Maritime-Related Laws


 

Presidential Decree

Presidential Decree 1711


Further Amending Presidential Decree No. 760, As Amended By Further Encouraging the Chartering of Especialized Ocean-Going Vessels and By Extending the Effectivity of the Decree Until 1999.

Presidential Decree 1694


Organization and Administration of the Welfare For Overseas Workers

Presidential Decree 1540


Amending Section 24(B) (1) of the National internal Revenue Code, For the Imposition of A Special Rate of witholding Tax For Rental, Lease Or Charter Payments For Foreign Owned Vessels Under Charter Or Lease to Philippine Nationals

Presidential Decree 1521


The Ship Mortgage Decree of 1978

Presidential Decree 1466


A Decree Amending Presidential Decree No. 894, As Amended

Presidential Decree 1284


Granting Authority to the Philippine Ports Authority to Plan, Construct, Develop and Maintain All Port Terminal Facilities in the international Port North Harbor, Manila Bay, to Supervise the Operation and Management of Such Facilities, As Amending For the Purpose Presidential Decree No. 634, Dated 7th of January 1975, Repealing Presidential Decree No.802 Dated 18th September 1975, and For Other Purposes

Presidential Decree 1258-A


Amending Certain Sections of the Revised Tariff and Customs Code

Presidential Decree 1221


Requiring All Philippine – Owned and/or Registered Vessels to Undertake Repairs and Drydocking with Marina-Registered Ship Repair Yards

Presidential Decree 979


Providing For the Revision of Presidential Decree No. 600 Governing Marine Pollution

Presidential Decree 866


Amending Presidential Decree No. 760 By Reducing the Term of the Lease Or Charter Period to Not Less Than One Year, Deleting the Word “Time” in the  Title and Body of the Decree, and Allowing Overseas Use in Certain Cases

Presidential Decree 857


Providing For the Reorganization of Port Administration and Operation Functions in the Philippines, Revising Presidential Decree No. 505 Dated July 11, 1974, Creating the Philippine Port Authority, By Substitution, and For Other Purposes.

Presidential Decree 761


Amending Section Eight Hundred Six of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, As Amended, By Allowing  the Registration of Vessels the Ownership of Which Is Vested in Corporations Or Associations, At Least Sixty Percent of the Capital Stock Or Capital of Which Belong to Citizens of the Philippines and for Other Purposes.

Presidential Decree 760


Allowing the Temporary Registration of Foreign -Owned Vessels Under Time Charter Or Lease to Philippine Nationals For Use in the Philippine Coastwise Trade Subject to Certain Conditions.

Presidential Decree 667-A


Providing For the Substitution of Presidential Decree  No.667 and Direct incentives For the Development of Philippine Overseas Shipping

Presidential Decree 667


Providing For incentives to the Shipping industry By Granting Additional Deductible Items For income Tax Purposes

Presidential Decree 666


Providing For incentives For the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair industry

Presidential Decree 664


Amending Section 12 of Republic Act Numbered 1407 As Amended, Otherwise Known As “the Philippine  Overseas Shipping Act of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Five”

Presidential Decree 505


Providing For the Reorganization of Port Administration and Operation Functions in the Country, Creating the Philippine Port Authority, Paving the Way For the Establishment of individual, Autonomous Port/ industrial Zone Authorities in the Port/ industrial Zone Authorities in the Different Port Districts, and for other Purposes.

Presidential Decree 474


Providing For the Reorganization of Maritime Functions in the Philippines, Creating the Maritime industry Authority, and For Other Purposes.

Presidential Decree 214


Further Amending the Philippine Overseas Shipping Act of 1955

 


Executive Order

Executive Order 55 (Series of 2024)


Adopting the 10-year Maritime Industry Development Plan 2028

Executive Order 159 (Series of 2021)


Adopting an Integrated Approach in the Ratification and Accession to International Maritime Organization Conventions and Instruments, and Reconstituting the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for the Purpose

Executive Order 84 (Series of 2019)


Institutionalizing the Inter-agency Council on the IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS)

Executive Order 63 (Series of 2018)


Further Strengthening the Authority of Maritime Industry Authority as the Single Maritime Administration for the Purpose of Implementing the 1978 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, as Amended

Executive Order 75 (Series of 2012)


Designating the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), Through the Maritime industry Authority, As the Single Administration in the Philippines Responsible For Oversight in the Implementation of the 1978 international Convention On Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping For Seafarers, As Amended.

Executive Order 311 (Series of 2004)


Designating the office For Transport Security as the Singular Authority Responsible for the Security of the Transportation Systems of the Country, Expanding Its Powers and Functions as an Attached Agency Under Department of Transportation and Communications

Executive Order 277 (Series of 2004)


Approving and Adopting the National Civil Aviation Security Programme, Creating the office For Transportation Security in the Department of Transportation and Communications, and Reconstituting the National Council For Civil Aviation Security As the National Civil Aviation Security Committee

Executive Order 170 (Series of 2003)


Promoting Private Sector Participation and investment in the Development and Operation of the Road Roll-On/Roll-off Terminal System

Executive Order 149 (Series of 1999)


Further Amending Executive Order No. 396, Series of 1997, Entitled “Providing the institutional Framework For the Administration of the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping For Seafarers in the Philippines.”

