Article 1621: Regulation of Article Repulsion
In consideration of issues brought to light in recent articles, this article lists all valid reasons for the repulsion of an article, in order of validity. They are
- Being in violation of Article 1612
- Being in violation of any other article
- Encouraging human rights violations, torture, genocide, suicide, and other violence
- Encouraging revolutionary tendencies
- Accommodating an unnecessary expenditure
- Being too direct of a copy of another standing article
- Limiting the rights of a citizen (excluding reasonable restrictions)
- Limiting the rights of a legislator (excluding reasonable restrictions)
- Being extremely inconvenient
- Attempting to carry out an impossible task
- Attempting to repeal a permanent article
- Being unintelligible
In all cases, adequate evidence or reasoning must be provided to justify the grounds of repulsion.
Note: This article shall be an exception to article 1619. This article shall be unrepealable as it is too essential. However, it is amendable.
Note: All article repulsions previous to article 1621 are not subject to the contents of article 1621 as it was not in effect at that time.
Note: 1st AMENDMENT - Added reason (l)