Practice question
A lease purports to exempt a warehouse permanently from future fire-safety rules. A later authorized regulation reasonably addresses an established fire danger, observes due process, and otherwise validly exercises police power. May the exemption clause alone defeat the regulation?
- Yes, because every private waiver binds all future governments
- Yes, because safety rules cannot affect leases
- No; parties cannot contract away the stipulated legitimate police-power regulation
- Yes, if the lease is notarized
- Yes, if the tenant paid a large deposit
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 10, non-impairment of contractual obligations: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
- Ortigas & Co., Limited Partnership v. Feati Bank and Trust Co., G.R. No. L-24670, December 14, 1979, main decision, non-impairment and legitimate police power: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1979/dec1979/gr_l-24670_1979.html
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