10 Codes

for Legal
Research
Codes 1-10
 Full Title:
Presidential Decree No. 603
The Child & Youth Welfare Code of
the Philippines

1. Child & Youth

Purpose/Significance:
Protection of children in the

Welfare Code
Phils.
The child is one of the most
important assets of the nation,
hence every effort must be
exerted to promote their welfare
& opportunities for a useful &
happy life.
 Full Title:
Republic Act No. 386
Civil Code of the Philippines

2. Civil Code Purpose/Significance:

Product of the codification of
private law in the Phils.
It is the general law that governs
family & property relations in the
Phils.
 Full Title:
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Law of 1988
R.A. No. 6657
R.A. No. 9700, amended

3. R.A. 6657,
Purpose/Significance:
To promote industrialization & social

amended
justice & providing the mechanism for its
implementation
To give the highest consideration to the
welfare of landless farmers &
farmworkers
(RA 9700) Strengthen the CARP, extend
the acquisition & distribution of all
agricultural lands, & amend certain
provisions of R.A. No. 6657
 Full Title:
Presidential Decree No. 961
An Act to Codify the Laws Dealing with the
Development of the Coconut & Other Palm Oil
Industry & For Other Purposes

4. Coconut
Purpose/Significance:
To make more meaningful the

Industry Code
participation of the coconut farmers in
the benefits of the growth & development
of the industry
Creation of the Phil. Coconut Authority
Re-structure the various laws that have
been enacted to promote the rapid
development of the industry & to
integrate said laws into a single codified
law.
 Full Title:
Spanish Code of Commerce of 1885
Commercial Contracts for Transportation

5. Code of Purpose/Significance:
Made for those who have the legal
Commerce capacity to trade & customarily devote
themselves to & for commercial or
industrial associations formed in
accordance with the Code
To govern commercial transactions thru
the provisions contained in the Code.
Governs contracts of transportation by
land and/or water of any kind
 6. Cooperative Code
Full Title: Purpose/Significance:
Cooperative Code of the Philippines, 2008 Consolidation of R.A. 6938
R.A. No. 9520 Defines cooperatives & its types,
regulates their establishment &
provides the penal provisions in case
of violation of the provisions of this
Act.
 7. Corporation Code
Full Title:
R.A. No. 11232
An Act Providing For The Revised
Corporation Code of the Philippines
Revised Corporation Code of the
Philippines
Purpose/Significance:
Promotes business & commerce
across the country by simplifying the
process for registering &
administering a corporation in the
Philippines
Amends the old Corporation Code in
an effort to improve the ease of doing
business in the Philippines
Protects corporations & its
stakeholders
 8. Family Code
Full Title: Purpose/Significance:
E.O. No. 209 To attune the legal framework on
The Family Code of the Philippines marriage & family relations to
contemporary developments & trends
 9. Fire Code
Full Title: Purpose/Significance:
It is the principal law governing the
Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of
prevention & suppression of all
2008
destructive fires & the
R.A. No. 9514
professionalization of the fire service
as a profession
To ensure the public safety & promote
economic development thru the stated
means above
 10. Forest Reform Code
Full Title: Purpose/Significance:
Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines Lays down the basic principles of
P.D. No. 705 forest management & conservation
Makes provisions for the
administration of forestry & the survey
& classification of lands for purposes
of forestry.
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