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Practice question: Administrative Agencies

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A government corporation performs a function regulating private occupations. For that function, can its corporate form alone exclude it from Book VII's definition?
  1. Yes; every corporation is outside government.
  2. No; the definition expressly includes government corporations with respect to functions regulating private rights, privileges, occupations, or business.
  3. Yes; only departments can regulate.
  4. Yes; incorporation eliminates every public function.
  5. Yes; a corporation decides statutory coverage by board resolution.

Legal references

  • Executive Order No. 292, Introductory Provisions section 2 and Book VII, chapter 1, sections 1–2, https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/53270/1000

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