Official Gazette (Philippines)

The Official Gazette is the official journal and main publication of the government of the Philippines.

History

The Official Gazette was created on June 14, 1941 under Commonwealth Act No. 638, "An Act to Provide for the Uniform Publication and Distribution of the Official Gazette" and is edited under the Office of the President of the Philippines.^[1] Executive Order No. 200 of 1987 issued by President Corazon C. Aquino states “Laws shall take effect after fifteen days following the completion of their publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines”. On July 26, 2010, the online version of the Official Gazette was launched.

Contents

According to Section 1 of Commonwealth Act No. 638, the contents of the Official Gazette include the following:

• all important legislative acts and resolutions of a public nature of the Congress of the Philippines;
• all executive and administrative orders and proclamations, except such as have no general applicability;
• decisions or abstracts of decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals as may be deemed by said courts of sufficient importance to be so published;
• such documents or classes of documents as may be required so to be published by law; and
• such documents or classes of documents as the President of the Philippines shall determine from time to time to have general applicability and legal effect, or which he may authorize so to be published

References

1. ^ Commonwealth Act No. 638, An Act to Provide for the Uniform Publication and Distribution of the Official Gazette Uploaded on Scribd.com by Manuel L. Quezon III.

External links

• Official website: The Official Gazette (beta) - Edited at the Office of the President of the Philippines Under Commonwealth Act No. 638