The drafting and adoption  1935 Constitution of the Philippines

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The drafting and adoption  1935 Constitution of the Philippines during the American colonial regime are as follows: (a) Approval on March 24, 1934 by steps which led to the drafting and adoption of the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines during the American colonial regime are as follows:

(a) Approval on March 24, 1934 by President Frank- lin D. Roosevelt of the Tydings-Mcduffie Law, otherwise known as the Philippine Independence Act, enacted by the United States Congress, authorizing the Philippine Legis- lature to call a constitutional convention to draft a consti- tution for the Philippines; (b) Approval on May 5, 1934 by the Philippine Legisla- ture of a bill calling a constitutional convention as provided for in the Independence Law;

(c) Approval on February 8, 1935 by the convention by a vote of 177 to 1 of the Constitution (the signing began on the following day and was completed on February 19, 1935); (d) Approval on March 23, 1935 by President Roosevelt of the Constitution as submitted to him, together with a 20See 76 C.J.S., pp. 49-50. 21 Nitafan vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 152 SCRA 284, July 23, 1987.

Frank- lin D. Roosevelt of the Tydings-Mcduffie Law, otherwise known as the Philippine Independence Act, enacted by the United States Congress, authorizing the Philippine Legis- lature to call a constitutional convention to draft a consti- tution for the Philippines;

(b) Approval on May 5, 1934 by the Philippine Legisla- ture of a bill calling a constitutional convention as provided for in the Independence Law; (c) Approval on February 8, 1935 by the convention by a vote of 177 to 1 of the Constitution (the signing began on the following day and was completed on February 19, 1935);

(d) Approval on March 23, 1935 by President Roosevelt of the Constitution as submitted to him, together with a 20See 76 C.J.S., pp. 49-50. 21 Nitafan vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 152 SCRA 284, July 23, 1987.