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2015-02-27: 10654: Amending the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 or RA 8550: Adopting the Precautionary Principle and Ecosystem-Based Approach 2015-03-13: 10655: Amending the Revised Penal Code or Act No. 3815: Repealing the Crime of Premature Marriage 2015-03-25: 10656
The Philippine House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, or House Constitutional Amendments Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives. Jurisdiction [ edit ]
An Act Taxing Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations, Amending for the Purpose Sections 22, 26, 27, 28, 106, 108, and Adding New Sections 125-a and 288(G) of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as Amended, and for Other Purposes September 22, 2021 [112] 11592 LPG Industry Regulation Act October 14, 2021 [113] 11595
The Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that the People's Initiative method of amending the constitution is "fatally defective", or inoperable. Another ruling in 2006 on another attempt at a People's Initiative was ruled unconstitutional by the court [15] This only leaves the Constituent Assembly and the Constitutional Convention as the valid ways to amend the constitution.
These were amendments to the Tydings–McDuffie Act. The people overwhelmingly approved the amendments. [5] In 1940, a plebiscite asked three questions to the people. These were amendments to the constitution that restored the bicameral Congress, allowed the re-election of the president, and created the Commission on Elections. The people ...
People's initiative (or "PI") is a common appellative in the Philippines that refers to either a mode for constitutional amendment provided by the 1987 Philippine Constitution or to the act of pushing an initiative (national or local) allowed by the Philippine Initiative and Referendum Act of 1987. The appellative also refers to the product of ...
The 1973 Constitution was further amended in 1980 and 1981. In the 1980 amendment, the retirement age of the members of the judiciary was extended to 70 years. In the 1981 amendments, the parliamentary system was formally modified into a French-style semi-presidential system and provided: that executive power was restored to the President;
[27] Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines President Pablo Virgilio David warned the public about the potential deception in the gathering of signatures for the people's initiative, suggesting the PI was mainly driven by "a few public servants and not truly the initiative of ordinary citizens". [28]