Practice question
What is the central function of a genuine interpretative issuance?
- Amending the statute at will
- Creating any new tax the agency wants
- Explaining the agency's understanding of existing law
- Overruling every court judgment
- Repealing the Constitution
Legal references
- Tanada v. Tuvera, G.R. No. L-63915, December 29, 1986, main resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1986/dec1986/gr_l-63915_1986.html
- Republic v. Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, G.R. No. 173918, April 8, 2008, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/apr2008/gr_173918_2008.html
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