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Practice question: Executive Departments and Offices

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Practice question

Which feature distinguishes control from mere supervision in administrative law?
  1. Control never involves reviewing a subordinate's action.
  2. Control is confined to checking compliance without judgment substitution.
  3. Control exists only over private households.
  4. Control includes setting aside a subordinate's action and substituting the superior's judgment within lawful bounds.
  5. Control automatically abolishes legal restrictions.

Legal references

  • Drilon v. Lim, G.R. No. 112497, August 4, 1994, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1994/aug1994/gr_112497_1994.html

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