Practice question
An agency circular purports to authorize its Cabinet secretary’s private legal practice despite Article VII, Section 13. Does RA 6713 make the circular sufficient?
- No; an administrative circular cannot override the constitutional prohibition.
- Yes; agency circulars outrank the Constitution.
- Yes; RA 6713 abolishes stricter restrictions.
- Yes; clients decide constitutional eligibility.
- Yes; conditional statutory language licenses every official.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 13: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- RA 6713, Sections 7(b)(2) and 13: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6713_1989.html
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