Case Digest: Tañada vs.

Tuvera (136 SCRA 27)

FACTS:
Petitioners herein are seeking a writ of mandamus to compel public
officials to publish and/or cause the publication in the Official Gazette
of various presidential decrees, letters of instructions, general orders,
proclamations, executive orders, letters of implementation, and
administrative orders. Respondents, on the other hand, claimed that
this case has no legal personality or standing. Further, they argued
that the publication in the Official Gazette in necessary for the
effectivity of the law where the law themselves provides for their own
effectivity dates

ISSUE:
Whether or not the statutes in question which contain special
provisions as to the date they are to take effect still need to be
published in the Official Gazette.

HELD:
Yes. Publication in the Official Gazette is necessary in those cases
where the legislation itself does not provide for its effectivity date, for
then the date of publication is material for determining the date of the
effectivity which must be 15 days following the completion of its
publication, but not when the law itself provides for the date when it
goes to effect.