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Romulo v. HDMF, G.R. No. 131082, June 19, 2000 (Administrative Bodies' Rule-Making Power)
Romulo v. HDMF, G.R. No. 131082, June 19, 2000 (Administrative Bodies' Rule-Making Power)
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G.R. No. 131082. June 19, 2000.
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signification, i.e., „either and or; e.g. butter and/or eggs means
butter and eggs or butter or eggs. „The term Âand/orÊ means that the
effect shall be given to both the conjunctive „and‰ and the
disjunctive „or‰; or that
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one word or the other may be taken accordingly as one or the other
will best effectuate the purpose intended by the legislature as
gathered from the whole statute. The term is used to avoid a
construction which by the use of the disjunctive „or‰ alone will
exclude the combination of several of the alternatives or by the use
of the conjunctive „and‰ will exclude the efficacy of any one of the
alternatives standing alone.‰ It is accordingly ordinarily held that
the intention of the legislature in using the term „and/or‰ is that the
word „and‰ and the word „or‰ are to be used interchangeably.
Administrative Law; It is well-settled that rules and
regulations, which are the product of a delegated power to create
new and additional legal provisions that have the effect of law,
should be within the scope of the statutory authority granted by the
legislature to the administrative agency.·It is without doubt that
the HDMF Board has rule-making power as provided in Section 5 of
R.A. No. 7742 and Section 13 of P.D. No. 1752. However, it is well-
settled that rules and regulations, which are the product of a
delegated power to create new and additional legal provisions that
have the effect of law, should be within the scope of the statutory
authority granted by the legislature to the administrative agency. It
is required that the regulation be germane to the objects and
purposes of the law, and be not in contradiction to, but in conformity
with, the standards prescribed by law.
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1 It reads:
SEC. 19. Existing Provident/Housing Plan·An employer and/or
employee-group who, at the time this Decree becomes effective have their
own provident and/or employee-housing
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plans, may register with the Fund, for any of the following purposes:
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letter explaining
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that the 1995 Amendments to the Rules
are invalid.
In a letter dated 18 March 1996, the President and Chief
Executive Officer of HDMF disapproved PETITIONERÊS
application on the ground that the requirement that there
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5 Id., 45-51
6 Id., 52-54.
7 Id., 55-60.
8 Rollo, 61.
9 Id., 30-42.
10 Id., 86-91. Per Tayao-Jaguros, L. J., with Martinez, A. and Brawner,
R. JJ., concurring.
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11 Id., 112-126.
12 Id., 140.
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13 Rollo, 187.
14 Id., 188.
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„The term Âand/orÊ means that the effect shall be given to both the
conjunctive „and‰ and the disjunctive „or‰; or that one word or the other
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may be taken accordingly as one or the other will best effectuate the
purpose intended by the legislature as gathered from the whole statute.
The term is used to avoid a construction which by the use of the
disjunctive „or‰ alone will exclude the combination of several of the
alternatives or by the use of the conjunctive „and‰ will exclude the
efficacy of any one of the alternatives standing alone.‰
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15 Id., 189.
16 G.R. No. 131787, 19 May 1999, 307 SCRA 443.
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(b) Extension of fund coverage to other working groups, and waiver or
suspension of coverage or its enforcement for reasons herein stated;
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