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CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTE AS A WHOLE JMM Promotions & Management, Inc. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, 228 SCRA 129 (1993) Sajonas vs. Court of Appeals, 258 SCRA 79 (1996)

VII. CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTE AS IN RELATION TO OTHER STATUTES Interpretare et concordare legibus est optimus interpretandi Akbayan-Youth vs. Commission on Elections, 355 SCRA 318 (2001) Banares II vs. Balising, 328 SCRA 36 (2000) Vda. De Urbano vs. GSIS, 367 SCRA 672 (2001) Calingin vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 154616, July 12, 2004 VIII. STRICT AND LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION Pea vs. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, 270 SCRA 340 (1997) Commissioner of Internal Revenue vs. B.F. Goodrich Phils., Inc., 303 SCRA 546 (1999) Philex Mining Corporation vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 306 SCRA 126 (1999) Planters Association of Southern Negros, Inc. vs. Ponferrada, 317 SCRA 463 (1999) Elvira Yu Oh vs. Court of Appeals, 403 SCRA 300 (2003) IX. MANDATORY AND DIRECTORY STATUTES Philippine Consumers Foundation, Inc. vs. National Telecommunications Commission, 131 SCRA 200 (1984) Director of Lands vs. Court of Appeals, 276 SCRA 276 (1997) Philippine Registered Electrical Practitioners, Inc. vs. Francia, Jr. 322 SCRA 587 (2000) PROSPECTIVE AND RETROACTIVE STATUTES Subido, Jr. vs. Honorable Sandiganbayan, 266 SCRA 379 (1997) Zulueta vs. Asia Brewery 354 SCRA 100 (2001) Republic of the Philippines vs. Court of Appeals, 399 SCRA 277 (2003) AMENDMENT, REVISION, CODIFICATION AND REPEAL Mecano vs. Commission on Audit, 216 SCRA 500 (1992) Berces vs. Guingona, 241 SCRA 539 (1995) Erectors, Inc. vs. National Labor Relations Commission, 256 SCRA 629 (1996) City Government of San Pablo, Laguna vs. Reyes, 305 SCRA 353 (1999) Juan vs. People of the Philippines, 322 SCRA 125 (2000)

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