Subordinate Legislation; Completeness Test; Sufficiency of Standard Test

As regards to the exercise of the power by the administrative bodies, this is justified under
subordinate legislation. Either to provide details in so far as laws already passed by Congress in order
to effectively implement them or to provide for limitations or parameters within which the law can be
enforced. The important, take note of the test that it has to be complete before it is delegated to the
administrative body, that nothing is left to the discretion of the administrative body to determine what
the law is but simply to implement it by promulgating the rules and regulation having the force and
effect of law.
Another limitation is on the sufficiency of standards. So the standard has to be sufficient so
that the administrative bodies can be guided accordingly. Now take note of some of the cases. That
case of Imbong v. Ochoa, regarding on guidelines given to the matter of determining contraceptives.
And that of the case of Disini, with respect to that committee given the power to promulgate rules
and regulation in order to define the parameters, in order to implement the provisions of the Anticybercrime law. The SC was saying that there was no violation of delegation of the power because
there was a standard that wa sufficient, second, the law is complete in itself, what the committee will
do is simply to implement the law.