Alegre V Collector of Customs
Alegre V Collector of Customs
Alegre V Collector of Customs
INSULAR COLLECTO ROF CUSTOMS …basta basically the law says the Director is in charge of EVERYTHING ) enforcement,
(1929|Johns) standard making, investigation, etc.
P has been engaged in abaca and its exportation. He directly applied from R for
permit to export 100 bales of abaca to Engalnd, admitting he did not want to submit to the [contested provision] TRANSLATED INTO Section 1783 of the Administrative Code:
inspectors of the Fiber Standardization Board recently created by law and had no required In any grade of abaca in which the quality of the fiber may be injured by excessive pressure, the
certification from it. It was denied as he had no certifacate of the Fiber Standardization Board approximate dimensions and weight of each bale of such fiber shall be determined in a general
order by the Director of Agriculture. He shall in like manner determine the limit of the diameter of
or a notation is written on the face of the triplicate of the export entry signed by the
hanks contained in bales, the manner in which these hanks shall be arranged in the bale, and
fiber inspector who made the inspection indicating that the abaca covered thereby the manner of labeling and trying of each entire bale.
has complied with the provisions of the law relative to the shipment of such product.. ---
P filed w/ CFI for a writ of mandamus, alleging the provisions of the Administrative Section 2 of Act No. 3263, which was approved December 7, 1925
Code for the grading, inspection and certification of fibers and, in particular, sections
1772 and 1244 of that Code, are unconstitutional and void. SEC. 1771-A. Philippine fiber inspection service. — There is hereby created an office which
shall have charge of the classification, baling, and inspection of Philippine fibers and shall be
designated and known as "Philippines Fiber Inspection Service" and he governed by a
**PLEASE READ** standardization board.
[original law] Act No. 2380 "An Act providing for the inspection, grading, and baling of abaca SEC. 1771-B. Standardization Board. — There is hereby created a board which shall be
(Manila hemp), maguey (cantala), sisal, and other fibers," (February 28, 1914) designated and known as "Fiber Standardization Board" and shall be vested with the
powers and duties hereinafter specified…
Section 2:
TRANSFERRED INTO Section 1772 of the Administrative Code, as amended, reads as
(a) The Director of Agriculture is hereby enjoined and directed to establish, define, and follows:
designate standards for the commercial grades of abaca, maguey, and sisal, which shall
become the official standards of classification throughout the Philippine Islands, calling to his Each grade shall have its proper name and designation which, together with the basis
assistance the agencies of his Bureau, those of any other Bureau or branch of this Government, upon which the several grades are determined, shall be defined by the said Board in a general
or such other agencies as he may deem necessary. order. Such order shall have the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources;
and for the dissemination of information, copies of the same shall be supplied gratis to the
(b) The Director of Agriculture shall prepare in suitable form the official standard of each grade of foreign markets, provincial governors, municipal presidents, and to such other persons and
the fibers covered by this Act and furnish the same upon request to all authorized grading agencies as shall make request therefor.
establishments, provincial governments, chambers of commerce, planters' associations, and If it is considered expedient to change these standards at any time, notice shall be given in the
other institutions directly interested in the trade, the actual cost of such specimen to be paid in local and foreign markets for a period of at least six months before the new standards shall go
advance by the party requesting the same…. into effect.
(d) To preserve the official standards as originally prepared, the Director of Agriculture shall Section 1788
stipulate the manner in which they shall be kept and shall define the period at the expiration of
which they shall be renewed. No fiber within the purview of this law shall be exported from the Philippine Islands in quantity
greater than the amount sufficient to make one bale, without being graded, baled, inspected, and
(f) The Director of Agriculture shall establish one or several standards for abaca which may have certified as in this law provided.
been partially cleaned or prepared in the form of tow, waste, or strings, at the request of a party
concerned, if such standards are required by the market. He shall also likewise establish a
standard or standards for the fiber of any species of Musa other than abaca for which there shall
be a demand in the market. Such standards, if established, shall be designated and defined in
ISSUE: Whether or not the authority vested in the Fiber Standardization Board is a
the general order deferred to in section two (c) of this Act. delegation of legislative power.
CASE AT BAR: