Professional Practice 1

Archt. Wilkie B. Delumen

Laws Pertinent to the Practice of Architecture in the Philippines

1. RA 9266 (Architecture Act of 2004)

2. RA 8981 (PRC Modernization Act of 2000)
3. PD 1096 (National Building Code of the Philippines)
4. RA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 1723
5. RA 8293 (Intellectual Property Code)
6. PD 957(Condominium and Subdivision Law)
7. BP 344 (Accessibility Law)
8. EO 278 (Practice of Architecture & Related Consulting Services for Foreign
Assisted Projects)
9. BP220 (Socialized Housing Project)
10. RA 9514 (Fire Code of the Philippines 2008)
11. EO 1008 (Construction Arbitration Law)
12. RA 9285 (Alternative Dispute Resolution Law)
13. RA 9184 (Government Procurement Reform Act)
14. Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (Doc. 102 – Uniform Gen.
Conditions of Contract for Private Construction)
15. RA 455 (Unlawful Importation of Merchandise)
16. RA 7718 (Build Operate Transfer Law)
17. RA 7942 (Philippine Environmental Laws)
18. RA 4726 ( The Condominium Act)
19. RA 10066 (National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009)
20. RA 10086 (Strengthening Peoples’ Nationalism Through Philippine History Act)
21. RA 4846 (Cultural Properties & Protection Act)
22. RA 544 amended by RA1582 (Civil Engineering Law)
23. RA 1378 (Plumbing Code of the Philippines)
24. PD 7920 (Philippine Electrical Engineering Law)
25. PD 856 (Code on Sanitation of the Philippines)
26. RA 8495 (Philippine Mechanical Engineering Act of 1998)
27. PD 1067 (Water Code of the Philippines)
28. RA 10912 (Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016)
29. PRBOA Resolution No.6 Series 2016 (Adoption & Promulgation of the Architects
Guidelines for Standards of Professional Practice Compliances on the Methods
of Compensation & Schedules of Fees, as Prepared & Recommended by the
IAPOA-UAP.) SPP Doc. 210
30. RA 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991)
31. The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines (Art. XII, Sec. 14 ; Art. XIV, Sec. 15)
32. RA 4566 (Contractors’ License Law)