Republic Act No. 6766/Article XX

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Republic Act No. 6766 (1989)
Congress of the Philippines
Article XX

Source: Official Gazette. Vol. 85, No. 48. Manila. National Printing Office. 1989. pp. 7637–7638.

4565035Republic Act No. 6766 — Article XX1989Congress of the Philippines

Article XX

AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS

Section 1. Consistent with the provisions of the Constitution, this Organic Act may be amended or revised by the Congress of the Philippines, upon a majority vote of the House of Representatives and of the Senate voting separately.

Sec. 2. The Cordillera Assembly shall have the power to initiate proposals for amendment to or revision of this Organic Act by a vote of three-fourths (3/4) of all its Members or it may call for a Regional Consultative Commission to propose the amendment or revision. In any case, the amendment or revision shall require the approval of the Congress of the Philippines.

Sec. 3. Amendments to or revisions of this Organic Act may, likewise, be directly proposed by the people to the Congress of the Philippines upon petition of at least twelve percent (12%) of the total number of the registered voters of the Autonomous Region, of which every province or city must be represented by at least three percent (3%) of the registered voters therein. No amendment or revision under this section shall be authorized within three (3) years following the ratification of this Organic Act or oftener than once every five (5) years thereafter.

Sec. 4. Any amendment to or revision of this Organic Act shall become effective when ratified by a majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite called for the purpose which shall be held not earlier than sixty (60) days or later than ninety (90) days after the approval of such amendments or revisions.

This work is in the public domain because it is a work of the Philippine government (see Republic Act No. 8293 Sec. 176).

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