Chapter X C.

Repeal
By: Karla Caronongan 1-R

Power to repeal Subject to Constitutional limitations, the legislature has plenary power to repeal, abrogate or revoke existing laws.

Repeals, Generally
Laws are repealed only by the enactment of subsequent laws KINDS OF REPEAL: 1. Total- statute is rendered revoked completely 2. Partialleaves the unaffected portions of the statute in force. 3. Express- there is a declaration in a statute, usually in its repealing clause, that a particular and specific law, identified by its number or title, is repealed

4. Implied- there is a legislative intent to repeal, where a statute of later date clearly reveals such intention to abrogate a prior act on the subject 4.1. Irreconcilable inconsistency -two statutes cover the same subject matter and has same object they are inconsistent and incompatible that they cannot be reconciled or harmonized

4.2. Revision or Codification of the former law whole subject matter -whatever is embraced in the new statute shall prevail and whatever is excluded there from shall be discarded. 4.3. Reenactment -reenactment of the whole subject in substitution of the previous laws on the matter, the latter disappears entirely and what is omitted in the reenacted law is deemed repealed.

4.4. Later law is expressed in negative Affirmative- does not impliedly repeal the prior law unless an intention to repeal is manifest Negative- repeals all conflicting provisions unless there is a contrary intention 4.5. Legislature enacts something in general terms then enacts a subsequent law on the same subject which introduces special conditions or restrictions

Repealing clause : All laws or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. -it is a clause which predicates the intended repeal upon the condition that a substantial conflict must be found on existing and prior acts of the same subject matter.