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Practice question: Checks and Balances

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

The President receives a duly passed bill but neither signs it nor communicates a veto within thirty days of receipt. What is the consequence stated in Article VI, Section 27(1)?
  1. The bill automatically dies.
  2. The Speaker must enact it alone.
  3. It becomes law as if signed.
  4. It must restart its first reading.
  5. The Supreme Court must sign it.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VI, Section 27(1).

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