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Lesson 1 - UNDERSTANDING THE RIZAL LAW
Lesson 1 - UNDERSTANDING THE RIZAL LAW
Lesson 1 - UNDERSTANDING THE RIZAL LAW
UNDERSTANDING
THE RIZAL LAW
VALLARAN, ALVIN
H.
Learning Objectives;
Also known as the Rizal Law has been enacted on June 12,
1956 and was sponsored and authored mainly by the late
Senator Jose P. Laurel and Senator Claro M. Recto. Rizal
Law is a mandate to include in the course curricula of all
public and private schools, colleges and universities the life,
works and writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli
Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
The Congress
Debates commenced. A major point of the debates was whether the compulsory
May 9, 1956 reading of the texts.
President Magsaysay signed the bill into law which became the Republic Act No.
June 12, 1956 1425.
THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FOLLOW THE SAME LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS EMENATE FROM A NUMBER OF
SOURCES. THEY MAY BE AUTHORED BY THE MEMBERS
OF THE SENATE OR HOUSE AS PART OF THEIR
ADVOCACIES AND AGENDA;