- 7th Congress of the Philippines
The Seventh Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the
legislature of theRepublic of the Philippines , composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives fromJanuary 26 ,1970 until it was effectively dissolved with the declaration of martial law onSeptember 23 ,1972 by PresidentFerdinand Marcos . Marcos then exercised legislative powers. In1976 , Congress was replaced by theBatasang Bayan as thePhilippines ' legislative body until1978 , when it was replaced by theBatasang Pambansa .One-third of the Senate and the entire membership of the House of Representatives was replaced after the 1969 general elections and another third of the Senate membership was replaced after the midterm senatorial elections of
1971 .essions
*First Regular Session:
January 26 –May 21 ,1970
**"First Special Session":May 22 –June 25 ,1970
**"Second Special Session":June 29 –August 1 ,1970
**"Third Special Session":September 7 –October 10 ,1970
*Second Regular Session:January 25 –May 20 ,1971
**"Fourth Special Session":June 14 –July 17 ,1971
**"Fifth Special Session":August 2 –September 4 ,1971
*Third Regular Session:January 24 –May 18 ,1972
**"Sixth Special Session":May 19 –June 21 ,1972
**"Seventh Special Session":June 23 –July 27 ,1972
**"Eighth Special Session":July 28 –August 31 ,1972
**"Ninth Special Session":September 1 –September 23 ,1972 Legislation
The Seventh Congress in its three regular and six special sessions passed a total of 512 acts. Among it were:
: Elected to the Senate in1971 .:mnb|primicias|2 Replaced by Fabian Sison onJanuary 24 ,1972 .:mnb|crisologo|3 Assassinated onOctober 30 ,1970 .External links
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*Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
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Congress of the Philippines
*Senate of the Philippines
*House of Representatives of the Philippines
*Philippine general election, 1969
*Philippine general election, 1971
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