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Republic Acts

Republic Act 6734

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ORGANIC ACT IN FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO.

Republic Act 9054

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6734, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,” AS AMENDED.

Republic Act 9996

AN ACT CREATING THE MINDANAO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (MinDA), DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Republic Act 9997

AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MUSLIM FILIPINOS DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Republic Act 8371

AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/ INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CREATING A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, ESTABLISHING IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

 

Indigenous Peoples

Republic Act 8371

AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES/ INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CREATING A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, ESTABLISHING IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 

Regional Acts

List of ARMM Laws

Muslim Mindanao Act 285

CULTURE, ANCESTRAL RIGHTS and HERITAGE.

Muslim Mindanao Act 169

AN ACT GRANTING CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBILITY SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO WITH TEMPORARY, PROVISIONAL, CASUAL, CONTRACTUAL, CO-TERMINOUS OR SUBSTITUTE STATUS WHO HAVE RENDERED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF AGGREGATE SERVICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Muslim Mindanao Act 241

AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE, RESPECT, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS, GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS, AND CUSTOMARY LAWS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/TRIBAL PEOPLES OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO.