Practice question
An emergency law delegates specified distribution powers for a limited period extending beyond the next adjournment of Congress. Congress adjourns without enacting a new grant, and no independent authority is identified. The President claims the original calendar end date alone preserves the delegated emergency powers. Which result follows Article VI, Section 23(2)?
- The powers continue because Congress cannot impose an automatic endpoint.
- They cease upon the next adjournment under the constitutional rule, despite the later stated date.
- They last for the President’s entire term.
- They may be continued by any local governor.
- They become permanent administrative powers after adjournment.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VI, Section 23(2).
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