Executive Order 93 (Series of 1999)


Amending Executive Order No. 396, Entitled “Providing the institutional Framework For the Administration of the Standards of Training, Certification and Wathchkeeping For Seafarers in the Philippines”

Executive Order 477 (Series of 1998)


Transferring the Philippine Coast Guard to the Department of Transportation and Communications

Executive Order 475 (Series of 1998)


Transferring the Philippine Coats Guard From the Department of National Defense to the office of the President and For Other Purposes

Executive Order 438 (Series of 1997)


Extending the Effectivity of any Charter or Lease Contract Pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 760 As Amended

Executive Order 396 (Series of 1997)


Providing the institutional Framework For the Administration of the Standards of Training, Certification and Wathchkeeping For Seafarers in the Philippines

Executive Order 314 (Series of 1996)


Establishing a National Maritime Safety Coordinating Council

Executive Order 213 (Series of 1994)


Deregulating Domestic Shipping Rates

Executive Order 185 (Series of 1994)


Opening the Domestic Water Transport industry to New Operators and investor

Executive Order 109 (Series of 1993)


Policy to Improve the Provision of Local Exchange Carrier Service

Executive Order 446 (Series of 1991)


Reorganizing the office of the President including Its Immediate offices, the Presidential Assistants/ Advisers System, and the Common Staff Support System

Executive Order 125-A (Series of 1987)


Amending Executive Order No. 125. Entitled “Reorganizing the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Defining Its Powers and Function, and Other Purposes”

Executive Order 125


Reorganizing the Ministry of Transportation and Communications Defining Its Powers and Function, and Other Purposes

Executive Order 1011


Establishing the Land Transportation Commission in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and for other purposes

Executive Order 546


Creating a Ministry of Public Works and a Ministry of Transportation and Communications

 


Republic Act
IRR of RA 11760, RA 11761 and RA 11849

Republic Act 10706


An Act Protecting Seafarers Against Ambulance Chasing and Imposition of Excessive Fees and Providing Penalties therefore

Republic Act 10635


An Act Establishing the Maritime industry Authority (Marina) as the Single Maritime Administration Responsible For the Implementation and Enforcement of the 1978 international Convention On Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping For Seafarers, As Amended, and international Agreements or Covenants Related thereto

Revised IRR of 10635

2014 Amendments to the Revised IRR of RA 9295


2014 Amendments to the Revised Rules and Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9295, Entitled “An Act Promoting the Development of Philippine Domestic Shipping, Shipbuilding, and Shiprepair and Ship Breaking, Ordaining Reforms in Government Policies towards Shipping in the Philippines, and for other Purposes ”

 Revised IRR of Republic Act 9295


Revised Rules and Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9295, Entitled “An Act Promoting the Development of Philippine Domestic Shipping, Shipbuilding, and Ship Repair and Ship Breaking, Ordaining Reforms in Government Policies towards Shipping in the Philippines, and for other Purposes.”

IRR of Republic Act 9295


Rules and Regulations Implementing Republic Act No. 9295, Entitled “An Act Promoting the Development of Philippine Domestic Shipping, Shipbuilding, and Ship Repair and Ship Breaking, Ordaining Reforms in Government Policies towards Shipping in the Philippines, and for other purposes.”

Republic Act 9301


An Act Amending Certain Provisions of Republic Act No. 7471, Entitled “An Act to Promote the Development of the Philippine Overseas Shipping” and For Other Purposes

Republic Act 9295


An Act Promoting the Development of Philippine Domestic Shipping, Shipbuilding, Ship Repair and Ship Breaking, Ordaining Reforms in Government Policies towards Shipping in the Philippines, and for other purposes

Republic Act 8550


An Act Providing For the Development, Management and Conservation of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, integrating All Laws Pertinent thereto, and for other purposes

Republic Act 8544


An Act Regulating the Practice of the Merchant Marine Profession in the Philippines

Republic Act 8181


An Act Changing the Basis of Dutiable Value of Imported Articles Subject to An Ad Valorem Rate of Duty From Home Consumption Value (HCV) to Transaction Value (TV), Amending For the Purpose Section 201 of Title II, Part 1 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, Otherwise Known as the Tariff and Customs Code, of the Philippines, As Amended, and for other purposes

Republic Act 8180


An Act Deregulating the Downstream Oil Industry, and for Other Purposes

Republic Act 8179


An Act to Further Liberalize Foreign investment, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7042, and for other purposes

Republic Act 8178


An Act Replacing Quantitative Import Restriction On Agricultural Product, Except Rice with Tariffs, Creating the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, and for other purposes

Republic Act 8219


An Act Granting Radioworld Broadcasting Corporation, A Franchise to Construct, install, Establish, Operate and Maintain Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations in the Philippines

Republic Act 7924


An Act Creating the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Defining Its Powers and Function, Providing Funds therefore and Other Purposes

Republic Act 7877


An Act Declaring Sexual Harassment Unlawful in the Employment, Education Or Training Environment, and for other purposes

Republic Act 7742


An Act Amending Presidential Decree No. 1752, As Amended

Republic Act 7716


An Act Restructing the Value Added Tax (Vat) System, Widening Its Tax Base and Enhancing Its Administration, and For these Purposes Amending and Repealing the Relevant Provisions of the National internal Revenue Code, As Amended, and for other purposes