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01 Tanada Vs Tuvera Full Text
01 Tanada Vs Tuvera Full Text
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No. L-63915. December 29, 1986.
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RESOLUTION
CRUZ, J.:
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"ART. 2. Laws shall take effect after fifteen days following the
completion of their publication in the Official Gazette, unless it is
otherwise provided. This Code shall take effect one year after such
publication."
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sufficiently informed. One reserved his vote and another
merely acknowledged the need for due publication
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without
indicating where it should be made. It is therefore
necessary for the present membership of this Court to
arrive at a clear consensus on this matter and to lay down
a binding decision supported by the necessary vote.
There is much to be said of the view that the publication
need not be made in the Official Gazette, considering its
erratic releases and limited readership. Undoubtedly,
newspapers of general circulation could better perform the
function of communicating the laws to the people as such
periodicals are more easily available, have a wider
readership, and come out regularly. The trouble, though, is
that this kind of publication is not the one required or
authorized by existing law. As far as we know, no
amendment has been made of Article 2 of the Civil Code.
The Solicitor General has not pointed to such a law, and we
have no information that it exists. If it does, it obviously
has not yet been published.
At any rate, this Court is not called upon to rule upon
the
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7 Rollo, p. 24,6.
8 Justices Venicio Escolin (ponente), Claudio Teehankee, Ameurfina
Melencio-Herrera, and Lorenzo Relova.
9 Chief Justice Enrique M. Fernando and Justices Felix V. Makasiar,
Vicente Abad-Santos, Efren I. Plana, Serafin P. Cuevas. and Nestor B.
Alampay.
10 Justice Hugo E. Gutierrez, Jr.
11 Justice B. S. de la Fuente.
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CONCURRING OPINION
FERNAN, J.:
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CONCURRING OPINION
FELICIANO, J.:
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