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  2. Line-item veto - Wikipedia

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    The line-item veto, also called the partial veto, is a special form of veto power that authorizes a chief executive to reject particular provisions of a bill enacted by a legislature without vetoing the entire bill. Many countries have different standards for invoking the line-item veto if it exists at all.

  3. Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill - Wikipedia

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    President Bongbong Marcos initially supported the bill recognizing the problems of teenage pregnancy. [17] However in January 20, 2025, Marcos retracted his support and says that the bill is promoting a "woke mentality", believing it "teach four-year-olds how to masturbate" and every child to "try different sexualities". He threatened to veto ...

  4. Philippine legal codes - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [2] Republic Act No. 6657: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Code

  5. List of bills in the 18th Congress of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Seeks to amend Paragraph (A), Section 393, Chapter IV, Title I, Book III of Republic Act No. 7160, the local government code in order to increase the benefits of barangay officials. HB00024: July 1, 2019: Pili Industry Development Act: Seeks to subsidize the Pili Industry and fund the Pili Research and Development Center.

  6. Legislative veto - Wikipedia

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    You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate. ( January 2013 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The legislative veto describes features of at least two different forms of government , monarchies and those based on the separation of powers , applied to the authority of the ...

  7. Pocket veto - Wikipedia

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    A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver that allows a president or other official with veto power to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action ("keeping it in their pocket" [1]), thus effectively killing the bill without affirmatively vetoing it. This depends on the laws of each country; the common alternative is that if the president ...

  8. Constitution of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine Autonomy Act of 1916, sometimes known as the "Jones Law", modified the structure of the Philippine government by removing the Philippine Commission as the legislative upper house and replacing it with a Senate elected by Filipino voters, creating the Philippines' first fully elected national legislature. This act also explicitly ...

  9. National Assembly of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine Commonwealth was inaugurated on November 15, 1935, and thus the term of the elected officials began. The National Assembly first met officially on November 25, ten days after the Commonwealth government was inaugurated and elected Gil M. Montilla of Negros Occidental as its Speaker. [4]