Practice question
Can a public-interest policy statement alone supply unlimited agency power to prescribe any criminal offense and penalty it prefers?
- Yes; a desirable objective eliminates all statutory limits.
- Only the policy’s popularity matters.
- No.
- Every policy statement is an unlimited penal code.
- The agency’s opinion replaces the law in every case.
Legal references
- People v. Maceren, G.R. No. L-32166, October 18, 1977, main decision, administrative rulemaking limits (historical old-Fisheries-Law prosecution): https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1977/oct1977/gr_32166_1977.html
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