List of Philippine laws

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, as shown in the following table:

Notable laws

The following table lists Philippine laws that have been mentioned in Wikipedia or are otherwise notable. Only laws passed by Congress 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

2021

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)

1992 (7160–7644)

1991 (6976–7159)

1990 (6831–6975)

1989 (6689–6830)

1988 (6646–6688)

1987 (6636–6645)

1972 (6424–6635)

1971 (6135–6423)

1970 (6124–6134)

1969 (5456–6123)

1968 (5191–5455)

1967 (4865–5190)

See also

• Congress of the Philippines (section on Lawmaking)
• Decree - this type of law has been used to create many institutions, such as the Philippine Heart Center, which is not used in many other countries.
• Philippine energy law
• Philippines

References

External links

The text of many Philippine laws can be found on the following sites:

• Laws and Issuances at Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
• Republic Acts – House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Philippine Supreme Court E-Library
• ChanRobles Virtual Law Library
• Laws, statutes & codes at ChanRobles Virtual Law Library (new site)
• The Corpus Juris Online Law Library
• The Lawphil Project by Arellano Law Foundation