This article contains a partial list of Philippine laws.
Sources of Philippine laws
;Notes
: *Customs may be considered as supplementary source of law, however, customs which are contrary to law, public order or public policy shall not be countenanced
Abbreviations
Philippine laws have had various nomenclature designations at different periods in the
history of the Philippines
Earliest hominin activity in the Philippine archipelago is dated back to at least 709,000 years ago. ''Homo luzonensis'', a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon at least 67,000 years ago. The earliest known anatomically ...
, as shown in the following table:
Notable laws
The following table lists Philippine laws which have been mentioned in Wikipedia, or are otherwise notable. Only laws passed by
Congress
A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...
and
its preceding bodies are listed here; presidential decrees and other executive issuances which may otherwise carry the force of law are excluded for the purpose of this table.
Lists of laws by year
2020
2019
2018 (10967–11166)
2017 (10925–10966)
2016 (10740–10924)
2015 (10653–10739)
2014 (10635–10652)
2013 (10355–10634)
2012 (10157–10354)
2011 (10148–10156)
2010 (9903–10146)
2009 (9519–9999)
2008 (9496–9518)
2007 (9366–9495)
2006 (9342–9365)
2005 (9335–9341)
2004 (9233–9334)
2003 (9183–9232)
2002 (9163–9182)
2001 (8990–9162)
2000 (8759–8989)
1999 (8746–8758)
1998 (8446–8745)
1997 (8248–8445)
1996 (8177–8247)
1995 (7854–8176)
1994 (7667–7853)
1993 (7645-7666)
See also
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Congress of the Philippines
The Congress of the Philippines ( fil, Kongreso ng Pilipinas, italic=unset) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of R ...
(section on Lawmaking)
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Philippine legal codes
Codification (law), Codification of laws is a common practice in the Philippines. Many general areas of substantive law, such as criminal law, Civil law (common law), civil law and labor law are governed by legal codes.
Tradition of codificatio ...
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Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
References
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External links
The text of many Philippine laws can be found on the following sites:
Laws and Issuancesa
Official Gazette of the Republic of the PhilippinesRepublic Acts – House of Representatives of the PhilippinesPhilippine Supreme Court E-LibraryLaws, statutes & codesa
ChanRobles Virtual Law Library (new site)The Corpus Juris Online Law LibraryThe Lawphil Project by Arellano Law Foundation
Philippines law-related lists