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Practice question: Form and Manner of Passage of Bills

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A Speaker certifies a bill as urgent because of a claimed emergency and asserts that this alone invokes Section 26(2)’s exception. No presidential certification has issued. Address the identity of the certifying authority and the stated constitutional basis.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 26(2).

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