Kinds of Laws

What are laws?

• They are rules or boundaries set forth by competent authorities

• They are there to guide us in doing what is right

• There are 4 types of laws:national law, local ordinance, barangay order, and presidential decree

National Laws

• “Normal laws” enforced nationwide

• Drafted in Congress or Senate

Examples

• All vehicles must register with the LTO annually

• All VAT or E-VAT must be paid whenever goods are bought

RA 9262– made 3/8/04

• Aims to protect women and children from domestic abuse

• Also provides punishment for those who do not give shelter to these victims

I AM RA 9262!

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

FOR JUSTICE!!!

RA 9334– made 12/21/04

• Increases tax on tobacco and alcohol products

• 2 birds with 1 stone—more revenue and less smokers/drinkers

• “sin tax”

• Cigarette companies and wine companies don’t like this law

PAY UP!P2000!

Local Ordinances

• Laws made by local (city or municipality) government, only for enforcement in that locality

• Every city has its own set of unique ordinances based on its needs

Anti-basaan Ordinance

• St John the Baptist day-June 24

• St (San) John (Juan)

• Tradition to douse passersby and cars with buckets of water

Anti-basaan Ordinance

• Tourists and transit working passengers complained;

• Ordinance passed: no “basaan” at noontime

No plastic ordinance

• Only enforced in area of responsibility (Muntinlupa)

Number coding

• Mainly enforced in METRO MANILA by MMDA

• Used to regulate traffic flow in congested city centers

Barangay Orders

• Laws instituted by the barangay council and only implemented within barangay

• Enforced by barangay police

Barangay order

• IN Greenhills West, we can only put out the trash on Mondays

• Other days are prohibited to reduce clutter on sidewalk -- Barangay police checks regularly

No Horn Blowing After 10:00 pm

Car stickers

• Greenhills only

• Greenhills West stickers can be used to enter Greenhills Northeast but not Greenhills East

Parking fee:P30

Presidential Decrees

• Law issued drafted directly from president

• Has same weight as national law

• Can be changed if president changes and new one chooses to change it

PD 1829

• Outlaws obstruction of justice

• Goes against keeping wanted person fugitive, interfering with police searches, etc

• Made by Ferdinand Marcos

• Marcos had many PD’s because most laws came fro;m him under Martial Law

PD 96

• Made by Former President Marcos

• Only authorized vehicles like police or hospital vehicles can use sirens

• Before Pnoy’s reign, not properly enforced

• Pnoy’s policy of “NO WANGWANG” supports PD 96

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