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Practice question: Declaration of Martial Law

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Compare the twenty-four-hour convening duty and forty-eight-hour reporting duty after a martial-law proclamation when Congress is not in session. May leaders defer convening until a separate call or the report arrives?

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VII, Section 18.

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