Philippine law reference tables

• Barangay Conciliation Timeline (Katarungang Pambarangay)Barangay deadlines: summons the next working day, 15 days of mediation, then a pangkat that meets within 3 days and has 15 days (plus 15) to settle.
• Duration of Penalties Under the Revised Penal CodeArresto menor lasts 1 to 30 days, arresto mayor 1 month and 1 day to 6 months, prision correccional 6 months and 1 day to 6 years. Periods for each.
• Estafa Penalty by Amount in the Philippines (RA 10951)Estafa penalty by amount: 2 months and 1 day to 6 months up to ₱40,000, rising to 20 years at most. Estafa by bouncing check has its own, heavier scale.
• Family Code Amendments: List of LawsLaws that amended the Family Code: EO 227 (Arts. 26, 36, 39), RA 6809 (age of majority 18), RA 8533, RA 9255 (father's surname), RA 9858, RA 10572.
• Intestate Shares Philippines: Who Gets WhatWho inherits when there is no will: shares of children, the spouse, parents, illegitimate children, siblings and the State under the Civil Code rules.
• Labor Claim Deadlines (Prescription)Labor money claims prescribe in 3 years. An appeal from a Labor Arbiter to the NLRC is due in 10 calendar days, and from a DOLE Regional Director in 5.
• Labor Code Amendments: List of LawsLaws that amended the Labor Code (PD 442), from PD 570-A in 1974 to RA 6715, RA 6727, RA 10151 on night work and RA 11360 on service charges.
• Labor Code Structure: Books and ArticlesThe Labor Code has a Preliminary Title and seven Books, 317 articles in the renumbered DOLE edition: what each Book covers and its article range.
• Labor Code Renumbered: Old vs New ArticlesOld Article 279 of the Labor Code is now Article 294, old 282 is now 297, old 283 is now 298. Old and new numbers from the DOLE renumbered edition.
• Leave Benefits Under Philippine LawMaternity leave is 105 days with full pay, paternity leave 7 days, solo parent leave up to 7 working days, VAWC leave up to 10 days, SIL 5 days.
• Legitime Table: Shares of Heirs in the PhilippinesThe legitime is the share a will cannot take away. Legitimate children get one-half of the estate; spouse, parents and other heirs get the shares below.
• Night Workers: Labor Code Rules (RA 10151)Night worker rules in Labor Code Articles 154 to 161 (RA 10151): coverage, free health checks, facilities, transfer, women night workers.
• Order of Support: Who Must Pay FirstWho must give support first under Family Code Art. 199: the spouse, then descendants, then ascendants, then brothers and sisters. How the cost is split.
• Persons in Authority and Agents (Art. 152)Who is a person in authority and who is only an agent under Article 152 RPC and the Local Government Code: barangay officials, teachers, lawyers, police.
• Premium Pay Rates: Overtime and HolidaysOvertime, night shift, rest day and holiday pay rates under the Labor Code: 25% overtime, 10% night pay, 30% rest day premium and 200% on regular holidays.
• Prescriptive Periods for Civil Cases in the PhilippinesHow long you have to sue: 10 years on a written contract, 6 on an oral one, 4 for a quasi-delict, 1 for ejectment or defamation, 5 if no law sets a period.
• Prescription of Crimes in the Philippines: TableTime limits to file a criminal case: 20 years for the heaviest crimes, 1 year for libel and cyber libel, 4 years for BP 22, 2 months for light offenses.
• Revised Penal Code Amendments: Main LawsMain laws that amended the Revised Penal Code (Act No. 3815): RA 10951 on amounts and fines, RA 8353 on rape, RA 10592 on time allowances, and more.
• Revoking a Donation: Grounds and DeadlinesWhen a donation can be revoked under Civil Code Arts. 760 to 769: a child is born or adopted, an unmet condition, ingratitude; 4-year and 1-year deadlines.
• Robbery Penalties (Revised Penal Code)Robbery penalties in the Philippines: 4 years, 2 months and 1 day to 10 years for simple robbery, up to reclusion perpetua for robbery with homicide.
• Separation Pay by Cause (Labor Code)Separation pay depends on why the job ended: one month per year for redundancy, half a month per year for retrenchment or closure, none for just cause.
• Theft Penalty by Amount in the Philippines (RA 10951)The penalty for theft depends on the value stolen: 1 month and 1 day to 4 months for up to ₱500, up to a total of 20 years for the largest amounts.

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