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The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines
– ARTICLE VI
Section 1
The term of office of the Senators shall be six years and shall
commence, unless otherwise provided by law, at noon on the
thirtieth day of June next following their election. No Senator
shall serve for more than two consecutive terms. Voluntary
renunciation of the office for any length of time shall not be
considered as an interruption in the continuity of his service
for the full term of which he was elected.
Section 5
(1) The House of Representatives shall be composed of not more than
two hundred and fifty members, unless otherwise fixed by law, who
shall be elected from legislative districts apportioned among the
provinces, cities, and the Metropolitan Manila area in accordance
with the number of their respective inhabitants, and on the basis of a
uniform and progressive ratio, and those who, as provided by law,
shall be elected through a party-list system of registered national,
regional, and sectoral parties or organizations.
Section 5
(2) The party-list representatives shall constitute twenty per centum of
the total number of representatives including those under the party
list. For three consecutive terms after the ratification of this
Constitution, one-half of the seats allocated to party-list
representatives shall be filled, as provided by law, by selection or
election from the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural
communities, women, youth, and such other sectors as may be
provided by law, except the religious sector.
Section 5
(3) Each legislative district shall comprise, as far as practicable,
contiguous, compact, and adjacent territory. Each city with a
population of at least two hundred fifty thousand, or each
province, shall have at least one representative.
(4) Within three years following the return of every census, the
Congress shall make a reapportionment of legislative districts
based on the standards provided in this section.
The incumbent House
Speaker is
Lord Allan Velasco from
Marinduque's lone district
under the
18th Congress of the Phili
ppines
, elected on October 12,
2020.
Section 6
(1) The Senate shall elect its President and the House of
Representatives its Speaker, by a majority vote of all its
respective Members.
Each House shall choose such other officers as it may
deem necessary.
Senate President House Speaker
Senate President House Speaker
• Bill
• Appropriations Bill
• Revenue Bill
• Tariff Bill
• Bill authorizing increase of the public debt
• Bills of Local Application
• Private Bills
ISSUES RELATED TO ART. 6 SEC. 24
• (7) If, by the end of any fiscal year, the Congress shall
have failed to pass the general appropriations bill for
the ensuing fiscal year, the general appropriations law
for the preceding fiscal year shall be deemed reenacted
and shall remain in force and effect until the general
appropriations bill is passed by the Congress.
Fiscal Year - is the
period beginning with
the 31st day of
January and ending
with the 31st day of
December of each
calendar year.
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• Exemptions:
• Payment given as compensation
• Religious use Incidental
• Use, public in nature
• Payment based on contract
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