February 10, 2012 

List of Cultural Laws in the Philippines


Items Title Date Signed
Law on Arts and Culture 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES - Article XIV  
R.A. No. 1265 An Act making flag ceremony compulsory in all educational institutions 06/11/1955
R.A. No. 3934 An Act requiring the Filipino veterans who died shall be buried with their caskets covered with the Filipino flag 06/18/1964
R.A. No. 8491 An act prescribing the code of the national flag, anthem, motto, coat-of-arms, and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines 05/12/98
P. D. No. 374

Amending Certain Sections of R.A 4846, Otherwise Known as the "Cultural Properties Preservation and Protection Act"

01/10/74
P.D. No. 49 Decree on the protection of intellectual property 11/14/1972
P.D. No. 1988 Amending certain sections of Presidential Decree No. 49 10/05/1985
P.D. No. 1986 Creation of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) 10/05/1985
P.D. No. 1987 Creation of Videogram Regulatory Board 10/05/1985
P.D. No. 442 Labor Code 05/01/1974
P.D. No. 142 An Act to Regulate the Use of Aliases  
Proc. No. 146 Declaring the twelfth day of June of each year as flag day September 30, 1949
Proc. No. 254 Declaring the period from June 6-12, 1964 as the Philippine Flag Week June 3, 1964
Proc. No. 342 Declaring January 1-7, 1965 as Flag Week. December 29, 1964
Proc. No. 374 Declaring May 28 of each year as Flag Day. March 6, 1965
Proc. No. 41 Declaring the period from June 12-19, 1966 as Flag Week. June 7, 1966
Proc. No. 374 Declaring the twenty-eight day of May of each year as flag day. March 6, 1965
Proc. No. 204 Declaring January 15, 1988 as Non-Working Special Day in the City of Cebu 1/15/88
Proc. No. 206 Declaring February 1988 as the Buy Philippine Made Products Month 1/15/88
Proc. No. 245 Declaring 1989 as the Philippine Fiesta Year 4/12/88
Proc. No. 250 Declaring the period from July 3-9, 1988 and thereafter the Second Week of July of every year as "Cultural Communities Week" 4/20/88
Proc. No. 269 Proclaiming the period from 1988 to 1998 as "The Decade of the Centennial of Filipino Nationalism, Nationhood and the Philippine Revolutionary Movement" 6/10/88
Proc. No. 329 Declaring the period 1998 as the Philippine Decade of Culture and Creating a Committee for its Appropriate Observance 9/22/88
Proc. No. 1173 Declaring the Period from November 26 to December 2 as National Music Week for Young Artists 11/10/88
Proc. No. 356 Declaring the month of January of Every Year as "Ati-Atihan Month" in the Province of Aklan" 1/13/89
Proc. No. 673 Proclaiming December 14, 1990 as "National Communication Day" 12/7/90
Proc. No. 683 Declaring the Month of January of Every Year as National Arts Month 1/28/91
Proc. No. 730 Declaring the Period from June 6 to 12, 1991 as "Nationalism Week" 5/27/91
Proc. No. 798 Declaring October as Museums and Galleries Month 9/12/91
Proc. No. 837 Declaring the month of November as the Libraries and Information Services Month 11/19/91
Proc. No. 902 Declaring Tuesday, July 7, 1992 as a special day throughout the Philippines 5/14/92
Proc. No.154 Declaring the fourth week of April as National Dance Week 3/19/93
Proc. No. 241 Declaring Every Third Week of September Every year as the "Linggo ng Kasuotang Filipino"  
A.O. No. 66 Creating the National Organizing Committee for the Appropriate Celebration of the United Nations World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997; and the Holding of the First International Festival and Conference on Indigenous and Traditional Cultures in Manila on 20-25 October 1988 3/30/88
A.O. No. 98 Amending A.O. 66 dated March 30, 1988, entitled "Creating the National Organizing Committee for the appropriate Celebration of the United Nations World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997; and the Holding of the First International Festival and Conference on Indigenous and Traditional Cultures in Manila on 20-25 October 1988" 11/8/88
