Qua Chee Gan v. Deportation Board

Qua Chee Gan v.
Deportation Board
GR No. L-10280 September 30, 1963 Ponente: barrera, J.
The state has the right to exclude aliens in its territory. The president is given the discretion to deport aliens who are considered undesirable.
FACTS PETITIONER CONTENTION: Petitioner now file motion to dismiss for the
Petitioners purchased US dollars without the necessary license reason that (a)Deportation board have no jurisdiction of case, (b)No
from the central bank of PH and allegedly remitted the same to legal ground to deport alien for this country.
HK. Moreover, they are accused of bribing the US and PH
officers. RESPONDENTS CONTENTION: Deportation board answer that (a)They
A warrant of arrest issued by deportation board. Upon their filling have jurisdiction over charges filed and authority to order their arrest,
cash bond and surety bond of 10,000, petitioners are (b)Qua Chee Gan was acquitted of the offense attempted bribery
provisionally set at liberty. decided by the lower court.
Petitioner were provisionally released on bail the petitioner
raised the question jurisdiction of Deportation Board. The power ISSUE
to deport aliens by the president delegated to Deportation Whether such authority carries with it the power to order the arrest of
Board the power to investigate on the ground that such power the alien complained of, since the Administrative Code is silent on the
is vested in the legislature. matter, and if it does, whether the same may be delegated to the
Under Commonwealth Act no. 613 also known Immigration Act respondent Deportation Board
of 1940 Commissioner as empowered to effect arrest and
expulsion of an alien the legislation did not intend to delimit the RULING
exercise to deport on commission alone because of sec. 52. The Deportation Board to issue warrant of arrest upon the filing of formal
provision did not expressly confer on the President the authority charges against an alien or aliens and to fix bond and prescribe the
to deport undesirable aliens, unlike the express grant to the conditions for the temporary release of said aliens, is declared illegal. As
Commissioner of Immigration under Commonwealth Act No. a consequence, the order of arrest issued by the respondent
613, but merely lays down the procedure to be observed should Deportation Board is declared null and void and the bonds filed
there be deportation proceedings, the fact that such a pursuant to such order of arrest, decreed cancelled.
procedure was provided for before the President can deport an
alien-which provision was expressly declared exempted from Section 69 of the Revised Administrative Code, unlike Commonwealth
the repealing effect of the Immigration Act of 1940-is a clear Act No. 613 wherein the Commissioner of Immigration was specifically
indication of the recognition. granted authority, among others, to make arrests, fails to provide the
Under the present and existing laws, therefore, deportation of President with like specific power to be exercised in connection with
an undesirable alien may be effected in two ways: by order of such investigation. The executive order only required the filing of a bond
the President, after due investigation, pursuant to Section 69 of to secure appearance of the alien under investigation. It did not
the Revised Administrative Code, and by the Commissioner of authorize the arrest of the respondent. It was only on January 5, 1951,
Immigration, upon recommendation by the Board of when President Quirino reorganized the Deportation Board by virtue of
Commissioners, under Section 37 of Commonwealth Act No. his Executive Order No. 398, that the Board was authorized motu proprio
613. or upon the filing of formal charges by the Special Prosecutor of the
Board, to issue the warrant for the arrest of the alien complained of and
the charges against the herein petitioners constitute in effect an
to hold him under detention during the investigation unless he files a
act of profiteering, hoarding or black-marketing of U.S. dollars,
bond for his provisional release in such amount and under such
in violation of the Central Bank regulations an economic
conditions as may be prescribed by the Chairman of the Board.
sabotage which is a ground for deportation under the provisions
of Republic Act 503.
This provision is not the same as that contained in the Jones Law wherein
this guarantee is placed among the rights of the accused. Under our
Qua Chee Gan v. Deportation Board
GR No. L-10280 September 30, 1963 Ponente: barrera, J.
The state has the right to exclude aliens in its territory. The president is given the discretion to deport aliens who are considered undesirable.
Constitution, the same is declared a popular right of the people and, of

course, indisputably it equally applies to both citizens and foreigners in
this country.
Furthermore, a notable innovation in this guarantee is found in our

Constitution in that it specifically provides that the probable cause upon
which a warrant of arrest may be issued, must be determined by the
judge after examination under oath, etc., of the complainant and the
witnesses he may produce.
The exercise of the power to order the arrest of an individual demands

the exercise of discretion by the one issuing the same, to determine
whether under specific circumstances, the curtailment of the liberty of
such person is warranted. The discretion of whether a warrant of arrest
shall issue or not is personal to the one upon whom the authority
devolves and Indeed, an implied grant of power, considering that no
express authority was granted by the law on the matter under
discussion, that would serve the curtailment or limitation on the
fundamental right of a person, such as his security to life and liberty,
must be viewed with caution, if we are to give meaning to the
guarantee contained in the Constitution.

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Furthermore, a notable innovation in this guarantee is found in our

The exercise of the power to order the arrest of an individual demands

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