THE NATIONAL BUILDING

CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

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Regulations
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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TITLE

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This decree shall be known as the “National
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Building Code of the Philippines” and shall
herein after be referred to as the “Code”
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DECLARATION OF POLICY

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State

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welfare, consistent with the principles of sound
environmental management and control; and to
this end, make it the purpose of this Code to
provide for all buildings and structures, a
framework of minimum standards and
requirements to regulate and control their
location, site, design quality of materials,
construction, use, occupancy, and maintenance.
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SCOPE AND APPLICATION
(a) (b)
The provisions of this Code shall Building and/or structures

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apply to the design, location, constructed before the approval
siting, construction, alteration, of this Code shall not be
repair, conversion, use, affected thereby except when
occupancy, maintenance, alterations, additions,
moving, demolition of, and conversions or repairs are to be
addition to public and private made therein in which case, this
buildings and structures, except Code shall apply only to
traditional indigenous family portions to be altered, added,
dwellings as defined herein. converted or repaired.
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GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS

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(a) (b) (c)
All buildings or structures Buildings or structures Buildings or structures
as well as accessory intended to be used for and all parts thereof as
facilities thereto shall the manufacture and/or well as all facilities found
conform in all respects to production of any kind of therein shall be
the principles of the safe article or product shall maintained in safe,
construction and must be observe adequate sanitary and good
suited to the purpose for environmental working condition.
which they are designed. safeguards.
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SITE REQUIREMENTS
The land or site upon which will be constructed any
building or structure, or any ancillary or auxiliary

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facility thereto, shall be sanitary, hygienic or safe. In

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the case of sites or buildings intended for use as
human habitation or abode, the same shall be at a
safe distance, as determined by competent
authorities, from streams or bodies of water and/or
sources of considered to be polluted; from a volcano
or volcanic site and/or any other building considered
to be a potential source of fire or explosion.
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DEFINITIONS

As used in this Code, the words, terms

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and phrases enumerated in Annex "A"
hereof shall have the meaning or
definition, correspondingly provided
therein.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, _____________,

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President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers
vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby order and
decree the revision of Republic
Act. No. 6541
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The National Building Code of the

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Philippines and its Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations
approved by the DPWH on
___________ and took effect on
_____________ after official
publication.
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