Practice question
What chiefly distinguishes a self-executing constitutional provision from a non-self-executing provision?
- It supplies a sufficiently complete rule that can operate without enabling legislation.
- It can be enforced only after Congress repeats its text in a statute.
- It applies only to the judicial branch.
- It must contain a criminal penalty.
- It cannot be supplemented by legislation.
Legal references
- Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, G.R. No. 122156, February 3, 1997, main decision, test for self-execution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/34508
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