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COMMERCIAL LAWS
OF THE PHILIPPINES
Supplement to the Compendium
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EO No 226 | The Omnibus Investments Code of 1987
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PRELIMINARY TITLE
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CHAPTER I Title and Declaration of Policy
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CHAPTER II Board of Investments
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BOOK I Investments with Incentives
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TITLE I Preferred Areas of Investments
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CHAPTER I Definitions of Terms
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CHAPTER II Investment Priorities Plan
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CHAPTER III Registration of Enterprises
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TITLE II Basic Rights and Guarantees
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TITLE III Incentives to Registered Enterprises
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TITLE IV Incentives to Less-Developed-Area
Registered Enterprise
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TITLE V General Provisions
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BOOK II Foreign Investments Without Incentives
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TITLE I
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CHAPTER I Definitions and Scope of this Book
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CHAPTER II Investments
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CHAPTER III License to Do Business
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TITLE II General Provisions
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BOOK III Incentives To Multinational Companies
Establishing Regional Or Area Headquarters And
Regional Operating Headquarters In The Philippines
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CHAPTER I Licensing Of Regional Or Area
Headquarters
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CHAPTER II Licensing Of Regional Operating
Headquarters
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CHAPTER III Incentives to Expatriates
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CHAPTER IV Incentives To Regional Or Area
Headquarters And Regional Operating
Headquarters
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BOOK IV Incentives To Multinational Companies
Establishing Regional Warehouses To Supply Spare
Parts, Components, Semi-finished Products And Raw
Materials To The Asia-pacific Region And Other
Foreign Markets
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BOOK V Special Investors Resident Visa
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BOOK VI Incentives of Export Processing Zone
Enterprises
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Final Provisions
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RA No 7042 | Foreign Investments Act of 1991
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RA No 8792 | Electronic Commerce Act
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PART I Short Title and Declaration of Policy
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PART II Electronic Commerce in General
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CHAPTER I General Provisions
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CHAPTER II Legal Recognition of Electronic Data
Messages and Electronic Documents
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CHAPTER III Communication of Electronic Data
Messages or Electronic Documents
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PART III Electronic Commerce in Carriage of Goods 26
PART IV Electronic Transactions in Government
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PART V Final Provisions
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A.M. No. 01-7-01-SC | Rules on Electronic Evidence
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RULE 1 Coverage
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RULE 2 Definition of Terms and Construction
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RULE 3 Electronic Documents
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RULE 4 Best Evidence Rule
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RULE 5 Authentication of Electronic Documents
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RULE 6 Electronic Signatures
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RULE 7 Evidentiary Weight of Electronic Documents
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RULE 8 Business Records as Exception to the Hearsay
Rule
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RULE 9 Method of Proof
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RULE 10 Examination of Witnesses
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RULE 11 Audio, Photographic, Video, and Ephemeral
Evidence
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RULE 12 Effectivity
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RA No 10667 | Philippine Competition Act
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CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
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CHAPTER II PHILIPPINE COMPETITION COMMISSION
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CHAPTER III PROHIBITED ACTS
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CHAPTER IV MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
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CHAPTER V DISPOSITION OF CASES
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CHAPTER VI FINES AND PENALTIES
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CHAPTER VII ENFORCEMENT
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CHAPTER VIII OTHER PROVISIONS
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CHAPTER IX FINAL PROVISIONS
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Rules and Regulations Implementing the Philippine
Competition Act
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RULE 1 Title and Scope
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RULE 2 Definition of Terms
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RULE 3 Prohibited Acts
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RULE 4 Mergers and Acquisitions
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RULE 5 Determination of the Relevant Market
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RULE 6 Determination of Control
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RULE 7 Determination of Anti-Competitive
Agreement or Conduct
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RULE 8 Determination of Dominance
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RULE 9 Forbearance
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RULE 10 Final Provisions
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RA No 10142 | Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency
(FRIA) Act of 2010
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CHAPTER I General Provisions
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CHAPTER II Court-Supervised Rehabilitation
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(A) Initiation Proceedings.
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(1) Voluntary Proceedings.
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(2) Involuntary Proceedings.
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(B) Action on the Petition and Commencement
of Proceedings.
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(C) The Rehabilitation Receiver, Management
Committee and Creditors' Committee.
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(D) Determination of Claims.
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(E) Governance.
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(F) Use, Preservation and Disposal of Assets and
Treatment of Assets and Claims after
Commencement Date.
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(G) Avoidance Proceedings.
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(H) Treatment of Secured Creditors.
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(I) Administration of Proceedings.
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(J) Termination of Proceedings.
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CHAPTER III Pre-Negotiated Rehabilitation
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