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The Court in construing a Constitution should bear in mind the object sought to be
accomplished by its adoption, and the evils, if any, sought to be prevented or
remedied.
Held: The ancient and familiar rule of constitutional construction that has
consistently maintained its intrinsic and transcendental worth is that the
meaning and understanding conveyed by the language, albeit plain, of any,
of its provisions do not only portray the influence of current events and
developments but likewise the inescapable imperative considerations
rooted in the historical background and environment at the time of its
adoption and thereby caused their being written as part and parcel thereof.
Issue: Whether or not the right of redemption granted by Sec. 12 of Republic Act
No. 3844 is applicable to share tenants
Held: The Code did not mention tenants, whether leaseholds or share tenants,
because it outlaws share tenancy and envisions the agricultural leasehold
system as its replacement, and the agrarian court’s literal construction would
wreak havoc on and defeat the proclaimed and announced legislative intent
and policy of the state of establishing owner-cultivatorship for the farmers
who invariable were all share tenants before the enactment of the Code and
whom the Code would now uplift to the status of the lessees
Issue:Whether EO 284 violates Sec. 13, Art. 7 of the 1987 Constitution
Held: On its face, the language of Section 13, Article 7 is prohibitory so that it must
be understood as intended to be a positive and unequivocal negation of the
privilege of holding multiple government offices or employment. Verily,
wherever the language used in the constitution is prohibitory, it is to be
understood as intended to be a positive and unequivocal negation.
“Construe the Constitution As A Whole”
Every part of the statute must be considered together with the other parts, and kept
subservient to the general intent of the whole enactment.
Just because legislation may supplement and add or prescribe a penalty does not
render such provision ineffective in the absence of such legislation.