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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

A. Who may exercise legislative power


1. Congress
2. Regional/Local legislative power
3. Peoples initiative on statutes
a) Initiative and referendum
4. The President under a martial law rule or in a revolutionary government
B. Houses of Congress
1. Senate
2. House of Representatives
a) District representatives and questions of apportionment (Aquino III vs.
COMELEC, 617 SCRA 623; Aldaba vs. COMELEC, 611 SCRA 137 & 615
SCRA 564)
b) Party-list system (Abang Lingkod vs. COMELEC, 708 SCRA 133;
Dayao vs. COMELEC, 689 SCRA 412; COCOFED-Philippine Coconut
Producers Federation, Inc. vs. COMELEC, 703 SCRA 165; ANAD vs.
COMELEC, 705 SCRA 340)
C. Legislative privileges, inhibitions and disqualifications
D. Quorum and voting majorities
E. Discipline of members
F. Electoral tribunals and the Commission on Appointments (Reyes vs. Commission on
Elections, 708 SCRA 197; Sandoval vs. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal,
614 SCRA 793; Vinzons-Chato vs. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, 689
SCRA 107; Limkaichong vs. COMELEC, 583 SCRA 1; Guingona, Jr. vs. Gonzales, 219
SCRA 326; Pimentel, Jr. vs. Ermita, 472 SCRA 587; Manalo vs. Sistoza, 312 SCRA
239) THE VALIDITY APPOINTMENTS IN ACTING CAPACITY WHILE CONGRESS IS
IN SESSION
1. Nature
2. Powers
G. Powers of Congress
1. Legislative (Tolentino vs. Secretary of Finance, 235 SCRA 630)
a) Legislative inquiries and the oversight functions (Garcillano vs. House of
Representatives Committees on Public Information, Public Order and Safety,
National Defense and Security, Information and Communications Technology,
and Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, 575 SCRA 170; Standard Chartered Bank
(Philippine Branch) vs. Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and
Currencies, 541 SCRA 456]
b) Bicameral conference committee(Abakada Guro Party List vs. Ermita, 469
SCRA 14)
c) Limitations on legislative power
(i) Limitations on revenue, appropriations and tariff measures
(ii) Presidential veto and Congressional override (Belgica vs. Ochoa, Jr.
710 SCRA 1; Abakada Guro Party List vs. Purisima 562 SCRA 251)
2. Non-legislative

a) Informing function
b) Power of impeachment
c) Other non-legislative powers

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