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Lamberto Macias vs. Commission On Elections (COMELEC) 113 Phil. 1

LAMBERTO MACIAS, LORENZO TEVES, FAUSTO DUGENIO, ROGACIANO MERCADO and MARIANO PERDICES, petitioners, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and VICENTE GELLA in his Capacity as National Treasurer, respondents.

G.R. No. L-18684 | 1961-09-14

D E C I S I O N
 
BENGZON, C.J.:
 
Statement of the case. - Petitioners request that respondent officials be presented from implementing Republic Act 3040 that apportions representative districts in this country. It is unconstitutional and void, they allege, because: (a) it was passed by the House of Representatives without printed final copies of the bill having been furnished the Members at least three calendar days prior to its passage; (b) it was approved more than three years after the return of the last census of our population; and (c) it apportioned districts without regard to the number of inhabitants of the several...