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- NATIONAL TERRITORY. The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas.
- DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES PRINCIPLES. Section 1. The Philippines is a democratic and republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.
- BILL OF RIGHTS.
- CITIZENSHIP. Section 1. The following are citizens of the Philippines: Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of this Constitution;
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.
- October 12, 1986
- Philippines
- February 2, 1987
- February 2, 1987
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Learn about the bill of rights and other fundamental freedoms in the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines.
- PREAMBLE.
- ARTICLE I National Territory.
- ARTICLE II Declaration of Principles and State Policies.
- ARTICLE III Bill of Rights.
ARTICLE V. SUFFRAGE. Section 1. Suffrage may be exercised by all citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law, who are at least eighteen years of age, and who shall have resided in the Philippines for at least one year, and in the place wherein they propose to vote, for at least six months immediately preceding the election.
Constitutional Law in the Philippines The Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, the author writes, shows an amalgamation of concepts and principles drawn from three of the world's legal systems?the civil law, the common law and Islamic law. These have given the nation a background for a basic document that makes the Philippines the ...
