LAWS AFFECTING THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE

IN THE PHILIPPINES

I. Architecture Laws

RA9266 - An Act Providing for a More Responsive and Comprehensive

Regulation for the Registration, Licensing and Practice of Architecture,
Repealing for the Purpose Republic Act No. 545, as Amended,
Otherwise Known as “An Act to Regulate the Practice of Architecture
in the Philippines,” and for Other Purposes (March 15, 2004)

RA1581 – Architecture Law of 1956

RA545 – Architecture Law of 1950

II. Regulatory and Enforcement Laws

RA8981 - Professional Regulation Commission Modernization Act (December 5,

2000)

PD223 - Creating the Professional Regulation Commission (June 22, 1973)

RA386 - Civil Code of the Philippines (June 18, 1949)

EO546 - Creating a Ministry of Public Works and a Ministry of Transportation

and Communications (July 23, 1979)

RA7160 - Local Government Code of the Philippines (1991)

RA876 - The Philippine Arbitration Law (June 19, 1953)

III. Design and Construction Reference Laws

a. On Safety and Protection

PD1096 - National Building Code of the Philippines (Feb 19, 1977 / IRR latest
revision = April 30, 2005)

RA6541 - National Building Code of 1972 (August 26, 1972)

PD1185 - Fire Code of the Philippines (1977)

RA9263 - Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and

Penology Professionalization Act (March 10, 2004)

BP344 - Enhancing the Mobility of Disabled Persons (Feb 25, 1983 / IRR latest
rev. = April 30, 2005)
b. On Housing and Funding

PD957 - Condominium and Subdivision Buyers’ Protective Decree (July 12,

1976)

RA6552 - Real Estate Buyers’ Protective Act (August 26, 1972)

RA4726 - The Condominium Act (June 18, 1966)

BP220 - Standards for Economic and Socialized Housing projects (March 25,
1982)

RA8763 - Home Guarantee Corporation Act (March 7, 2000)

EO538 - Prescribing the Administration of the Home Development Mutual

Funds (June 4, 1979)

EO90 - Creating the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council

(December 17, 1986)

RA3469 - Allowing the Construction of Multi-Storey Tenement Housing Projects

for the Poor and Homeless (June 16, 1962)

c. On Water and Plumbing

RA1378 - National Plumbing Code of the Philippines (January 28, 1959 / latest
revision – Dec 21, 1999)

RA6234 - Creating the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (June 19,
1971)

RA9286 - Latest Amendment to PD198 or Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973

(April 2, 2004)

PD1067 - Water Code of the Philippines (1977)

d. On Environment Protection

RA9003 - Ecological Waste Management Program Law (January 26, 2001)

RA3931 - National Water and Air Pollution Control Commission (June 18, 1964)

PD1586 - Establishing Environmental Impact Statement System (1978)

PD1152 - Philippine Environmental Code (June 6, 1977)

PD984 - Pollution Control Decree (1976)

PD772 - Penalizing Squatting And Other Similar Acts (1975)

 IV. Government Service and Ethics Laws

RA8293 - Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (June 22, 1997 / January
1, 1998)

RA3019 - Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (1961)

RA8974 - Law on Acquisition of Right-of-Way, Site or Location for National

Government Infrastructure Projects (November 7, 2000)

RA8439 - Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, & Researchers in the

Government (December 22, 1997)

RA6713 - Code of Ethical Conduct of a Public Official and Employees (1972)

EO525 - Responsibility of the Public Estate Authority on Reclamation Projects

(February 14, 1979)

Compiled and categorized by:

Archt. MAUNDELITO S. FLORENDO, UAP