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Practice question: Suppletory Application of the Rules of Court in Administrative Bodies

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Practice question

An administrative body says that freedom from strict judicial technicalities permits it to decide a contested charge without giving the respondent notice or a meaningful opportunity to answer. Which is best?
  1. Flexible procedure necessarily abolishes due process
  2. Only a civil court must ever hear both sides
  3. Any agency may invent guilt without a record
  4. Procedural flexibility does not eliminate the constitutional requirement of due process
  5. Suppletory court rules make every agency decision automatically final

Legal references

  • Constitution ArticleIII Section1; qualified suppletory application under2025 NLRC RuleI Section3: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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