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StatCon Final Notes
StatCon Final Notes
Curative Statutes are retroactive ❖ Liberal Construction of One Title One Subject Rule
are those which undertake to cure errors and
irregularities and administrative proceedings, and ❖ Resignation of the President under the 1987
which are designed to give effect to contracts and -Constitution is not governed by any Formal
other transactions between private parties which Requirement as to form. It can be oral. It can be
otherwise would fail of producing their intended written. It can be expressed. It can be implied
consequences by reason of some statutory disability
or failure to comply with some technical requirement. Suprema Lex
✓ A special law prevails over a general law ✓ It is a basic rule in Statutory construction that the
regardless of their dates of passage and the enactment of a later legislation which is a general
special law is to be considered as remaining an law cannot be construed to have repealed a
exception to the general law. special law.