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The Constitution of the Philippines ( Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas or Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas) is the constitution or the supreme law of the Republic of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Constitutional Commission on October 12, 1986, and ratified by a nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987.
Governmental power Forms of law Vested to Constituent Constitution and Amendments: Congress of the Philippines (convening as Constituent Assembly); Elected delegates (convening as Constitutional Convention)
The Tydings–McDuffie Act, officially the Philippine Independence Act ( Pub. L. 73–127, 48 Stat. 456, enacted March 24, 1934 ), is an Act of Congress that established the process for the Philippines, then an American territory, to become an independent country after a ten-year transition period. Under the act, the 1935 Constitution of the ...
The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines declares: The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable. (Article II, Section 6), and, No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference ...
Politics of the Philippines. Constitutional reform in the Philippines, also known as charter change (colloquially cha-cha ), [1] refers to the political and legal processes needed to amend the current 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.
18 Jun 1949. 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.
Jones Law (Philippines) M. Malolos Constitution; P. Philippine Organic Act (1902)
Philippine lawmakers are considering efforts to amend the country's constitution to ease restrictive provisions on economic ownership, a top congressional leader said on Monday. "We want to lift ...