Practice question
An appellate agency signs its decision, but the parties receive a copy much later. Its clerk declares it already final solely because fifteen days passed after signing, despite Section 23’s receipt wording. This chapter governs without a contrary applicable rule. Which assessment is correct?
- Signing and receipt must always be treated as the same event.
- The agency may erase the receipt condition by an internal remark.
- The stated finality calculation uses receipt by the parties, so signing alone does not establish that the statutory period already elapsed.
- No administrative decision can ever become final.
- The clerk may replace the statute with an unlimited appeal period.
Legal references
- Executive Order No. 292, Book VII, Chapter 4, Sections 19-23: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_292_1987.html
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