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    This document summarizes two key points from a Supreme Court case in the Philippines: 1. Statutes should be interpreted reasonably and not in a way that leads to unjust or absurd results. A literal interpretation should be rejected if it causes injustice or absurdity. 2. Exceptions to a statute's coverage are generally strictly construed, but the construction must still be reasonable, sensible and fair. Clarifications to an employment contract that do not materially change its terms should not be considered a violation of the law.

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    This document summarizes two key points from a Supreme Court case in the Philippines: 1. Statutes should be interpreted reasonably and not in a way that leads to unjust or absurd results. A literal interpretation should be rejected if it causes injustice or absurdity. 2. Exceptions to a statute's coverage are generally strictly construed, but the construction must still be reasonable, sensible and fair. Clarifications to an employment contract that do not materially change its terms should not be considered a violation of the law.

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    This document summarizes two key points from a Supreme Court case in the Philippines: 1. Statutes should be interpreted reasonably and not in a way that leads to unjust or absurd results. A literal interpretation should be rejected if it causes injustice or absurdity. 2. Exceptions to a statute's coverage are generally strictly construed, but the construction must still be reasonable, sensible and fair. Clarifications to an employment contract that do not materially change its terms should not be considered a violation of the law.

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    [G.R. No. 78409. September 14, 1989.

    NORBERTO SORIANO, Petitioner, v. OFFSHORE SHIPPING AND MANNING CORPORATION, KNUT


    KNUTSEN O.A.S., and NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION (Second
    Division), Respondents.

    R.C. Carrera Law Firm for Petitioner.

    Elmer V. Pormento for Private Respondents.

    SYLLABUS

    1. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION; STATUTE; LITERAL INTERPRETATION REJECTED IF UNJUST OR WOULD


    LEAD TO ABSURD RESULTS. — It is axiomatic that laws should be given a reasonable interpretation, not one
    which defeats the very purpose for which they were passed. This Court has in many cases involving the
    construction of statutes always cautioned against narrowly interpreting a statute as to defeat the purpose of
    the legislator and stressed that it is of the essence of judicial duty to construe statutes so as to avoid such a
    deplorable result (of injustice or absurdity) and that therefore "a literal interpretation is to be rejected if it
    would be unjust or lead to absurd results." cralaw vi rtua1aw l ib rary

    2. ID.; ID.; EXCEPTIONS FROM COVERAGE THEREOF STRICTLY CONSTRUED BUT CONSTRUCTION MUST BE
    REASONABLE, SENSIBLE AND FAIR; CASE AT BAR. — In the case at bar, both the Labor Arbiter and the
    National Labor Relations Commission correctly analyzed the questioned annotations as not constituting an
    alteration of the original employment contract but only a clarification thereof which by no stretch of the
    imagination can be considered a violation of the above-quoted law. Under similar circumstances, this Court
    ruled that as a general proposition, exceptions from the coverage of a statute are strictly construed. But
    such construction nevertheless must be at all times reasonable, sensible and fair. Hence, to rule out from
    the exemption amendments set forth, although they did not materially change the terms and conditions of
    the original letter of credit, was held to be unreasonable and unjust, and not in accord with the declared
    purpose of the Margin Law.

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