF TOLONG, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, TO THAT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
May 11, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 527
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BONDO, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, TO THAT OF-"AURORA."
May 11, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 528
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUE OF BONDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PROCEEDS OF SALE OF WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE OF AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF BONDS OF THE METROPOLITAN, WATER DISTRICT.
May 11, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 529
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS THREE, SIX, AND SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS THE CIVIL AVIATION LAW, AND INSERTING SECTION SIX AND ONE-HALF IN THE SAME.
May 11, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 525
AN ACT TO REPEAL SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION ONE HUND8ED AND EIGHTY-FOUR AND TO AMEND SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED-AND EIGHTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX.
May 10, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 526
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR OF THE NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL REVENUE CODE.
May 10, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 523
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
May 10, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 524
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REMIT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, UNPAID TAXES AND PENALTIES OF FORFEITED REAL PROPERTY," TO PROVIDE A NEW TIME LIMIT FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE TAXES NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.
May 10, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 522
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE.
May 07, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 521
AN ACT APPROPRIATING AMOUNTS FROM THE COCONUT OIL EXCISE TAX FUND COLLECTED ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY.
May 07, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 518
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL COCONUT CORPORATION
May 07, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 519
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL TOBACCO CORPORATION
May 07, 1940
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Commonwealth Act No. 520
AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF SAN PABLO
May 07, 1940