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Act No. 386
The Civil Code of the Philippines
Art. 3.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith.
Art. 4. Laws
shall have no retroactive effect, unless the contrary is provided.
Art. 5. Acts
executed against the provisions of mandatory or prohibitory
laws shall be void, except when the law itself authorizes
their validity.
Art. 6. Rights
may be waived, unless the waiver is contrary to law, public
order, public policy, morals, or good customs, or prejudicial
to a third person with a right recognized by law.
Art. 7. Laws
are repealed only by subsequent ones, and their violation
or non-observance shall not be excused by disuse,
or custom or practice to the contrary.
When the courts declared
a law to be inconsistent with the Constitution, the former
shall be void and the latter shall govern. xxx
Art. 8.
Judicial decisions applying or interpreting the laws or the
Constitution shall form a part of the legal system of the
Philippines.
Art. 9.
No judge or court shall decline to render judgment by reason
of the silence, obscurity or insufficiency of the laws.
Art. 10.
In case of doubt in the interpretation or application of laws,
it is presumed that the lawmaking body intended right and
justice to prevail.
Art. 11.
Customs which are contrary to law, public order or public
policy shall not be countenanced.
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Relevant
Laws Table
of Contents
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Presidential
Decree No. 603
The Child and Youth Welfare Code
Republic
Act No. 6809
An Act Lowering the Age of Majority From Twenty-One
to Eighteeen Years, Amending for the Purpose Executive Order Numbered
Two Hundred Nine, And for Other Purposes
Republic
Act No. 6955
An Act To Declare Unlawful the Practice
of Matching Filipino Women for Marriage to Foreign Nationals on
a Mail-Order Basis And for Other Similar Practices, Including the
Advertisement, Publication, Printing or Distribution of Brochures,
Fliers and Other Propaganda Materials in Furtherance Thereof and
Providing Penalty Therefor
Republic
Act No. 6972
Barangay-Level Total Development and Protection of Children
Act
Republic
Act No. 7192
Women in Development
and Nation Building Act
Republic
Act No. 7600
The Rooming-In and Breast-Feeding
Act of 1992
Republic
Act No. 7610
Special Protection of Children Against Abuse,
Exploitation and Discrimination Act
Republic Act
No. 9231
An Act Providing For The Elimination Of The Worst Forms
Of Child Labor And Affording Stronger Protection For The Working
Child, Amending For This Purpose Republic Act No. 7610, As Amended,
Otherwise Known as the "Special Protection Of Children Against
Child Abuse, Exploitation And Discrimination Act"
Republic
Act No. 7876
Senior Citizens Center
Act of the Philippines
Republic
Act No. 9257
Expanded Senior Citizens
Act of 2003
Republic
Act No. 7877
Anti-Sexual Harassment
Act of 1995
Republic
Act No. 8043
Inter-Country
Adoption Act of 1995
Republic
Act No. 8044
Youth in Nation-Building Act
Republic
Act No. 8171
An Act Providing For
The Repatriation Of Filipinos Who Have Lost Their Philippine Citizenship
By Marriage to Aliens And Of Natural-Born Filipinos
Republic
Act No. 8369
Family Courts Act of
1997
Republic
Act No. 8552
Domestic Adoption Act
of 1998
Republic
Act No. 8972
Solo Parents'
Welfare Act of 2000
Republic
Act No. 9048
An Act Authorizing The
City Or Municipal Civil Registrar Or The Consul General To Correct
A Clerical Or Typographical Error And/Or Change of First Name Or
Nickname In The Civil Register Without Need Of A Judicial Order,
Amending For This Purpose Articles 376 and 412 of The Civil Code
of the Philippines
Republic
Act No. 9255
An Act Allowing Illegitimate Children To Use The Surname
Of Their Father, Amending for the Purpose Article 176 of Executive
Order No. 209, Otherwise Known as the "Family Code of the Philippines"
Republic
Act No. 9262
Anti-Violence Against
Women and Their Children Act of 2004
Republic
Act No. 9285
An Act To Institutionalize The Use Of An Alternative
Dispute Resolution System In The Philippines And To Establish The
Office For Alternative Dispute Resolution, And For Other Purposes.
Republic
Act No. 9288
An Act Promulgating A Comprehensive Policy
And A National System For Ensuring Newborn Screening
Note: For up-to-date
listing and full texts of Republic Acts and pending legislation,
please surf to www.congress.gov.ph.
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