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Iloilo Palay and Corn Planters Association, Inc. vs. Feliciano [Dissenting, REYES, J.B.L., J.]

ILOILO PALAY AND CORN PLANTERS ASSOCIATION, INC., ET AL., petitioners, vs. HON. JOSE, Y. FELICIANO, ET AL., respondents. Jose C. Zulueta and Ramon A. Gonzales for petitioners. Office of the Solicitor General for respondents.

G.R. No. L-24022 | 1965-03-03

Separate Opinions
 
REYES, J.B.L., J., dissenting:
 
It is regrettable that in their effort to uphold the Government's power to import rice, under Section 2 of Republic Act 2207, the majority opinion seems to have overlooked that the repeal of statutes is primarily a matter of legislative intention; and that on its face, Republic Act No. 3452 was plainly intended to supersede the prior law, Republic Act No. 2207.
 
The specific issue, in brief, is whether the extraordinary emergency power to import rice and corn, granted to the President by Section 2 of Republic Act 2207, may still be considered as subsisting at present,...