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Practice question: Power to Propose Amendments to the Constitution

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Congress properly approves a constitutional amendment and sets the plebiscite for the seventy-fifth day after approval. No separate procedural defect is alleged. How does that date relate to Section 4?
  1. It is too early because the minimum is ninety days
  2. It is too late because the maximum is sixty days
  3. No timing rule applies to congressional proposals
  4. Only a five-year interval is permitted
  5. It falls within the sixty-to-ninety-day window

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article XVII, Section 4.

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