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Publication – Presidential Proclamations etc – What “unless otherwise provided” means in Article 2 of the CivilCode

With the Supreme Court’s decision that ordered Tuvera et al to publish in the Official Gazette the unpublishedpresidential issuances which are of general application, and unless so published, they shall have no binding force andeffect, Tuvera et al move for reconsideration and clarification.

ISSUE: Whether or not publication should be made in the Official Gazette or elsewhere as long as the people weresufficiently informed.

HELD: The Supreme Court cannot rule upon the wisdom of a law or repeal or modify it if it finds the same asimpractical. That is not its function for such is the function of the legislature. The task of the Supreme Court ismerely to interpret and apply the law as conceived and approved by the political departments of the government inaccordance with prescribed procedure. Hence, the Court declared that all laws shall immediately upon their approvalor as soon thereafter as possible, be published in full in the Official Gazette, to become effective only after 15 daysfrom their publication, or on another date specified by the legislature, in accordance with Article 2 of the Civil Code.The clause “unless otherwise provided” pertains to the date of publication and not the requirement of publication.

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