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1.The legislative power shall be vested in the Congress of the Philippines which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives, except to the extent reserved to the people by the provision on i____________ and ______________m.

2. The p_____________ representatives shall constitute ____________ 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 ________________sector.

3. Each legislative district shall comprise, as far as practicable, c____________, c__________t, and a__________t territory. Each city with a population of at least ___________________thousand, or each province, shall have at least one representative.

4. A Senator or Member of the House of Representatives shall, in all offenses punishable by not more than ______ years imprisonment, be p___________d from arrest while the Congress is in session. No Member shall be questioned nor be held liable in any other place for any s__________ or debate in the Congress or in any committee thereof.

5. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its Members for d____________y behavior, and, with the concurrence of ______________ of all its Members, suspend or expel a Member. A penalty of suspension, when imposed, shall not exceed __________ days.

6. The Senate and the House of Representatives shall each have an ________________ which shall be the sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns, and __________ of their respective Members.

7. The Senate or the House of Representatives or any of its respective _______________ may conduct inquiries in aid of _______________ in accordance with its duly published __________ of procedure. The rights of persons appearing in, or affected by, such inquiries shall be respected.

8. In times of war or other _______________, the Congress may, by law, authorize the President, for a __________ period and subject to such restrictions as it may prescribe, to exercise powers necessary and proper to carry out a declared ________________. Unless sooner withdrawn by resolution of the Congress, such powers shall cease upon the next a_____________ thereof.

9. All appropriation, ___________ or tariff bills, bills authorizing increase of the public debt, bills of _________ application, and private bills, shall originate exclusively in the _________________, but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments.

10. A ____________ appropriations bill shall specify the purpose for which it is intended, and shall be supported by funds actually ____________ as certified by the National Treasurer, or to be raised by a corresponding revenue proposal therein.

11. Charitable institutions, churches and personages or convents appurtenant thereto, mosques, non-profit cemeteries, and all lands, buildings, and improvements, actually, directly, and ______________ used for religious, charitable, or educational purposes shall be exempt from taxation.

12. No law shall be passed increasing the ___________ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court as provided in this Constitution without it’s a_________ and c___________.

13. The Congress shall, as early as possible, provide for a system of initiative and ____________, and the exceptions therefrom, whereby the people can directly propose and _________ laws or approve or reject any act or law or part thereof passed by the Congress or local legislative body after the registration of a petition therefor signed by at least ___________ per centum of the total number of registered voters, of which every legislative district must be represented by at least _______ per centum of the registered voters thereof.

14. The V__________ may be appointed as a Member of the Cabinet. Such appointment requires no c____________n.

15. The returns of every election for President and Vice-President, duly certified by the board of c__________ of each province or city, shall be transmitted to the Congress, directed to the President of the Senate. Upon receipt of the certificates of canvass, the President of the Senate shall, not later than thirty days after the day of the election, open all the certificates in the presence of the Senate and the House of Representatives in joint p_________ session, and the Congress, upon determination of the authenticity and due e_________ thereof in the manner provided by law, canvass the v_______s.

16. The Supreme Court, sitting ___________, shall be the sole judge of all contests relating to the e___________, returns, and qualifications of the President or Vice-President, and may promulgate its rules for the purpose.

17. Whenever there is a vacancy in the Office of the Vice-President during the term for which he was elected, the President shall _______________ a Vice-President from among the Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives who shall assume office upon confirmation by a ____________ vote of all the Members of both Houses of the Congress, voting separately.

18. Whenever a majority of all the Members of the Cabinet transmit to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives their ___________ declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice-President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as __________ President.

19. ______________ immediately before the next presidential elections and up to the end of his term, a President or Acting President shall not make appointments, except temporary appointments to e____________ positions when continued vacancies therein will prejudice public service or endanger public s___________y.

20Except in cases of i__________, or as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the President may grant reprieves, commutations, and p________, and remit fines and forfeitures, after conviction by f________ judgment. He shall also have the power to grant amnesty with the concurrence of a majority of all the Members of the ___________.