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According to the Civil Code, when do laws take effect?
According to the Administrative Code, which text controls the interpretation of laws and administrative issuances?
According to the Civil Code, can laws have retroactive effect?
Which documents are required to be published in the Official Gazette?
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What is the purpose of publishing laws, resolutions, and official documents in the Official Gazette?
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Which of the following is true about local ordinances?
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What is the requirement for publishing ordinances with penal sanctions?
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Which type of decision refers to decisions made by administrative agencies performing quasi-judicial functions?
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What is the effect of every final decision of the Supreme Court?
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What type of decision refers to decisions that mark a turning point in the appreciation and interpretation of laws?
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What is the difference between reversal and overrule?
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True or false: Laws shall take effect after ten days following the completion of their publication in the Official Gazette.
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True or false: Ignorance of the law excuses someone from compliance therewith.
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True or false: Laws are repealed by subsequent ones, and their violation or non-observance can be excused by disuse or custom.
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True or false: The Official Gazette is published weekly in Filipino or English language?
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True or false: Ordinances enacted by local government units have national application?
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True or false: The general welfare clause empowers local government units to enact measures for the general well-being of their inhabitants?
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True or false: Ordinances with penal sanctions must be posted at prominent places and published in a newspaper of general circulation?
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True or false: The Official Gazette may publish ordinances with penal sanctions for archival and reference purposes.
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True or false: Case Law or Judicial Decisions are official interpretations or manifestation of law made by persons and agencies of the government performing judicial and quasi-judicial functions.
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True or false: Landmark cases refer to decisions that mark a turning point as far as the appreciation and interpretation of laws are concerned.
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True or false: The ratio decidendi is the reason for the decision and is binding on lower courts through stare decisis.
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