Practice question
A general appropriations bill includes a provision changing permanent criminal penalties for an offense unrelated to any particular appropriation in the bill. Which constitutional objection directly applies?
- All conditions in appropriation laws are necessarily forbidden.
- Only the Senate may place criminal laws in the GAA.
- No provision of a GAA may relate to a particular appropriation.
- The provision is valid simply because it appears in a budget bill.
- A GAA provision must relate specifically to a particular appropriation and be limited in operation to that appropriation.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI Section 25(2): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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