1st National Assembly of the Philippines

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The First National Assembly of the Philippines (Filipino: Unang Asemblyang Pambansa ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from November 25, 1935 until August 15, 1938.

Sessions[]

• First Special Session: November 25, – December 21, 1935
• First Regular Session: June 16 – October 9, 1936
  • Second Special Session: August 28 – September 8, 1937
  • Third Special Session: September 9, 1937
• Second Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1938
  • Fourth Special Session: May 23 – 24, 1938
  • Fifth Special Session: July 25 – August 15, 1938

Legislation[]

The First National Assembly passed a total of 415 laws: Commonwealth Act Nos. 1 to 415.

Major legislation[]

• Commonwealth Act No. 1 – The National Defense Act of 1935
• Commonwealth Act No. 2 – Creation of the National Economic Council
• Commonwealth Act No. 3 – Reorganization of the Supreme Court and the Creation of the Court of Appeals
• Commonwealth Act No. 5 – Reorganization of the Executive Departments and the Creation of the Budget Commission
• Commonwealth Act No. 7 – Creation of the National Loan and Investment Board
• Commonwealth Act No. 20 – Agrarian Reform Act of 1936
• Commonwealth Act No. 34 – Setting the Date of April 30, 1937, for the Plebiscite of the Constitutional Amendments pertaining to Women's Suffrage
• Commonwealth Act No. 39 – Charter of the City of Zamboanga
• Commonwealth Act No. 51 – Charter of the City of Davao
• Commonwealth Act No. 58 – Charter of the City of Cebu
• Commonwealth Act No. 85 – Amendment to the Provincial and Municipal Appropriations Act
• Commonwealth Act No. 103 – Creation of the Court of Industrial Relations
• Commonwealth Act No. 104 – Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to Promulgate and Enforce Regulations and the Establishment of Safety Standards for Laborers and Employees working in Quarries and Mines
• Commonwealth Act No. 118 – The Philippine Livestock Promotion Fund Act of 1936
• Commonwealth Act No. 120 – The National Power Corporation Act of 1936
• Commonwealth Act No. 177 – Extension of the Civil Service Commission
• Commonwealth Act No. 184 – Creation of the Institute of National Language
• Commonwealth Act No. 186 – Creation of the Government Insurance Service System
• Commonwealth Act No. 192 – Creation of the National Produce Exchange
• Commonwealth Act No. 238 – Abolition of the Cedula or Poll Tax
• Commonwealth Act No. 234 – Appropriations for Primary Education
• Commonwealth Act No. 240 – Appropriations for New Elementary School Buildings
• Commonwealth Act No. 242 – Compensation for Lost Cedula Revenues
• Commonwealth Act No. 246 – General Appropriations Act of 1936
• Commonwealth Act No. 328 – Charter of the City of Bacolod
• Commonwealth Act No. 343 – Abolition of the State Force Police and the Re-Creation of the Philippine Constabulary
• Commonwealth Act No. 381 – Creating A Level of Three Years of Immediate Education for Children and its Appropriations

Leadership[]

• Speaker:

Gil M. Montilla (NP, 3rd District, Negros Occidental)

• Floor Leader:

José E. Romero (NP, 2nd District, Negros Oriental)

Members[]

See also[]

• National Assembly of the Philippines
• 1935 Philippine general election

External links[]

• "List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
• "The LAWPHi'L Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.

Further reading[]

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
• Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.