Persons and Family Relations COMPILED REPORT CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES [Republic Act No. 386] Preliminary Title Chapter 1 Effect and Application of Laws THE CIVIL CODE R.A. No.386 Chapter 1 Effect and Application of Law Article 1. By: Abrigo,Mary Anne L. This Act shall be known as the Civil Code of the Philippines The Civil Code of the Philippines is a general law that governs family and property relations in the Philippines. It was take effect in 1950, codified by different private laws and remains up to date with some amendments. It also defined is defined as a collection of laws, which regulates the private relations of the members of civil society, determining the respective rights and obligations, with reference to persons, things and civil acts. (1 Tolentino, Civil Code, p. 10, 1974 ed.). Because Civil Law talks about the members of the civil society, it was made based on the rational nature of man, that everyone must