Conso Statcon Jul 4

8/3/2019 Conso Statcon Jul 4

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assailed on the ground that, being a rider, it is violative of the constitutional provision requiring that a

bill, which may be enacted into law, cannot embrace more than one subject, which shall be express in

the title.

Issue:

Whether or not Sec. 3 of R.A. No. 3043 is a rider therefore unconstitutional.

Held:

According to the Supreme Court, it is not a rider, therefore Section 3 of R.A. 3043 is constitutional. As

such, where the title is comprehensive enough reasonably to include the general object which the

statutes seeks to effect without expressing each and every means necessary for its accomplishment,

mere details need not be set forth. Congress is not required to make the title of the act a complete

index of its contents. The constitutional provision merely calls for all parts of an act relating to its

subject finding expression in its title. If the law amends a section or part of a statute, it suffices if

reference is made to the legislation to be amended; there is no need to state the precise nature of theamendment.

profit as verified by the Public Service Commission should exceed the said twelve percent, the PublicService Commission shall order such excess to be returned pro rata to the customers either in cash oras credit for the future electric bills.

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Conso Statcon Jul 4