Article VI

Provisions that mention it

• Section 34, Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 emphasis on Illegal Recruitment

  Pursuant to Section 5(2), Article VI of the Constitution and in line with the objective of empowering overseas Filipinos to participate in the policy-making process to address Filipino migrant concerns, two (2) sectoral representatives for migrant workers in the House of Representatives shall be app…

• Section 23, New Anti-Carnapping Act of 2016

  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation, whichever comes earlier. Approved: * Lapsed into law on July 17, 2016 without the signature of the President in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of th…

• Section 14, Anti-Distracted Driving Act

  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. Approved: * Lapsed into law on July 21, 2016 without the signature of the President in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution. Published in The Philippine…

• Section 34, Revised Penal Code | Book Two Crimes and Penalties including the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

  The immunity granted to the informant or witness, as prescribed in Section 33 of this Act, shall not attach should it turn out subsequently that the information and/or testimony is false, malicious or made only for the purpose of harassing, molesting or in any way prejudicing the persons described i…

• Section 15, Revised Penal Code | Book Two Crimes and Penalties including the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

  A person apprehended or arrested, who is found to be positive for use of any dangerous drug, after a confirmatory test, shall be imposed a penalty of a minimum of six (6) months rehabilitation in a government center for the first offense, subject to the provisions of Article VIII of this Act. If app…

• Section 3, Revised Penal Code | Book Two Crimes and Penalties including the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002

  Definitions. As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean: (a) Administer. – Any act of introducing any dangerous drug into the body of any person, with or without his/her knowledge, by injection, inhalation, ingestion or other means, or of committing any act of indispensable assistance to a …

• Sec 4, Prohibiting the Death Penalty

  The Board of Pardons and Parole shall cause the publication at least one a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation of the names of persons convicted of offenses punished with reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment by reason of this Act who are being considered or reco…

• Section 3, The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines

  Any province that may hereafter be created, or any city whose population may hereafter increase to more than two hundred fifty thousand shall be entitiled in the immediately following election to at least one Member or such number of Members as it may be entitled to on the basis of the number of its…

• Section 14, The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines

  The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4), Section 15 of Article VIII of this Constitution shall apply to cases or matters filed before the ratification of this Constitution, when the applicable period lapses after such ratification.…

• Section 10, The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines

  The Congress shall, at ten o'clock in the morning of the third day after the vacancy in the offices of the President and Vice-President occurs, convene in accordance with its rules without need of a call and within seven days, enact a law calling for a special election to elect a President and a Vic…