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(1) Case: Rep. Act No. 104.

1, approved on June L7, L96L, is entitled "An Act to further Amend Commonwealth Act Num' bered One llundred Twenty One." Secrion 3 thereof emPolvers the National Porver Corporation in any contract for the supply of electric power to a franchise holder, receiving at least 59% of its electric po*.t and energy from it, to require as a condition that such franchise holder shnll not reaiize a net profit of more than l27o annuatv of its investnrent plus two-month opelating expenses' The co$il-tion is likervise emplwered to rengw all existing contracts with franchise holders for the suppiy of electric power and energy, so that the provisions of the Act could be given effect' The validiry of said secrion is assailcd on lhe ground. that it is violative of rhe constiturional provisron rcquiring that rr bill, which may be enactcd into law, cannol cmbracc lnore than one subjcct, which shall be expresscd in irs title. Heid: The provisions of the rl section is constitutioral. It is sufficicnr that the titlc be comprehensive enough to re,rsonably include the general objcct which the ct. o statute sceks to cflect without cxpressing eacir and every end and
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mcans necessary for its accomplishmenr. Thus, rncrc details need not

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forrh. Thc lcgislature is not required to'make the title of the Act a complete index of its contents. The provision merely calls for nll parts of an act relaring to its subiect finding expression in its title. NlOre spccificaily, if the larv enrends a scction or part ol a statute, tGiTF.-t1regl9$g b" mJ.lc to the legislation to be amended, there being ni-n?edJo statc the prccise nature of the amendment. (Alalayan us. National Pouer Corporation, G'R' No' L-243e6 [1e68]).

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