Practice question
A person acts only after the Supreme Court has already abandoned the favorable old interpretation. The sole claim is that Jabinal permanently preserves that old interpretation for every future act. Which is correct?
- The old rule necessarily controls every future act forever.
- The Supreme Court can never change an interpretation.
- Every later actor is automatically acquitted.
- A private citizen can repeal the new doctrine by objection.
- Jabinal's protection of earlier reliance does not make the abandoned doctrine permanently govern later conduct.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles8,13-16: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- People v. Jabinal, G.R.L-30061, February27,1974, MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1974/feb1974/gr_l_30061_1974.html
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