8 alalayan vs. npc

(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 ofelectric power to a franchise holder, receiving at least 59% of itselectric 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 con-

tracts 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 therl section is constitutioral. It is sufficicnr that the titlc be compre-

hensive enough to re,rsonably include the general objcct which the

ct. o statute sceks to cflect without cxpressing eacir and every end and

mcans necessary for its accomplishmenr. Thus, rncrc details need not

be set 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]).