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Alejandro Katigbak, et al. vs. Solicitor General et al.

ALEJANDRO KATIGBAK, and MERCEDES K. KATIGBAK, plaintiffs-appellants, vs. THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, EPIFANIO VILLEGAS, ARTURO XAVIER, PONCIANO FERNANDO, ROSENDO DOMINGO and LEONARDO LUCENA, defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 19328 | 1989-12-22

D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, J.:

These cases were certified to this Court by the Court of Appeals for resolution on appeal,1 since the central issue involved is the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 1379, "An Act Declaring Forfeiture in Favor of the State of Any Property Found To Have Been Unlawfully Acquired by Any Public Officer or Employee and Providing for the Proceedings Therefor."2 As posed by the referral resolution, 3 the question is whether or not said statute

". . . en cuanto autoriza la confiscacion en favor del Estado de las propiedades ilegalmente adquiridas por un funcionario o empleado del Gobierno antes de la...