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Ang Beng Vs. Commissioner Of Immigration 100 Phil 801

ANG BENG, ET AL., petitioners-appellants, vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, respondent-aPpelee.

G.R. No. L-9621 | 1957-01-30

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

The petitioners, both Chinese nationals, were prosecuted in and convicted by the Court of First Instance of Manila' for violation of the Import Control Law (Republic Act No. 650) in Criminal Case No. 21317. They were also charged before the Deportation Board. Pending appeal of the criminal case in the Court of Appeals, the Import Control Law expired, in view of which and with the conformity of the Solicitor General, petitioners' motion for dismissal was granted and they were ordered discharged. The Deportation Board, however, submitted to the President of the Philippines its findings in the Deportation Case...