Batas Pambansa of the Philippines

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Batas Pambansa of the Philippines refers to the series of laws enacted by the interim and regular Batasang Pambansa (National Assembly) during the Marcos era, serving as a primary form of national legislation before the restoration of Congress under the 1987 Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Philippine national legislation
series of statutes
abbreviation BP
BP Blg. NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Philippines NERFINISHED
constitutionalBasis 1973 Constitution of the Philippines NERFINISHED
country Philippines
enactedBy Interim Batasang Pambansa NERFINISHED
Regular Batasang Pambansa NERFINISHED
endTime 1986
followedBy Republic Acts under the restored Congress
governingConstitution 1973 Constitution of the Philippines NERFINISHED
governs national legislation
historicalContext Martial law and post‑martial law period under Ferdinand Marcos
includes Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 NERFINISHED
Batas Pambansa Blg. 22 NERFINISHED
Batas Pambansa Blg. 337 NERFINISHED
Batas Pambansa Blg. 68 NERFINISHED
language English
Filipino
legalEffect creates, amends, or repeals Philippine statutes
legalHierarchy statutory law subordinate to the Constitution
legalStatus in force unless repealed or superseded
legalSystem Philippine legal system
legislativeBody Batasang Pambansa NERFINISHED
legislativeForm statute
legislativeProcess unicameral legislative process
legislativeType general law
special law
namedAfter Batasang Pambansa NERFINISHED
notableFor Corporation Code of the Philippines (BP Blg. 68) NERFINISHED
Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 (BP Blg. 129) NERFINISHED
Local Government Code of 1983 (BP Blg. 337) NERFINISHED
laws on bouncing checks (BP Blg. 22)
numberingScheme sequential Batas Pambansa numbers (BP Blg.)
precededBy Philippine Congress under the 1935 Constitution
promulgationAuthority President of the Philippines NERFINISHED
publicationRequirement Official Gazette of the Philippines NERFINISHED
replaced Republic Acts as primary form of legislation
startTime 1978
subjectMatter administrative law
civil law
commercial law
criminal law
judiciary organization
local government
public finance
succeededBy bicameral Congress under the 1987 Constitution
timePeriod Marcos era
transitionRole primary national legislation before 1987 Constitution

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