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733 acts · 1935–1946

1939

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  1. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 437 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE INVESTMENT OF ANY FUND OF A CORPORATION OR IN ANY BUSINESS OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH IT WAS ORGANIZED UNLESS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ARE FULFILLED-AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE CORPORATION LAW AS AMENDED.
  2. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 436 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE 1AND THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR, ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFORESTATION AFFORESTATION OF WATER SHEDS, DENUDED AREAS AND COGON OR OPEN LANDS WITHIN FOREST RESERVES, COMMUNAL FORESTS,. NATIONAL PARKS AND TIMBERLANDS, SAND DUNES, AND OTHER PUBLIC FOREST LANDS, IN THE PHILIPPINES. AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.
  3. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 435 AN ACT TO ADD ANOTHER SUBSECTION TO SECTION SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "BUDGET ACT", PROVIDING FOR THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTE OFFICERS OR MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF GOVERNMENT VESSELS.
  4. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 434 AN ACT VESTING IN THE TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES CERTAIN POWERS OVER TRUSTS.FOR CHARITABLE USES AND:APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY.FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES THEREOF.
  5. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 433 An Act to Suspend the Granting of Geological Exploration and Petroleum Drilling Leases Under Act Numbered Twenty-Nine Hundred and thirty-Two.
  6. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 432 An Act to Amend Section Sixty-Two of General Orders Numbered Fifty-Eight, Known as the Code of Criminal Procedure, Providing for the Taking of Depositions or Written Sworn statements of Material Witnesses Who Have to Leave the Philippines With No Definite Date of Returning thereto and their Admission as Evidence in the Trial of a Case, Under Certain Conditions.
  1. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 431 An Act to Give the Board on Documents Discretionary Power to Delegate to Its Duly Authorized Representatives Its Authority to Witness the Burning of Condemned Records.
  2. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 430 An Act to Create the Department of National Defense and the Department of Health and Public Welfare.
  3. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 429 An Act to Authorize the President of the Philippines to Negotiate With the President of the United states Regarding the Assignment of Filipinos to United states Embassies or Consulates in Foreign Countries, Appropriating Funds therefor.
  4. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 428 An Act Authorizing the City of Bacolod to Issue Bonds for the Purpose of Providing Funds to Construct a City Hall, the Necessary Sewer Facilities and Other Permanent Improvements in Said City, and Authorizing Also a National Government Bond Issue Secured By Said City Bonds.
  5. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 427 An Act Relieving All Provinces, Municipalities and Municipal Districts and the Cities of Zamboanga and Davao From the Payment of Sheriff Fees.
  6. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 426 An Act to Amend Section Sixty-Two of Commonwealth Act Numbered Fifty-Seven as Amended By Commonwealth Act Numbered One Fifty-Eight.
  7. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 425 An Act Modifying the Manner, Form and Amount of the Bond, of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, Amending for this Purpose, Section One Hundred Forty-Five-M of the Administrative Code, as Amended By Commonwealth Acts Numbered three and Two Hundred-And Fifty-Nine.
  8. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 424 An Act to Designate District Engineers of Provinces Whose Capitals Have Been Converted Into Cities, City Engineers Ex Officio With Additional Compensation, Placing All City Engineers, Including that of the City of Manila,. Under the Supervision and Control of the Director of Public Works, Fixing the Salary of the City Engineer of Manila, and Providing for the Appointment of Assistant Engineers, Superintendents, and Other Employees of Chartered Cities.
  9. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 423 An Act Providing for the Execution of Public Works or Public Improvements in Chartered Cities.
  10. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 422 An Act Exempting Municipalities and Municipal Districts From the Payment of Docket Fees for Criminal Gases, Including VIolations of Municipal Ordinances, in Justice of the Peace Courts.
  11. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 421 An Act to Amend Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Eight Entitled "An Act to Punish Acts of Evasion of the Laws on the Nationalization of Certain Rights, Franchises or Privileges: "
  12. May 31, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 420 An Act to Authorize the Conversion in to a Corporation of the Instrumentality or Agency in Charge of Subleasing Lamed Estates Acquired through Lease or Purchase Under Commonwealth Act Numbered three Hundred and Seventy-Eight
  13. May 22, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 419 An Act to Exempt All Cases of Summary Settlement of Estates of Deceased Persons and Guardianship Proceedings in Which the Gross Value of the Estate Involved Do Not Exceed three Hundred Pesos, From the Payment of Filing Fees and Other Expenses.
  14. May 22, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 418 An Act Appropriating the Amount of Two Hundred and Fifty thousand Pesos, Out of the Oil Excise Tax Funds in the National Treasury Not Otherwise Appropriated, to Be Used Fob Hastening the Agronomical Survey of the Philippines.
  15. May 22, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 417 An Act Increasing the Penalty for Robbery or theft of Mail Matter, By Amending Articles three Hundred Two, and three Hundred Ten, as Amended, of the Revised Penal Code.
  16. May 22, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 416 An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Million Seven. Hundred Forty thousand Pesos to Be Reimbursed to the Department of the Interior and the Local Governments for the Expenses Borne By them Fob the Second Regular Election of Members.Of the National Assembly, and to Cover the Un-Paid Expenses for the Plebiscite on Woman Suffrage in Nineteen Hundred and thirty-Seven.
  17. May 22, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 415 An Act To-Appropriate Two Million Nine Hundred Seventy-Five thousand Pesos to Compensate the Provinces, Subprovinces, Quartered Cities, Municipalities, and Municipal Districts for the Loss in Revenue on Account of the Abolition of the Cedula Tax.
  18. Mar 13, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 414 An Act Providing Funds So that the President of the Philippines May Continue the Negotiations Already started Between the United states and the Philippines With a VIew to Adjusting the Economic and Trade Relations Between the Two Countries.
  19. Mar 7, 1939 Commonwealth Act No. 413 An Act Appropriating the Sum of Five Hundred-thousand Pesos for the Purpose of Providing 1Additional Government Services, Personnel, and Facilities for Law Enforcement