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The document summarizes a Supreme Court case from 1974 regarding whether the "enrolled bill" doctrine or the "journal entry" rule should be followed in the Philippines. It describes how a bill passed both the House and Senate with amendments, but the wrong version was sent to the President to be signed into law. The Court held that since the actual amendments approved by the Senate were not included, the bill was not duly enacted and did not become law, even though it was signed by legislative leaders and t

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Harlyn

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