Practice question
A worker obtains covered placement-fee reimbursement. The agency says BSP Circular799 automatically reduced the statute’s express12% rate to6%. What does Sameer hold on that precise distinction?
- A circular does not repeal the statutory placement-fee rate
- Every administrative circular automatically repeals every statute
- Placement-fee reimbursement must always bear zero interest
- The agency may pick any rate
- A statute is irrelevant once a circular issues
Legal references
- RA10022 Section7 amending RA8042 Section10: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2010/ra_10022_2010.html
- Sameer Overseas v Cabiles GR170139 August5,2014 MAIN, specific placement-fee interest versus other awards and supporting bond: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/aug2014/gr_170139_2014.html
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