Practice question
An expressly excluded institution claims its Book VII exception also exempts all its state action from the Constitution. The question assumes a genuinely applicable constitutional safeguard and no other exception. Which is correct?
- A statutory scope exception repeals the Bill of Rights.
- Exclusion from Book VII’s particular procedures does not itself eliminate applicable constitutional safeguards.
- Every excluded institution becomes a private foreign entity.
- Only institutions governed by Book VII must obey any law.
- An institution’s own declaration is a constitutional amendment.
Legal references
- Executive Order No. 292, Administrative Code of 1987: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_292_1987.html Book VII, Section 1.
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article III, Section 1.
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