Interim Batasang Pambansa
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Overview
Term	June 12, 1978 – June 5, 1984
President	Ferdinand Marcos
Prime Minister	Ferdinand Marcos (until June 30, 1981) Cesar Virata (from July 28, 1981)
Deputy Prime Minister	Cesar Virata (until July 28, 1981) Jose Roño (from July 28, 1981)
Batasang Pambansa
Members	189
Speaker	Querube Makalintal
Speaker pro tempore	Datu Blah Sinsuat
Majority leader	Jose Roño
Minority leader	Hilario Davide Jr.

TheInterim Batasang Pambansa (IBP) (English: Interim National Assembly) was thelegislature of theRepublic of the Philippines from its inauguration on June 12, 1978, to June 5, 1984. It served as a transitional legislative body mandated by the1973 Constitution as thePhilippines shifted from apresidential to asemi-presidentialform of government.

The IBP was preceded by theInterim National Assembly that briefly was thede jure body established in the original text of the1973 Constitution, was never convened and effectively superseded by a series of nine constitutional amendments ratified through a referendum plebiscite held from October 16 to 17, 1976.^[1]

• First Regular Session: June 12, 1978 – June 6, 1979
• Second Regular Session: July 23, 1979 – June 11, 1980
• Third Regular Session: July 28, 1980 – April 28, 1981
• Fourth Regular Session: July 27, 1981 – June 1, 1982
• Fifth Regular Session: July 26, 1982 – April 14, 1983
• Sixth Regular Session: July 25, 1983 – June 5, 1984

Speaker of the Batasang Pambansa

Querube Makalintal

• President:Ferdinand Marcos (KBL)
• Prime Minister:
  • Ferdinand Marcos (KBL), until June 30, 1981
  • Cesar Virata (KBL), from July 28, 1981
• Deputy Prime Minister:
  • Cesar Virata (KBL), until July 28, 1981
  • Jose Roño (Region VIII,KBL), from July 28, 1981
• Speaker:Querube Makalintal (Region IV,KBL)
• Speaker pro tempore: Datu Blah Sinsuat (Region XII,KBL), from November 10, 1981
• Majority leader:Jose Roño (Region VIII,KBL)
• Minority leader:Hilario Davide Jr. (Region VII, Pusyon Bisaya)

The Interim Batasang Pambansa passed a total of 702 laws.

• Batas Pambansa Blg. 1 —General Appropriations Act of 1978
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 2 —Repeal of Presidential Decree No. 31 and the Consolidation of Taxes of Hotels, Motels and Other Establishments
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 3 —National Internal Revenue Code Amendment
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 6 —Reduction of the Penalty for Illegal Possession of Bladed, Pointed or Blunt Weapons
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 8 —Definition and Implementation of themetric system and instituted the ModernPhilippine Standard Time
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 22 —The Anti-Bouncing Check Law
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 42 —Amending the PCSO Charter
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 54 —Setting the date of January 30, 1980 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1976 Amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 61 —General Banking Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 62 —Savings and Loan Association Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 63 —Private Development Banks Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 64 —Amending the DBP Charter
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 65 —Amending the Rural Banks Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 66 —Amending the Investment House Law
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 67 —Amending the Central Bank Act
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 68 —The Corporation Code
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 70 —Amending the Labor Code
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 71 —Amending theRevised Penal Code
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 72 —National Census Act of 1980
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 73 —Energy Conservation Act of 1980
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 74 —Amending the Land Transportation and Traffic Code
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 76 —Amending the Probation Law of 1976
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 79 —Creation of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 122 —Setting the date of April 7, 1981 as the date for a plebiscite to ratify the 1981 Amendments to the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 222 —Barangay Election Act of 1982

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• The LAWPHiL Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance databank

• Philippine Commission on Elections — Records and Statistics Division
• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• Pobre, Cesar P.; Philippine Historical Association; New Day Publishers (June 26, 2000).Philippine Legislature 100 Years. Philippine Historical Association.ISBN 978-971-92245-0-1.

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