HB1562 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE LONE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF BINAN CITY, LAGUNA

Article IV of the 1987 Constitution has prescribed the rules and standards on apportionment of legislative district under its Section 5 which provides: Section 5. (1) The House of Representatives shall be composed of not more than two hundred and fifty members, unless otherwise fixed by law, who shall be elected from legislative districts apportioned among the provinces, cities, and the Metropolitan Manila area in accordance with the number of their respective inhabitants, and on the basis of a uniform and progressive ratio, and those who, as provided by law, shall be elected through a party-list system of registered national, regional, and sectoral parties or organizations. (3) Each legislative district shall comprise, as far as practicable, contiguous, compact, and adjacent territory. Each city with a population of at least two hundred fifty thousand, or each province, shall have at least one representative. (4) Within three years following the return of every census, the Congress shall make a reapportionment of legislative districts based on the standards provided in this section. For further reading: https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_20/HB01562.pdf https://www.congress.gov.ph/house-members/view/?member=L031&name=DIMAGUILA%2C+WALFREDO+%22ARMAN%22+R.%2C+JR.&page=0

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