Republic Act No. 386

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Philippine statute

Republic Act No. 386 is the Civil Code of the Philippines, a fundamental law that codifies the country’s rules on persons, family relations, property, obligations, and contracts.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Republic Act No. 386 as amended	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Philippine statute ⓘ
amendedBy	Family Code of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic Act No. 10951 NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic Act No. 6809 NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic Act No. 8533 NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic Act No. 9255 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	juridical persons ⓘ natural persons ⓘ
basedOn	Spanish Civil Code of 1889 NERFINISHED ⓘ
citation	R.A. No. 386 NERFINISHED ⓘ
codifies	general principles of civil law in the Philippines ⓘ
contains	preliminary title ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
effectivityDate	1950-08-30 ⓘ
enactedBy	Congress of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	marriage (prior to Family Code amendments) ⓘ property relations between spouses (prior to Family Code amendments) ⓘ successional rights ⓘ
hasBook	Book I – Persons ⓘ Book II – Property, Ownership, and its Modifications ⓘ Book III – Different Modes of Acquiring Ownership ⓘ Book IV – Obligations and Contracts NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain	civil law ⓘ
legalNature	general law ⓘ
legalSystem	Philippine legal system ⓘ
officialName	Civil Code of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Philippine statutory law ⓘ
promulgatedIn	1949 ⓘ
regulates	contracts ⓘ family relations ⓘ obligations ⓘ ownership ⓘ persons ⓘ property ⓘ quasi-contracts ⓘ quasi-delicts ⓘ succession ⓘ
replaced	Spanish Civil Code of 1889 (as in force in the Philippines) NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	Civil Code of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy	Elpidio Quirino NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingDate	1949-06-18 ⓘ
status	in force, as amended ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil rights ⓘ private law ⓘ

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Republic Acts of the Philippines → includes → Republic Act No. 386 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic Act No. 386 as amended