Philippine Law MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing comprehensive access to Philippine legislation, including the Data Privacy Act 2012, Cybercrime Prevention Act 2012, SIM Registration Act 2022, E-Commerce Act 2000, Revised Corporation Code 2019, and Consumer Act with full-text search.

Deployment Tier

SMALL -- Single tier, bundled SQLite database shipped with the npm package.

Estimated database size: ~60-120 MB (full corpus of Philippine federal legislation)

Key Legislation Covered

Law	RA Number	Year	Significance
Data Privacy Act	RA 10173	2012	Comprehensive data protection law; NPC is one of the most active Asian DPAs
Cybercrime Prevention Act	RA 10175	2012	Cyber offences, online libel, law enforcement powers for cybercrime
SIM Registration Act	RA 11934	2022	Mandatory SIM card registration with data privacy implications
E-Commerce Act	RA 8792	2000	Legal recognition of electronic transactions, signatures, and documents
Revised Corporation Code	RA 11232	2019	Modern corporate governance, One Person Corporations, directors' duties
Consumer Act	RA 7394	1992	Consumer rights, product standards, unfair trade practices
1987 Constitution	-	1987	Supreme law; Article III Section 3 protects privacy of communication

Regulatory Context

Data Protection Supervisory Authority: National Privacy Commission (NPC) -- one of the most active DPAs in Asia with significant enforcement actions
Cybercrime Enforcement: Department of Justice - Office of Cybercrime, PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group
Philippines is actively seeking EU GDPR adequacy status for the Data Privacy Act
The Philippines uses Republic Act (RA) numbering for legislation passed by Congress
English is the primary language of legislation and courts (alongside Filipino)
The NPC issues Circulars and Advisory Opinions providing detailed compliance guidance
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) are issued for most major laws
The Philippines is an ASEAN member with 110M+ people and a rapidly growing digital economy
The 1987 Constitution provides strong privacy protections in Article III Section 3

Data Sources

Source	Authority	Method	Update Frequency	License	Coverage
LawPhil (lawphil.net)	Arellano Law Foundation	HTML Scrape	Weekly	Open Access	All Republic Acts, Commonwealth Acts, Presidential Decrees, Constitution
Official Gazette	Office of the President	HTML Scrape	Weekly	Government Open Data	Newly enacted laws, Executive Orders, Proclamations

Full provenance metadata: sources.yml

Installation

npm install -g @ansvar/philippine-law-mcp

Usage

As stdio MCP server

philippine-law-mcp

In Claude Desktop / MCP client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "philippine-law": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@ansvar/philippine-law-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Tool	Description
`get_provision`	Retrieve a specific section from a Philippine Republic Act or other legislation
`search_legislation`	Full-text search across all Philippine legislation
`get_provision_eu_basis`	Cross-reference lookup for international framework relationships (GDPR adequacy, ASEAN, etc.)

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Run tests
npm test

# Run contract tests
npm run test:contract

# Run all validation
npm run validate

# Build database from sources
npm run build:db

# Start server
npm start

Contract Tests

This MCP includes 12 golden contract tests covering:

4 article retrieval tests (DPA s3, Cybercrime Act s3, Corporation Code s1, E-Commerce Act s1)
3 search tests (personal information, cybercrime, electronic commerce)
2 citation roundtrip tests (official lawphil.net URL patterns)
1 cross-reference test (DPA to GDPR -- Philippines seeking EU adequacy)
2 negative tests (non-existent RA, malformed section)

Run with: npm run test:contract

Philippine Legislation Numbering

The Philippines uses Republic Act (RA) numbering for legislation passed by Congress:

RA Number	Name	Year
RA 10173	Data Privacy Act	2012
RA 10175	Cybercrime Prevention Act	2012
RA 11934	SIM Registration Act	2022
RA 8792	E-Commerce Act	2000
RA 11232	Revised Corporation Code	2019
RA 7394	Consumer Act	1992

Security

See SECURITY.md for vulnerability disclosure policy.

Report data errors: Open an issue

License

Apache-2.0 -- see LICENSE

Built by Ansvar Systems -- Cybersecurity compliance through AI-powered analysis.

philippine-law-mcp

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