ABORBO, SHAR SABRINA LEOVILLO c. AGUSTIN vs Hon. Rompo F. EDY GR: No+L-4INZ February 21 1994 FACTS: On_pecemb or 2s 194 presickenl _ ferclincinel meircos _rssved eeyter of _bstuction CLO!) No. 229 which required ail meter vehicles b secure early waming devices CEWD) consishrg of & Nair of tangy? , Collapsible , reflectonzed plays in red and telad fe be Purchased from the band ctransportertion Commission. rhe | purposes ef this LO) Sere prevent accidens Based by Vehcusgn obstructions and 16 adhere he road Sater + tirckels cuttined in the 1768 Viennq Convento? on Road sighs and 7 cignesis, which the PhiliePin-e had tatified AS per PO AD. OF Lol No. 229 cas lake amended by tol No- 43 issued 07 : November IS; 197G+ Unlike before where Ovonens OF moter vehioes Gere eejuired to purchase He reftectorize Plats 1 fion the Land Thansporterhon Gmmirciony LOI No- YFF Pew __ made i} porsible fer sai) ores Jo buy early warning ; Glevices anywhere 40 long as they adhere to the standards presctibed by the Land transeortriey Commissioner . presihems marcos issued @ six-month suspensio? Of Said it jested another Lol lifting [tS ~tupension , |, age wohich se On er 29,1978, Land Teansportat of Commissionen Komeo Edy issued memorandum Circular Xo. 38, which Contained ( LTC_Qdminisirotive _ Orober No-] vr the putes end. cegulation s iH in the implementation of LO! No 224 Qs gmended.Pil ABORDO, SHARI SABRINA Leevilo Agustin, a private citizen and apner of q Volkstemyen ______ Beetle Cary fed a _petition before the Supreme Court ,qssailing Ae — _____tenstitationali4y pf both LOLNa: 924 _as_amendecl and_LT<—- — ___ Aaiminisitective onder Nout ameng others, Agustin claimed — that Lol No. 229 was violative of the provi8tens and debe ______qation_of police powers _ah_oppressives ynneg sencble-—§ arbitrary confiscate sy , Md _unconstim kong | order that bas contrcinsy ro —the_preceakt py the Noid Locirety Perding ____its final nesola hon sthe Count issued a Tem pony e.cfeaj=—§ ning dyore preventing agencies concerned from ite tewmettting — bot Lo} No. 224 as amended ane LIC Admim'stor™ order No. |. a ISSUE: _ ~ Wheter on not LO! Wo 229 Qs Cimended violated ~he conshtitoy, Provision on Undue gelegstton of power. - _ HELO: No-The Gurt ruled tat Lol No. 224 as amended fells _ within the cterte! rf the some was Clearly an exercise of $4 vhtent of the Ia can be clearky seen _in the Whenar Of he asseyited Lol Ce prevent accictents, stfeguard te sifery of the eublic, anel_achere te the State! nent acd fib lic Interncetiona| Jaw. “the Court later wert oh @ lengthy oliseourse in denoieg what police power ws + “Nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent In overy Sverelgnty Ceres dustice Taney, US Cyereme Coutt chiep > ssh ce, 1847)ARORPO + SHAR] SABRINA At may interfere _voith perfonal Jiberty or erorerhy in orator fo promote the general welfare - Perens and property cout “thus be subsected teal Kiccls of restraints and turdens | order to achieve the gerreral comfort, hea Hh ard prosperity of the State." Ccalalang v- williams). _ 2 “the State authonity te enact jegislation that SA th __Oreten_is_liftea . Th cleeifonc jx — The _alleqe d infingement of the fundamental pringele = Neh- delegaHon of — legislative pows is €4 duprort well cettted legal « pat thie petition must be aismissed S_ teinforced py is cnsicterertion » The petineo A cel queted, ese vo whereas chaise oj the cusatted Lethe _of Instructions “the harcrds poe 1 by to taftic have been 1 red boy international bert 5 concemed colth Ha safety, the 1968 vienna Cnveria7 en Rec signs and Storals Gna _the United nator , cud Vienna Coavention, cohich es ratified by He Philippine Government under 6 -P- No, 2OF, re commended the enactinent et 7 the _lecal legislation for the Uns telat “off __ tecicd coety Signs | and Aevices . Jocti FALLO: _aiemise d. Te resteaia! WHERE FORE, the retten is No costs. a = ily coi theut amy the Conclusion reached _ ch obstruction _