A.O. No. 125 Creating a national committee to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1994 4/21/94
A.O. No. 220 Creating a coordinating committee for the conduct of a Philippine Exposition in Printemps, France in 1996 10/3/95
A.O. No. 234 Reconstituting the membership of the Rizal Day National Committee in Connection with the Observance of the 99th Death Anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal on 30 December 1995 12/21/95
P.A. No. 1696 An Act to prohibit the display of flags, banners, emblems, or devices used in the Philippine Islands for the purpose of rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States and the display of Katipunan flags, banners, emblems, or devices, and for other purposes 8/23/1907
P.A. No. 2871 An Act to Repeal Act Numbered 626 "An Act to Prohibit the Display of flags, banners, emblems, or devices used in the Philippines for the purpose of rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States and the display of Katipunan flags, banners, emblems, or devices, and for other purposes" 8/22/1919
P.A. No. 2928 An Act to adopt an official flag for the Government of the Philippine islands, prescribe rules for its use, and provide penalties for the violation of said rules 3/26/1920
P.A. No. 3207 An Act granting aid or compensation in the sum of four thousand pesos to Julian Felipe, author of the "Philippine National Anthem" 12/4/1924
P.L. No. 829 (Joint Resolution in Flag Etiquette) To amend Public Law No. 623 approved June 22, 1942, entitled "Joint Resolution to codify and emphasize existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the United States of America" 12/22/1942
C.A. No. 382 An Act to adopt the original authentic form of the Philippine National Anthem and to appropriate funds 09/05/1938
C.A. No. 634 An Act to Penalize disrespect to the Philippine National Anthem, amending Commonwealth Act numbered 382, entitled "An Act to adopt the original authentic form of the Philippine National Anthem and to appropriate funds for its printing and free distribution" 06/10/1941
E.O. No. 23 Description and specifications of the Filipino flag 03/25/1936
E.O. NO 166 Regulation governing the half-masting of flags on government buildings. 10/08/1938
E.O. No. 321 Prescribing the Code of the National Flag and the National Anthem of the Republic of the Philippines 06/ 12, 1950
E.O. No. 25 Amending paragraph 3, Part II of the Executive Order No. 321, dated June 12, 1950, entitled "Prescribing the Code of the National Flag and the National Anthem of the Republic of the Philippines" April 10, 1954
E.O. No. 56 Directing the hoisting of the National Flag at the Independence Flagpole at the Luneta twenty-four hours a day. November 6, 1963
E.O. No. 87 Directing the hoisting of the National flag at the Legislative Building twenty-four hours a day. June 12, 1964
E.O. No. 137 Revising Executive Order No. 321, dated June 12, 1950 entitled "Prescribing the code of the National Flag and National Anthem of the Republic of the Philippines" January 7, 1965
E.O. No. 194 Further amending Executive Order No. 321, dated June 12, 1950, as revised by Executive Order No. 137, dated January 7, 1965, prescribing the Code of the National Flag and the National Anthem of the Republic of the Philippines. October 13, 1969
E.O. No. 1010 Amending Executive Order No. 23, dated March 25, 1936 entitled "Description and Specifications of the Filipino flag" February 25, 1985
E.O. No. 335 Enjoining all departments / bureaus / offices / agencies / instrumentalities of the government to take such steps as are necessary for the purpose of using Filipino language in official transactions, communications and correspondence 8/25/88
M.C. No. 60 Nagpapahayag na ang Pambansang Awitin ng Pilipinas ay dapat awitin lamang sa Pilipino (States that the Philippine National Anthem should be sung only in Pilipino) December 19, 1963
M.C. No. 2002-81 Creation of Local Culture and the Arts Councils May 17, 2002
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