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Ramon A. Gonzales vs. Juan Ponce Enrile, Et Al.

RAMON A. GONZALES, petitioner, vs. JUAN PONCE ENRILE, as Commissioner of Customs, and RAFAEL M. SALAS, as Executive Secretary, respondents.

G.R. No. L-22730 | 1967-05-24

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Original petition filed by Ramon A. Gonzales, a resident of Molo, Iloilo City, seeking to restrain the respondents Executive Secretary and Commissioner of Customs from enforcing the directive (of former President Macapagal) to burn confiscated "blue seal" cigarettes, on the ground that such act is "in excess of or without jurisdiction", being contrary to the Tariff Law (Rep. Act 1937), and constitutes, indirectly, a wastage of public funds, and praying for a declaration of the nullity of the said presidential directive.
 
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