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TSC vs. Hon. Bocar

TERMINAL SHIPPING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. HON. JUAN L. BOCAR, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, and the REPARATIONS COMMISSION, respondents.

G.R. No. L-26369 | 1972-02-29

D E C I S I O N


CASTRO, J:

In reparation for the extensive damage suffered by the Filipino people resulting from the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II, Japan agreed, on May 9, 1956, to supply the Republic of the Philippines services and products totalling US$550 million, spanning a period of twenty years. To insure the proper utilization of these reparations payments according to a prescribed national policy, 1 Congress created the Reparations Commission and empowered it to "administer the acquisition, utilization and distribution of reparations goods and/or services."

Republic Act 1789, as...