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Practice question: Investigative, Factfinding, Licensing, and Rate-fixing Powers

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Practice question

Does Book VII, Section 17(2) state its prior notice-and-hearing rule for license withdrawal without any exceptions?
  1. Yes; its text mentions no exception.
  2. Yes; a private promise removes the need to read the whole section.
  3. Yes; the word except is absent.
  4. No; it specifies willful violations and public security, health or safety circumstances in the stated exception.
  5. No, because every agency may revoke licenses for any private reason.

Legal references

  • Executive Order No. 292, Book VII, Sections 2(10)-(11), 9, 13, 17 and 18: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_292_1987.html

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