1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines
26
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Provision
- 26
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceSECTION 26. (1) Every bill passed by the Congress shall embrace only one subject which
shall be expressed in the title thereof.
(2) No bill passed by either House shall become a law unless it has passed three readings
on separate days, and printed copies thereof in its final form have been distributed to its
Members three days before its passage, except when the President certifies to the
necessity of its immediate enactment to meet a public calamity or emergency. Upon the
last reading of a bill, no amendment thereto shall be allowed, and the vote thereon shall
be taken immediately thereafter, and the yeas and nays entered in the Journal.
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1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines · wipo.int · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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