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Practice question: Police Power

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Which requirement concerning the relationship of means to purpose is emphasized in White Light?
  1. Any means is permissible if the title mentions morality.
  2. A measure is valid whenever it produces income.
  3. A measure must always eliminate every private business.
  4. A reasonable relationship must exist between the measure’s purpose and its means.
  5. The purpose may be invented only after judgment.

Legal references

  • White Light Corporation v. City of Manila, G.R. No. 122846, January 20, 2009, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/48715

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