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In re:Application for Phil. Citizenship of Chan Teck Lao vs. Republic of the Phil.

IN RE: APPLICATION FOR PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP OF CHAN TECK LAO. CHAN TECK LAO, petitioner-appellant, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-25300 | 1974-01-04

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

The 1967 leading case of Gan Tsitung v. Republic 1 with former Chief Justice Concepcion as spokesman for the Court, indicates clearly the merit of this appeal by petitioner Chan Teck Lao from a lower court decision promulgated in 1965 ordering the cancellation of his certificate of naturalization that dates back to 1902 as a result of a 1950 decision of this Tribunal sustaining his plea to become a Filipino. Gan Tsitung, in language plain and unequivocal, makes manifest that no retroactive effect is to be given a judicial pronouncement that would impose on a party proceeded against in a denaturalization...