Practice question
Does Maceren forbid every implementing regulation relating to a valid statutory prohibition?
- Yes; agencies can never supply lawful implementation details.
- No.
- Only private employers may implement statutes.
- Every implementing detail is automatically a new crime.
- A statute cannot authorize any regulation.
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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