Practice question
A local recruitment investigator says refusal of a reporting request automatically empowers the Labor Secretary to issue a criminal search-and-arrest warrant. Which is correct?
- Refusal converts the Secretary into a criminal judge.
- Administrative reporting authority does not remove the judicial-warrant limitation recognized in Salazar.
- Every report request is already an arrest warrant.
- A recruitment complaint abolishes constitutional protections.
- All inspection authority is invalid because the Secretary is not a judge.
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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