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A bill may be passed without being read on three separate days and without printed copies being distributed three days earlier ONLY when:

1. The Senate President and the Speaker jointly certify it as urgent
2. It is a bill of local application
3. Two-thirds of the members present waive the requirement
4. The President certifies to the necessity of its immediate enactment to meet a public calamity or emergency

Answer

D. The President certifies to the necessity of its immediate enactment to meet a public calamity or emergency

Solution

Art. VI, Sec. 26(2): the exception applies when the President certifies the necessity of immediate enactment to meet a public calamity or emergency.

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