Practice question
A duly authorized DOLE representative lawfully requests prescribed reports from a covered domestic recruitment entity. It objects solely that the Secretary did not personally sign each request. Which is sound?
- The statute permits duly authorized representatives; the asserted personal-action-only rule is incorrect.
- Every delegation is categorically forbidden.
- Any person may impersonate an inspector.
- All representative requests are judicial warrants.
- The entity may choose whether authorization law exists.
Legal references
- Labor Code Articles 18 and 35-38, read with current allocation of overseas functions under RA 11641: https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974.html
- Salazar v. Achacoso, G.R. No. 81510, March 14, 1990, en banc main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1990/mar1990/gr_81510_1990.html
- RA 11641 Sections 4-6 and 19, DMW functions and succession: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11641_2021.html
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