How a Bill Becomes a Law

Question 1

A bill is introduced by any member of the __________________ except for some measures that must originate only in the former chamber

Answer 1

House of Representatives or the Senate

Question 2

involves only the reading of the number and the title of the measure and its referral by the Senate President or the Speaker to the proper committee for study and research

Answer 2

The first reading

Question 3

The bill may be “______” in the committee or it may be recommended for the approval, with or without amendments. Sometimes public hearings are first held thereon. If there are other bills of the same nature or purpose, they may all be consolidated into one bill under a common authorship or as a committee bill.

Answer 3

killed

Question 4

Once repotted out, the bill shall be calendared for ______. It is at this stage that the bill is scrutinized, debated upon and amended when desired

Answer 4

second reading

Question 5

The _______ is the most important stage in the passage of the bill

Answer 5

second reading

Question 6

The bill as approved on the second reading is printed in its form and copies thereof are distributed at least __________ before the third reading

Answer 6

three days

Question 7

On the __________-, the members merely register their votes, and explain them if they are allowed by the rules. No further debate is allowed.

Answer 7

third reading

Question 8

Once the bill passes third reading, it is sent to the other chamber where it will also undergo the three readings. If also approved by the _______, it will then be submitted to the President for this consideration.

Answer 8

second House

Question 9

The bill is enrolled when printed as finally approved by the ___________, thereafter authenticated with the signatures of the Senate President or the Speaker and the Secretary, and approved by the President.

Answer 9

Congress

Question 10

The rules on the approval of bills are found in ___________________.

Answer 10

Art. VI, Sec. 27 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines

Question 11

APPROVAL OF BILLS:

When the President does not act upon the measure within _____________ after it shall have been presented to him

Answer 11

thirty days

Question 12

The ___________ period during which the bill is supposed to be considered by the President is counted from the date of its receipt by him

Answer 12

30 day

Question 13

the act or process of discovering and expounding the meaning and intention of the authors of the law with respect to its application to a given case, by reason on the fact that the given case is not explicitly provided in the law

Answer 13

Statutory Construction

Question 14

when the law speaks in clear and categorical language

Answer 14

Apply the Law

Question 15

when there is ambiguity in the language of the law, ascertain legislative intent by making use of intrinsic aids, or those found in the law itself.

Answer 15

Interpret the Law

Question 16

when the intent of the legislature cannot be ascertained by merely making use of intrinsic aids, the court should resort to extrinsic aids, or those found outside the language of the law:

Answer 16

Construe the Law

Question 17

__________ are any of the following: title, preamble, words, phrases and sentences, context, punctuation, headings and marginal notes, legislative definitions and interpretation clauses. All of these are found in the law itself.

Answer 17

Intrinsic aids

Question 18

__________ may consist of the following: contemporaneous circumstances, policy, legislative history of the statute, contemporaneous or practical construction and the construction, executive construction, legislative construction and the construction of the bar and legal commentators

Answer 18

Extrinsic aid

Question 19

Under this rule, all laws relating to the same subject or having the same general purpose, should be read and construed together as they, constituted one law

Answer 19

PariMateria Rule

Question 20

This rule is founded on the
assumption that in enacting a law, the legislature has in mind the previous 4 laws relating to the same subject matter, and in the absence of any express repeal or amendment, the law is deemed enacted in accordance with the legislative policy embodied in the previous laws that it enacted

Answer 20

PariMateria Rule

Question 21

When was CHED created?

Answer 21

May 18, 1994

Question 22

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was created on May 18, 1994 through the passage of ___________, or the _______________.

Answer 22

Republic Act No. 7722, Higher Education Act of 1994

Question 23

CHED, an attached agency to the Office of the President for administrative purposes, is headed by a _______ and ___________, each having a term of office of four years.

Answer 23

chairman and four commissioners

Question 24

acts as a collegial body in formulating plans, policies and strategies relating to higher education and the operation of CHED

Answer 24

Commission En Banc

Question 25

The creation of CHED was part of a broad agenda of reforms on the country’s education system outlined by the _____________ in 1992

Answer 25

Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM)