 Directing powers

o order the performance of particular acts to ensure compliance with the law
and often exercised for corrective purposes
 Dispensing powers - allows the administrative officer to relax the
general operation of a law or exempt from performance of a
general duty
 Examining powers - enables the administrative body to inspect the
records and premises, and investigate the activities, of persons or
entities coming under its jurisdiction
 Summary powers - those involving use by administrative
authorities of force upon persons or things without necessity of
previous judicial warrant
 Administrative Due Process Requisites (Cardinal Rights)
o While administrative agencies are free from the rigidity of certain
procedural requirements, they cannot entirely ignore or disregard the
fundamental and essential requirements of due process in trials and
investigations of an administrative character
o The requisites of administrative due process, as enumerated in Ang Tibay
v. CIR are:
 Right to a hearing;
 Tribunal must consider evidence presented;
 Decision must have something to support itself;
 Evidence must be substantial;
 Decision must be based on the evidence adduced at the hearing, or
at least contained in the record and disclosed to the parties;
 The Board or its judges must act on its or their independent
consideration of the facts and the law of the case, and not simply
accept the views of a subordinate in arriving at a decision.
 Decision must be rendered in such a manner that the parties to the
controversy can know
o Effect of decisions rendered without due process: the decision si void
ab initio and may e attached at any time directly or collaterally.
o A trial type hearing is not necessary. so long as a party is given the
opportunity to be heard, the requirement for due process is met.
o As to the applicability of Rules of Evidence in Administrative
proceedings:
 In administrative proceedings, technical rules of procedure and
evidence are not strictly applied; administrative due process cannot
be fully equated with due process in its strict judicial sense
 Administrative rules of procedure are construed liberally to
promote their objective and to assist parties in obtaining just,
speedy and inexpensive determination of their respective claims
and defenses.
 As a general rule, a finding of guilt in administrative cases, if
supported by substantial evidence will be sustained by this Court