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Practice question: Direct Legislation – Initiative and Referendum (RA 6735)

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Explain RA 6735’s referendum waiting rule for emergency statutes whose enactment is specifically vested in Congress by the Constitution. Does the provision make those laws permanently immune from referendum?

Legal references

  • RA 6735, Initiative and Referendum Act, August 4, 1989: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/2017; Section 10(b).

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