Practice question
The President validly certifies that a bill must be enacted immediately to meet a public calamity. Both Houses retain the readings but take second and third readings on the same day and dispense with advance distribution of the final printed copies. Is the timing objection alone sufficient?
- Yes, certification can affect printing but never the separate-days rule
- Yes, every certified bill must still wait thirty days
- No, a valid certification reaches the separate-days and advance-printing requirements
- No, because certification eliminates the need for any congressional vote
- Yes, because only the Speaker may make the constitutional certification
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Sections 24 and 26: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Tolentino v. Secretary of Finance, G.R. No. 115455 and consolidated cases, August 25, 1994, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1994/aug1994/gr_115455_1994.html
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