Article Iii, Article Iv, and Article V: Reported By: Vilma C. Redolfin Iii-Bsed Eng
Article Iii, Article Iv, and Article V: Reported By: Vilma C. Redolfin Iii-Bsed Eng
Constitution
ARTICLE III , ARTICLE IV,
AND ARTICLE V
No person shall be
imprisoned for debt or
non-payment of a poll
tax.
SEC. 21
No person shall be twice put in
jeopardy of punishment for the
same offense. If an act is
punishment by a law and an
ordinance, conviction or acquittal
under either shall constitute a bar
to another prosecution for the
same act.
SEC. 22
1. By naturalization
2. By repatriation
3. By direct act of Congress
SEC. 4
Citizens of the Philippines who
marry aliens shall retain their
citizenship, unless by their act
or omission they are deemed,
under the law, to have
renounced it.
SEC. 5
Dual allegiance of citizens is
inimical to the national
interest and shall be dealt
with by the law.
Allegiance- loyalty owed by a person to his
government
ARTICLE V
SUFFRAGE
Suffrage
- is the right and obligation to
vote of qualified Filipino
citizens in the national and
local elections and in decision
of public questions submitted
to them.
SECTION 1
Suffrage may be exercise by all citizens of the
Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law,
who are at least eighteen years of age, and
who shall have resides 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. No
literacy, property, or other substantive
requirement shall be imposed on the exercise
of suffrage.
SEC. 2
The Congress shall provide a
system for securing the secrecy
and sanctity of the ballot as
well as a system for absentee
voting by qualified Filipino
abroad.
The Congress shall also design a
procedure for the disabled and the
illiterates to vote without the
assistance of other person. Until then,
they shall be allowed to vote under
existing laws and such rules as the
Commission on Election may
promulgate to protect the secrecy of
the ballot.
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